GP and health boss get suspended sentences for £153k fraud – BBC News
‘A GP and a senior health manager who fraudulently invoiced the NHS for £153,600 have been sentenced.’
BBC News, 20th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: health
Hospitals may require patients to show passports for NHS treatment – The Guardian
‘Patients could be told to bring two forms of identification including a passport to hospital to prove they are eligible for free treatment under new rules to stop so-called health tourism.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
It’s time to decriminalize drugs, commission report says – The Guardian
‘World leaders called for the decriminalization of drugs on Monday, in a report released by a commission that includes the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How the UK’s drug laws have created an underground medical marijuana scene – The Independent
‘The UK’s underground medical marijuana scene, where dealers give away tens of thousands of pounds worth of cannabis in order to offer relief to those in physical pain, has been exposed in a new documentary.’
The Independent, 15th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BMJ medical journal calls for legalisation of drugs – The Independent
‘The British Medical Journal has called for the legalisation of illicit drugs for the first time.’
The Independent, 15th November 2016
Source; www.independent.co.uk
Driven to despair – official-documents.gov.uk
‘This report highlights major failings in the way DVLA makes decisions on whether people with certain medical conditions are safe to drive.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 19th October 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
‘Major failings’ in DVLA medical fitness to drive cases – BBC News
‘The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is not making fair decisions about medical fitness-to-drive cases, a report has suggested. It said people’s lives had been put on hold for years because of flawed decision-making and poor communication. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report found “major failings” in eight drivers’ cases.’
BBC News, 20th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug dependence: treatment over incarceration – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Drug dependence has significant direct and indirect costs to society beyond the impact on individuals. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction estimates that in 2010 alone, between €3.7b to 5.9b of public money was spent on drug-law offenders in prisons in Europe. This figure does not include the cost of criminal justice responses to drug-using offenders who have been convicted of other crimes that may have been motivated in part by drug-dependency.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th October 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
NHS negligence claims hit £1.4bn – BBC News
‘NHS trusts in England paid out more than £1.4bn in medical negligence claims last year compared to £583m in 2008, analysis shows.’
BBC News, 29th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Serious failings in medical care led to man’s death, inquest finds – The Guardian
‘The NHS has apologised after a coroner criticised “serious failings” in medical care that led to a man dying hours after an ambulance crew failed to diagnose his heart attack and take him to hospital.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals – The Guardian
‘More prisoners are being diagnosed with mental health problems requiring hospital treatment, official figures obtained by the Guardian show. The number of male prisoners being transferred to hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act grew by more than 20% between 2011 and 2014 in England and Wales, said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in response to a freedom of information request.’
The Guardian, 14th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Make health material consideration in planning and licensing law: MPs – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Government must make good on its commitment to health in all policies by enshrining health as a material consideration in planning and licensing law, MPs have said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Father who backs ‘harmful’ alternative cancer medication should have baby taken into care, says judge – Daily Telegraph
‘A baby boy whose father advocates the use of “harmful alternative medication” should be taken into council care, a family court judge has decided.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rogue plastic surgery clinics to be named and shamed for poor care – Daily Telegraph
‘Cosmetic surgeons will be named and shamed for poor practice for the first time as part of a Government crackdown.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Childhood obesity: UK’s ‘inexcusable’ strategy is wasted opportunity, say experts – The Guardian
‘Medical experts and campaigners have criticised the government’s childhood obesity strategy as weak and embarrassing, and accused policymakers of throwing away the best chance to tackle the culture of unhealthy eating that is crippling the NHS. The government’s measures, centred on the sugar tax announced by George Osborne in March, rely on voluntary action by the food and drink industry and are shorn of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Is it within the remit of the NHS to commission and pay for preventative HIV drugs? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In this case NHS England argued it lacked the power to commission (and be responsible for paying for) preventative HIV drugs. It said this was solely the responsibility of local authorities and, in so doing, disavowed any responsibility for preventative medicine.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th August 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
HIV campaigners win NHS drug battle – BBC News
‘The NHS in England has been told by the High Court it can fund a “game-changing” drug that can prevent HIV after health bosses argued it was not their responsibility.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge to rule on NHS funding for ‘game-changing’ HIV treatment – The Guardian
‘A high court judge is to rule on whether a preventive treatment for HIV that charities say is a “game changer” should be funded by the NHS.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nuisance caller cost the taxpayer £78,000 by making 408 calls to the ambulance service in two years – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who cost the taxpayer £78,000 by phoning ambulance service more than 400 times in two years has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
