Category: hospitals

Tackling child abuse: is mandatory reporting the answer? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted November 11th, 2013 in child abuse, hospitals, local government, news, police, social services, statutory duty by michael

“Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has called for an overhaul of the law concerning safeguarding children. In a previous post I considered the current legislation and whether it goes far enough. I concluded that there is a need for a more general duty to have due regard to the need to eliminate abuse of minors over and above the existing welfare duty in s11 of the Children Act 2004.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th November 2013

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Stafford Hospital nurse given caution for putting patients at risk – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 8th, 2013 in cautions, disciplinary procedures, hospitals, news, nurses, professional conduct by sally

“A nurse who worked at Stafford Hospital has been given a five year caution after she was found guilty of putting patients in danger, angering families who want ‘someone held responsible’ for the scandal.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2013

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Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James and others (Intensive Care Society and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted November 7th, 2013 in appeals, health, hospitals, law reports, medical treatment, mental health, Supreme Court by sally

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James and others (Intensive Care Society and another intervening): [2013] UKSC 67;   [2013] WLR (D)  421

“When an application was made for an order that it would be lawful, as being in the patient’s best interests pursuant to section 1(5) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, for life sustaining medical treatment to be withheld, the focus had to be on whether it would be in the patient’s best interests to give the treatment, rather than on whether it would be in his best interests to withhold or withdraw it.”

WLR Daily, 30th October 2013

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Supreme Court weighs in on patient’s best interests and the meaning of futility – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted November 4th, 2013 in appeals, hospitals, medical treatment, mental health, news by sally

“The Supreme Court has given judgment in the first case to come before it under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The sole judgment was given by Lady Hale (Deputy President of the Court), with whom Lord Neuberger, Lord Clarke, Lord Carnwath and Lord Hughes.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd November 2013

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Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent) v James (Appellant) – Supreme Court

Posted October 31st, 2013 in appeals, hospitals, law reports, medical treatment, mental health, Supreme Court by michael

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent) v James (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 67 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 30th October 2013

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Jeremy Hunt loses appeal as Lewisham hospital cuts ruled illegal – The Guardian

Posted October 30th, 2013 in appeals, bills, budgets, consultations, government departments, hospitals, local government, news by sally

“The health secretary suffered another embarrassing legal defeat on Tuesday when appeal court judges ruled he had acted illegally in cutting A&E and maternity services at Lewisham hospital in south-east London.”

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The Guardian, 29th October 2013

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NHS complaints procedure needs radical overhaul, report finds – The Guardian

Posted October 29th, 2013 in complaints, health, hospitals, news, reports by sally

“A revolution in the handling of NHS complaints has been proposed in a report co-authored by the MP Ann Clwyd, who has told how her own husband was treated with ‘coldness, resentment, indifference and contempt’ on his hospital deathbed.”

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The Guardian, 28th October 2013

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NHS complaints review set to report – BBC News

Posted October 28th, 2013 in codes of practice, complaints, delay, hospitals, inquiries, news, quality assurance, reports, standards by sally

“A government-backed review into how the NHS in England handles complaints is set to publish its conclusions later.”

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BBC News, 28th October 2013

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Legal proceedings begin against travellers occupying NHS car park – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 23rd, 2013 in hospitals, news, repossession, squatting, travellers by sally

“Legal proceedings start against a group of French travellers occupying a hospital car park in Newport, south Wales.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2013

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Hospitals told to investigate all patient complaints in spite of possible lawsuits – The Guardian

Posted October 21st, 2013 in charities, codes of practice, complaints, damages, hospitals, judicial review, news, standards by sally

“Hospitals will be banned from refusing to investigate complaints from patients harmed by poor care who may also sue for damages, after campaigners condemned the practice as an illegal and unfair denial of patients’ rights.”

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The Guardian, 20th October 2013

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Young mother’s suicide ‘could have been prevented’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 18th, 2013 in hospitals, mental health, news, suicide by sally

“The NHS has admitted liability for the death of a new mother suffering severe post-natal depression after she was allowed to leave a hospital unsupervised despite warnings she was at ‘very high risk’ of suicide.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013

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Regina (Antoniou) v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 15th, 2013 in hospitals, human rights, inquests, law reports, suicide by sally

Regina (Antoniou) v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and others [2013] EWHC 3055 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 379

“In order to fulfil its procedural obligations under article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms the state was not obliged to conduct, prior to an inquest, an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of a patient detained in hospital under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983.”

WLR Daily, 10th October 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Watchdog warning over ‘unnecessary’ gagging clauses – BBC News

Posted October 9th, 2013 in auditors, confidentiality, disclosure, employment tribunals, hospitals, news, non-disclosure agreements, ombudsmen, public interest, whistleblowers by sally

“The use of ‘gagging clauses’ risks stopping employees from speaking out about failures in the public sector, the National Audit Office has warned.”

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BBC News, 8th October 2013

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‘Send Yorkshire Ripper back to jail’: Expert says Broadmoor ‘out of step’ and too keen to hold on to celebrity patients – The Independent

Posted October 7th, 2013 in hospitals, medical treatment, mental health, news, prisons by sally

“Broadmoor, the high-security psychiatric hospital, where some of Britain’s most notorious offenders are treated, has been criticised as an ‘expensive anachronism’ which holds on to ‘celebrity’ patients when they should be back in prison, according to one of the country’s most respected psychiatrists.”

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The Independent, 6th October 2013

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CQC official Anna Jefferson cleared over ‘cover-up’ – BBC News

Posted October 4th, 2013 in health, hospitals, news, quality assurance, reports by sally

“One of the officials at England’s health regulator accused of a cover-up has been cleared of wrong-doing in an internal inquiry.”

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BBC News, 3rd October 2013

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Nurse who used Facebook to blow the whistle about poor care escapes being struck off – The Guardian

Posted October 2nd, 2013 in cautions, disciplinary procedures, hospitals, internet, news, nurses, standards, whistleblowers by sally

“A nurse who used Facebook to raise concerns about standards at his hospital has escaped being struck off after a disciplinary panel acknowledged he was passionate about his job and capable.”

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The Guardian, 1st October 2013

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NHS £400k payout for pregnant woman’s death – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 2nd, 2013 in compensation, families, hospitals, medical treatment, news, professional conduct by sally

“The family of a woman who died from an ectopic pregnancy after she was twice sent home from hospital is to receive £400,000 damages from the NHS.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2013

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GMC probe into Mid-Staffs slammed as “whitewash” as cases abandoned – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 24th, 2013 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, health, hospitals, inquiries, news, nurses, professional conduct by sally

“The investigation into the Mid-Staffs scandal was branded a ‘whitewash’ after regulators abandoned efforts to pursue the last of 44 doctors accused of failing patients.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2013

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NHS ‘covered up’ £4m of gag orders – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 16th, 2013 in budgets, disclosure, freedom of information, hospitals, news, statistics, whistleblowers by sally

“The head of the NHS has been accused of a ‘systemic cover-up’ after official figures disclosed that hospitals have spent more than £4 million on secret gagging orders.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2013

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Hospital settles Stafford mother’s poor care claim – BBC News

Posted September 11th, 2013 in birth, compensation, hospitals, medical treatment, news, standards by sally

“A six-figure settlement has been agreed for a woman who suffered life-changing injuries caused by mistakes when she gave birth at Stafford Hospital.”

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BBC News, 11th September 2013

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