“One of the doctors struck off over the MMR jab controversy has asked the high court to rule that his treatment was ‘unfair and unjust’.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The General Medical Council is launching its first ever guidelines on assisted suicide.”
BBC News, 6th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Suicide Act 1961 changed the law under which it had been a crime for a person to commit suicide.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 26th January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Doctors are being instructed by the General Medical Council never to sign a contract with their employer containing a gagging clause that would prevent them from revealing dodgy or substandard practice.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The court case of a severely disabled man seeking permission for a doctor to ‘lawfully’ end his life should not go ahead, the Ministry of Justice says.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain is free to ban foreign doctors from working in this country if they do not speak adequate English or there are concerns over their medical ability, an EU Commissioner insists today.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Guidance on how to deal with complaints against doctors who may have assisted in suicides will be published by the General Medical Council.”
BBC News, 16th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Although the General Medical Council recommended that Gideon Lauffer be permanently struck off, a fitness to practice panel suspended him for six months following the deaths of two patients. The suspension has now expired and the former consultant has taken up a post in the A&E department at St Thomas’s hospital in London, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who spent a decade pretending to be a doctor at an NHS trust in south London has been jailed for 27 months.”
BBC News, 24th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rape already arouses serious anxiety because so few attacks are reported to the police, conviction rates are low, and victims are subject to intrusive questioning in court. But now concerns are growing that rapists are escaping justice because doctors are failing to properly examine victims or record their injuries, depriving police of crucial forensic evidence. In other words, senior doctors fear that some forensic medical examiners (FMEs) are simply not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors fear their private lives and personal beliefs will soon come under increasing scrutiny from regulators, as a Christian GP who prayed with a patient faces a formal hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The British soldiers responsible for the death of Baha Mousa must face prosecution in the light of the damning public inquiry findings, lawyers for his family said.”
The Independent, 8th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former paramedic is seeking compensation and an investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC) after part of his brain was removed in error by an NHS surgeon.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors and scientists who put their names to medical articles they have not written should be charged with professional misconduct and fraud, according to legal experts.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Payouts to patients or their families hit unprecedented levels according to Medical Defence Union.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The bereaved husband of a doctor has undertaken a legal test case claiming sex discrimination because he is receiving a smaller NHS pension than if he were a widow.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors, is putting the public at risk by being too lenient with some of those who come before it accused of poor practice or wrongdoing, according to a committee of MPs.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A vascular surgeon who botched operations, resulting in one man bleeding to death and a woman having to breathe through a tube for the rest of her life, has been suspended for 12 months by the General Medical Council.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Pressure is mounting on Government ministers to introduce tougher laws to protect whistleblowers as health professionals and MPs speak out against a ‘code of silence’ in the NHS.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An internationally renowned children’s heart specialist won a High Court action yesterday to prevent hearsay evidence being used against him in a case involving allegations of child abuse.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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