“More than 30 families have taken legal action against a hospital in north-west
England for a catalogue of baby and maternal deaths and injuries.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gagging clauses that stop departing NHS staff from speaking out about patient safety or care have been banned by the government.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Psychiatric hospitals must consider the children of those who are given compulsory mental health treatment, according to a health watchdog. The Mental Welfare Commission says most healthcare staff are unaware of their responsibilities to help parents to maintain contact with their children.”
BBC News, 7th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Campaigners have won a high court challenge over proposed changes to children’s heart surgery services in England.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“NHS blunders left her newborn baby seriously brain damaged, and two and a half years later Andrea Duggan is still angry that no member of staff has been brought to book.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A surgeon was allowed to continue practising despite concerns over his ability,
a report has found.”
BBC News, 28th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dr Chhabra is a consultant psychiatrist at Broadmoor Hospital. She was alleged by a member of the public to have breached patient confidentiality whilst travelling on a train (an allegation that might cause lawyers who work on trains pause for thought…). Her employer Trust appointed an outside psychiatrist to investigate the allegations under the Trust’s procedures, implementing ‘Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS’. The case manager, on reviewing the investigator’s report, decided that the matter should be brought before a disciplinary hearing at which Dr. Chhabra would face allegations of gross misconduct that may have led to dismissal. Separately the Trust referred capability concerns relating to Dr. Chhabra that had also been considered in the investigator’s report, to the National Clinical Assessment Service (‘NCAS’).”
Littleton Chambers, 12th February 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
“Whistleblowing legislation is to be overhauled and a government consultation held to investigate whether the Public Interest Disclosure Act (Pida) 1998 is failing to protect those who speak out from being victimised, harassed and even sacked by their employers.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police and prosecutors are studying a damning report into ‘appalling’ failures of care at an NHS hospital where hundreds of patients needlessly died, to examine whether any criminal charges need to be brought against those involved.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Another nine hospital trusts are to be investigated for high death rates in the
wake of the damning report on the NHS over its handling of the Stafford Hospital
scandal.”
BBC News, 11th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court is due to hear a legal challenge over plans to end child heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary.”
BBC News, 11th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two more hospitals were dragged into the NHS care scandal today as it emerged that 18 families were taking legal action on the grounds that their loved ones had suffered neglect and negligence.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of people have died; others have been starved, dehydrated and left in appalling conditions of indignity, witnessed by their loved ones. Surely this is what Chris Grayling, Justice Secretary, had in mind when he recently cautioned to need to ‘concentrate on real human rights’?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Robert Francis QC speaks to the media following the release of his report into the Mid Staffordshire NHS trust scandal, in which between 400 to 1,200 people died as a result of inadequate care. Francis makes 290 recommendations in the report. He says that many were failed by a system that put ‘corporate self-interest’ ahead of patients and their safety.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The scale of Robert Francis’s report cannot be overestimated – and neither can the magnitude of cultural change it calls for.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry
“NHS hospitals should face prosecution if doctors and nurses fail to blow the whistle on patients receiving poor care, an official inquiry into the scandal at Stafford Hospital will recommend on Wednesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who was left fighting for her life after gastric bypass surgery went wrong has been awarded £35,000.”
The Independent, 4th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A mother of two has been given a multimillion-pound payout by a Birmingham hospital, after mistakes during an operation left her paralysed.”
BBC News, 29th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust v IC (EA/2012/00111) concerned the first monetary penalty notice (MPN) to be appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal. The Trust’s appeal has been dismissed by the Tribunal (Professor Angel, Rosalind Tatam and Paul Taylor).”
Panopticon, 17th January 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
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