“The family of a seriously ill man have won their battle to force a hospital to keep treating him, as a judge found doctors had failed to fully credit the importance of his ‘continued existence’.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hospitals charging disabled drivers to park could be in breach of the law, a leading lawyer says.”
BBC News, 7th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hospital has apologised and paid £7,000 in compensation to a man who had surgical equipment left inside him following an operation.”
BBC News, 5th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
M v Scottish Ministers [2012] UKSC 58; [2012] WLR (D) 365
“It had been unlawful for the Scottish Ministers to fail to make the necessary regulations defining a who was a ‘qualifying patient’ detained at a ‘qualifying hospital’ and thus entitled to apply for a declaration from the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland that he was a person detained under conditions of excessive security pursuant to section 268 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 which came into force on 1 May 2006 pursuant to section 333(2) of that Act.”
WLR Daily, 28th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (L) v West London Mental Health NHS Trust [2012] EWHC 3200 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 357
“The common law duty to act fairly was engaged when a decision was made as to whether to transfer a patient detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 from a medium to a high security hospital.”
WLR Daily, 13th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Ramani Ramaswamy, who was recruited from his native India, was given lessons to help him improve, but his command of the language only deteriorated, it was claimed. He was dismissed from his job and suspended from the national radiography register for a year after a string of complaints were made against him. The Health and Care Professions Council found that he had showed a ‘lack of competence’ in a number of areas during his term of employment at The Christie Hospital in Manchester.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The parents of a baby boy who died of meningitis have won a five-figure payout from a hospital trust after doctors twice failed to spot the symptoms of his illness.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Women who claim they had botched and unnecessary breast cancer operations are taking legal action against three hospitals in the West Midlands.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a 28-year-old man with cerebral palsy is suing the hospital where he died, alleging its staff failed to consult her on a decision not to attempt resuscitation and did not administer his medication appropriately.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jimmy Savile’s estate, the BBC and five other institutions including Stoke Mandeville hospital have been issued with formal notice that they face legal action from 43 victims seeking damages for alleged sexual abuse.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior staff and consultants must be available on the labour wards 24 hours a day in order to supervise junior doctors and midwives and reduce mistakes, said the report from the NHS Litigation Authority.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One in ten medical negligence claims involving cancer are from women with breast cancer as doctors are failing to examine women and not following up on abnormal test results, it has been warned.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer-related medical negligence claim against GPs, Medical Protection Society (MPS) has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A boy left brain damaged after a bowel condition was not properly treated is to receive compensation worth £5.8 million.”
The Independent, 25th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A hospital has agreed to fund lifetime care costing around £10m for a man who was brain damaged after being treated for croup as a baby.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A court has allowed a hospital trust to withhold live-saving treatment from a severely brain-damaged man if his condition deteriorates, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman left with irreversible brain damage due to a ‘catalogue of errors’ during her birth has been awarded a total of £5.5m in compensation.”
BBC News, 24th September 2-12
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The head of the government’s drugs rationing body has claimed that a number of NHS trusts are ‘breaking the law’ by denying patients access to approved treatments and drugs to save money.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A private healthcare company was ordered to pay out nearly £130,000 after the elderly father of BBC health correspondent Fergus Walsh died due to neglect when he was allowed to fall from a hospital balcony.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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