Category: hospitals

Regina (G) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust; Regina (N) v Secretary of State for Health; Regina (B) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust – Times Law Reports

Posted May 28th, 2008 in hospitals, human rights, law reports, smoking by sally

Regina (G) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust; Regina (N) v Secretary of State for Health; Regina (B) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“Preventing detained mental patients from smoking was not a breach of article 8, right to respect for private and family life, or article 14, prohibiting discrimination, of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

The Times, 28th May 2008

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Man sues for £1m after botched vasectomy leads to loss of testicles – The Times

Posted May 22nd, 2008 in damages, hospitals, news, personal injuries by sally

“A father-of-four is claiming £1 million damages after winning his legal case over a vasectomy that went wrong.”

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The Times, 22nd May 2008

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R (G) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; R (N) v Secretary of State for Health; R (B) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2008 in hospitals, law reports, smoking by sally

R (G) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 1096 (Admin); R (N) v Secretary of State for Health; R (B) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; [2008] WLR (D) 162

“A provision which had the effect of prohibiting smoking in a high security psychiatric hospital was not incompatible with the human rights of detained mental patients and was not unlawful.”

WLR Daily, 21st May 2008

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Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Patients lose smoking ban appeal – BBC News

Posted May 20th, 2008 in hospitals, news, smoking by sally

“High Court judges have ruled psychiatric patients should not be allowed to smoke at a high security mental hospital.”

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BBC News, 20th May 2008

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Parents to sue over teenager’s MRSA death – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 19th, 2008 in hospitals, news by sally

“A family has vowed to sue the ‘filthy’ hospital where their teenage daughter died after contracting the ‘superbug’ MRSA.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2008

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Open verdict over hospital death – BBC News

Posted May 9th, 2008 in hospitals, inquests, news by sally

“There were ‘serious deficiencies’ in care given to a man who died hours after entering hospital but they did not amount to neglect, a coroner said.”

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BBC News, 8th May 2008

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Rape victim ‘too grubby’ for NHS – BBC News

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in hospitals, medical treatment, news, rape by sally

“The National Health Service has been criticised in court after a doctor told the male victim of a double rape that he was ‘too grubby’ to be treated.”

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BBC News, 22nd April 2008

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NHS violence law rejected by AMs – BBC News

Posted March 28th, 2008 in hospitals, news, violence, Wales by sally

“Staff working in Welsh hospitals will not have extra legal protection from violence and abuse offered to their English colleagues, it has emerged.”

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BBC News, 28th March 2008

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Family complains after patient was ‘left to die’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 25th, 2008 in hospitals, news by sally

“An elderly woman was left to die in hospital after doctors made an order not to resuscitate her without her family’s knowledge, it has been claimed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2008

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Brain-damaged woman clears way for victims to sue over baby scandal – The Times

Posted March 14th, 2008 in birth, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“Families of patients with severe brain damage after heart surgery as children are preparing to sue the NHS after a profoundly disabled woman won her case for compensation in the wake of the Bristol heart babies scandal.”

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The Times, 14th March 2008

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Rampton patients test smoking ban – The Times

Posted March 12th, 2008 in hospitals, news, smoking by sally

“Patients at a top security psychiatric hospital have brought a test case over the Government’s smoking ban.”

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The Times, 12th March 2008

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Brain damage boy awarded £5.4m – BBC News

Posted February 27th, 2008 in birth, damages, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A ‘sparky young man’ who suffered serious brain damage at birth has been awarded £5.4m in damages.”

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BBC News, 27th February 2008

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Woman wins baby brain damage case – BBC News

Posted February 27th, 2008 in damages, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A woman who said she suffered brain damage during heart treatment as a baby at Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1985 has won a High Court compensation claim.”

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BBC News, 26th February 2008

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£4m damages for ‘devoted’ mother – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2008 in damages, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A mother who has devoted herself to her severely brain-damaged daughter for 29 years has been awarded £4.1m damages.”

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BBC News, 24th February 2008

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Throat cancer patient ‘starved to death’ after feeding tube blunder – The Times

Posted February 15th, 2008 in hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A hospital trust will have to pay damages after a patient who had undergone a successful operation for cancer was then inadvertently starved and poisoned to death.”

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The Times, 15th February 2008

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Mentally ill man killed woman on mixed ward – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 8th, 2008 in homicide, hospitals, mental health, news by sally

“An MP has demanded an inquiry into mixed wards after a paranoid schizophrenic admitted killing a female patient in the next bed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2008

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Unlawfully killed: the mother given fatal epidural dose minutes after birth – The Guardian

Posted February 6th, 2008 in hospitals, news, unlawful killing by sally

“The case of a new mother who was mistakenly given a fatal dose of a strong epidural anaesthetic will be re-examined by the Crown Prosecution Service after an inquest jury ruled yesterday that she was unlawfully killed.”

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The Guardian, 6th February 2008

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Judge condemns mixed-sex wards – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 4th, 2008 in hospitals, news, sexual offences by sally

“A judge condemned the Government’s failure to eradicate mixed-sex wards after jailing a man on Friday for a sex attack on an 82-year-old woman.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2008

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Mental Health Campaign: Families demand full inquests for deaths in secure hospitals – The Independent

Posted January 28th, 2008 in hospitals, inquests, mental health, news by sally

“Hundreds of people with mental health problems are dying while detained in hospital but their deaths are not being fully investigated.”

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The Independent, 27th Janaury 2008

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Maternity units failing to meet guidelines – The Times

Posted January 25th, 2008 in hospitals, news by sally

“More than four in ten maternity units in England offer poor or below average care, a report by the healthcare watchdog concludes today.”

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The Times, 25th January 2008

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