‘The legal bar for convicting healthcare professionals of manslaughter is currently “too low”, a medical defence organisation has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is upholding about 80% of complaints it investigates about Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs), it has been revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said UK health care, education and other public services are failing children and young people regarding their access to mental health services – arguing young people are at a ‘crisis point’ when it comes to mental health support. In light of its findings the CQC has made recommendations for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on how they can best ensure support.’
Family Law, 9th March 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘In Ballard v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 370 (QB) Mr Justice Foskett had to consider the issue of what costs consequences, if any, should follow from the claimant’s failure to beat a Part 36 offer which had been withdrawn, the defendant having gone on to make a second, lower, offer.’
Zenith PI, 1st March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Benius Razumas v Ministry of Justice [2018] EWHC 215 (QB): In this case the claimant claimed damages from the MoJ for personal arising from clinical negligence and breach of his rights under ECHR art.3.’
Zenith PI, 2nd March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘In Razumas v Ministry of Justice [2018] EHWC 215 a prisoner who had made a claim for clinical negligence against the Ministry of Justice, rather than against the specific health care provider, had his claim dismissed.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A five-year-old girl with severe asthma died after being turned away from an appointment with an emergency doctor because she was five minutes late, an inquest has been told.
The coroner said the chance to provide Ellie-May Clark with “potentially life-saving treatment” was missed and she had been let down by failings in the system.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Poor information sharing between agencies meant warning signs were missed in the lead up to the murder of a 19-day-old baby by his mother, a serious case review has found.
Nicola Brown, 43, from Portsmouth, was found guilty of the murder of her son Jake following a trial in 2016. She was ordered to serve life with a minimum of 14-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 27th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judicial review of the government’s plan to introduce accountable care organisations (ACOs) – which campaigners claim will lead to the stealth privatisation of the NHS – is set to go ahead after the High Court granted the crowd-funded claimants a costs-capping order.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government has ruled out issuing a medical cannabis licence to a six-year-old boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug abroad.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An “alarming” rise in reports of botched cosmetic procedures in the UK has prompted doctors and campaigners to call for better legislation to protect against rogue practitioners.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A terminally ill man has won the right to launch a landmark legal challenge to the government over its introduction of universal credit after the controversial new benefits system left him significantly worse off.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two NHS trusts have brought a legal challenge over Lancashire County Council’s award of a contract for public health services for children aged 0 to 19.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st February 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Campaigners including scientist Professor Stephen Hawking have won permission from the High Court to challenge the government’s planned creation of accountable care organisations (ACO) in the NHS.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st February 2108
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Health service officials have been reprimanded for putting the health of vulnerable migrants, and the wider public, at risk and told to stop handing over confidential information to immigration officials immediately.’
The Independent, 31st January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Almost one-third of those with legal problems in the UK report developing a stress-related or physical illness as a result of their experience, according to a new international survey comparing people’s perceptions of justice around the world.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Thomas Hord and his family were given almost £8m in compensation by the NHS after he was starved of oxygen during birth.’
BBC News, 16th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An NHS investigation has been launched following the deaths of six patients when hospital staff accidentally switched off their oxygen cylinders. A safety alert has been issued after watchdogs uncovered more than 400 incidents in which cylinder controls were wrongly operated – including 24 cases where patients came to “moderate or severe harm”.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The facts of the ABC case are unusual and undeniably tragic. In 2007, ABC’s father shot and killed her mother. He was convicted of manslaughter, on the basis of diminished responsibility, and sentenced to a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1983, s 37, with a restriction order under s 41 of the Act. The respective roles of the defendants in relation to the father’s subsequent care and treatment were as follows: he was detained in a clinic run by the second defendant (the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust), where, whilst resident, he was seen by a social worker for whom the third defendant (Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) was responsible, and he was referred to the first defendant’s hospital (St George’s Hospital) in order that his disorder could be explored.’
1 Crown Office Row, 9th January 2018
Source: www.1cor.com
‘A rape victim who sent a final text about overdosing on diet pills did not receive appropriate care because A&E was overcrowded, an inquest heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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