Last week we received a letter from a senior lecturer at Barts and the London School of Medicine, which is part of Queen Mary, University of London. He wrote: "I read with considerable dismay your article in The Lancet regarding alleged bullying at Barts...and its role in the restructuring of the college." While he agreed that an extensive programme of redundancies was "uncomfortable", he argued that "many would suggest that this has been too long in coming". He called the criticisms of the university's leadership "scandalous", "risible", "disgraceful",and"iniqui-tous." He concluded: "this obviously personal, vindictive, and vitriolic attack is both unprofessional and beneath the high standards The Lancet has set for itself. I would ask that it should be retracted immediately."
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