Doctors may be prosecuted if their laptops are stolen – The Times
“Doctors who have laptops containing patients’ records stolen from their cars could end up in court.”
The Times, 15th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: doctors
MPs call for abortion law reforms – BBC News
“There is no reason why women seeking an abortion should need the approval of two doctors, a group of MPs has said.”
BBC News, 31st October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£2.5m award over anorexia mistake – BBC News
“A woman has been awarded £2.5m in damages after her brain tumour was misdiagnosed by doctors who thought she was anorexic.”
BBC News, 30th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Surgeons begin training on cadavers – The Times
“A change in the law is to transform the way surgeons are trained, allowing them to practise on bodies left to medical science. Under the Anatomy Act, cadavers could be used for tuition in anatomy but not in technique.”
The Times, 17th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
NHS is facing £4.5bn compensation bill over babies damaged at birth by hospital “blunders” – The Observer
“The NHS is facing £4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged blunders by midwives and doctors that have left babies suffering severe brain damage, The Observer can reveal.”
The Observer, 23rd September 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Sex offender doctors “free to treat patients” – Daily Telegraph
“Eleven doctors are still free to work in the NHS despite being convicted of sex and child pornography offences, The Daily Telegraph can reveal today.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Doctor faces High Court battle with GMC over weblink – The Register
“A mental health doctor is headed for a showdown with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the High Court because she is accused of breaking confidentiality by posting a link on her blog.”
The Register, 21st August 2007
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
MMR scare doctor ‘breached fundamental rules’ – The Guardian
“Vulnerable children were subjected to ‘inappropriate and invasive’ tests by a doctor who prompted one of the biggest health controversies of the past 10 years, it was alleged today.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor at centre of MMR controversy accused of paying children at party for blood samples – The Guardian
“The doctor who linked the MMR jab to autism, prompting one of the biggest medical controversies of the past 10 years, paid children attending his son’s birthday party to donate their blood for his research, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor is cleared of hastening deaths of babies – The Times
“A doctor accused of wrongly administering a massive dose of a paralysing drug to two dying babies, hastening their deaths, was cleared by the General Medical Council yesterday.”
The Times, 11th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Doctor felt babies were suffering – BBC News
“A doctor who gave a paralysing drug to two terminally ill babies, hastening their deaths, ‘felt in his heart’ the children were suffering.”
BBC News, 9th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Legal Remedy UK Ltd) v. Secretary of State for Health and Others – Times Law Reports
Courts cannot judge specialist policy
Regina (Legal Remedy UK Ltd) v. Secretary of State for Health and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“Where a specialist body’s decision involved balancing policy issues which a court was ill-equipped to judge, that reduced the likelihood that the decision would be found to be an abuse of power.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
General Medical Council v. Hiew – Times Law Reports
Extending suspension of doctor
General Medical Council v. Hiew
Court of Appeal
“It was not the function of a judge being asked to extend the interim suspension from practice of a doctor by the General Medical Council to make findings of fact that led to the suspension. If the reason for the suspension was to be challenged, the doctor should seek judicial review.”
The Times, 15th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Commons to debate Shipman case – BBC News
“Mass murderer Harold Shipman is to be the subject of an MPs’ debate this month, the government has said.”
BBC News, 7th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex change doctor guilty of misconduct – The Guardian
“The UK’s best-known expert on transsexualism was today found guilty of serious professional misconduct for rushing five patients into sex-changing treatments, but avoided being struck off.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Junior doctors lose court fight – BBC News
“Junior doctors have lost their High Court battle to scrap the new application system for training posts.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Health Department ‘broke law over doctors’ job test scores’ – The Times
“The Department of Health has breached the Data Protection Act by refusing to reveal to junior doctors the scores they achieved in the failed Medical Training Application System (MTAS).”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Doctors seek judicial review on job selection – The Guardian
“Junior doctors will this week take the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, to court in a final attempt to stop a job selection process she admits “has simply not worked”. Remedy UK, an organisation representing 10,000 young doctors, is seeking a judicial review that would mean all training posts granted under the discredited system would only last for a year, allowing for a fairer system to be introduced in six months.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
