“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
“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
“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
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.
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.
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
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