“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
“Attempts to claw back almost £10 million a year from compensation awarded to disabled children and their families have been abandoned.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.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 plight of a man who had to be rushed to hospital hours after arriving in jail highlights the limitations of prison care.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man with Down’s syndrome is suing an NHS trust over a hospital’s decision to issue a do-not-resuscitate order giving his disability as one of the reasons.”
BBC News, 13th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Muslim man’s right-to-live court battle has been adjourned until October after claims he is no longer in a persistent vegetative state.”
BBC News, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a man left in a vegetative state after a heart attack has made an eleventh hour appeal for doctors to do all they can to keep him alive as they await a vital court ruling.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor who removed the wrong fallopian tube from a patient, leaving her unable to conceive naturally, has been criticised by a tribunal for her ‘hasty, careless, and dismissive’ attitude.”
The Guardian, 15th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors are facing unprecedented increases in claims for compensation for clinical negligence, according to the head of the Medical Defence Union.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A judge has ordered that doctors can switch off a young boy’s life-support system even though his devout Christian parents pleaded for him to be kept alive in case of a miracle.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judge has allowed doctors to stop trying to treat a seriously ill hospital patient who has a needle phobia and physically resists help from medics, in what she called a ‘desperately sad’ case.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.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 judge has ruled that a severely brain-damaged baby boy can be allowed to die even though his devoutly religious parents wanted him to be kept on a life-support system.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A black footballer’s dismissal by his club was unfair racial victimisation, a tribunal has ruled.”
BBC News, 30th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Local Government Law Update: 18 July (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 23 July (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 25 July (PDF)
11 KBW, July 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“An editorial article published in the British Medical Journal on 12 July 2012 (subscription required) has provoked controversy in right-to-life circles. The article, entitled ‘Sanctity of life law has gone too far’ criticises the ruling of Baker J in the ‘M’ case where an application to authorise the removal of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) from a patient in a minimally conscious state was refused.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Serco, a leading private contractor of public services, is failing to meet legal requirements to provide enough staff, train them properly or monitor their performance in the out-of-hours GP service it runs for the NHS in Cornwall.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ambulance staff left an elderly man who had fallen over and sustained brain damage untreated for three quarters of an hour because paramedics were on a lunch break, an inquest has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Doctors will be banned from prescribing anti-ageing drugs like Botox on the phone or internet if they have not seen their patients face to face, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 9th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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