Kent NHS trust pays £651,000 to sacked surgeon’s patients – BBC News
“An NHS trust has paid out £651,000 to 15 former patients of a Kent surgeon, it has been revealed.”
BBC News, 28th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: medical treatment
Baby died after ‘gross failure of basic medical attention’, coroner rules – The Guardian
“A baby died after suffering brain damage when he and his mother were exposed to a ‘gross failure of basic medical attention’, a coroner has ruled. Noah Tyler died 10 months after a midwife overseeing his birth at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff failed to take action though the baby’s heart rate was worryingly high. He was deprived of oxygen and his mother, Colleen Tyler, 31, could also have died during the birth, the hearing was told.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Addicts to lose benefits if they refuse treatment – Daily Telegraph
“Alcoholics and drug addicts will lose their benefits if they refuse to accept treatment, under plans to be announced today.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ovarian cancer delays leading to big payouts for damages – The Guardian
“Doctors’ failure to diagnose ovarian cancer in women, some of whom later died from the disease, is leading to damages payouts of as much as £550,000, research reveals.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Right-to-die hearing for man with locked-in syndrome gets go-ahead – The Guardian
“A high court judge has ruled that the right-to-die case of a man who can only communicate by blinking and wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Human rights watchdog intervenes in ‘do not resuscitate’ case – The Guardian
“The UK’s human rights watchdog is intervening in a landmark case over the use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for NHS patients.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Breast implant scandal: comestic surgery companies face court action – The Guardian
“Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, intends to pursue through the courts the cosmetic industry companies that are refusing free operations to women wanting substandard breast implants removed.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Keeping Abreast of Implants – Zenith Chambers
“Cosmetic surgery, in particular breast implant surgery, has recently hit the headlines with the Government reviewing the UK’s use of French PIP implants, made using industrial grade silicone. On Friday 6th January 2012 the Government announced that the NHS would remove the implants without charge and urged private health companies to do the same. However, this article briefly examines whether the NHS and/or private health companies would in fact have had a legal obligation to assist their previous patients in this way.”
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Zenith Chambers, 9th January 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Lord Tebbit in bid to save legal aid for children’s medical negligence cases – Daily Telegraph
“Former Thatcherite minister Lord Tebbit is among a group of peers trying to save legal aid for children’s medical negligence cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Strategy to drive out transgender prejudice – Home Office
“Tougher sentences for hate crimes, support for transgender pupils in schools, and tailored recruitment advice for businesses are just some of the actions in the first transgender equality plan launched by the government today.”
Home Office, 8th December 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Watchdog may intervene over ‘do not resuscitate’ order – The Guardian
“Britain’s equality and human rights watchdog may intervene in a landmark case over the use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for patients in hospitals, care homes, and their own homes.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Groupon ad ‘pressuring’ consumers into hurried cosmetic surgery is banned – The Guardian
“A promotion email from Groupon offering discounted cosmetic surgery, including breast enlargement, has been banned for “pressuring” consumers into hurriedly making potentially life-changing decisions in just a few hours.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother guilty of killing burns girl – The Independent
“The mother of a two-year-old girl who died of septic shock after suffering burns in a scalding hot shower has been found guilty of manslaughter.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Reforms will cut claims against NHS in half – Law Society’s Gazette
“Legal aid cuts and the Jackson reforms will slash the number of claims brought against the NHS by 50%, a senior member of the Civil Justice Council has predicted.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Power cut kills Pembroke nursing home man on ventilator – BBC News
“A power cut during the night killed a man with muscular dystrophy as nursing home staff were unable to connect a back-up power supply, an inquest heard.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stem cell reseach thrown into disarray by European patent ruling – Daily Telegraph
“Cutting-edge research into new medical treatments in Britain was thrown into disarray on Tuesday as the highest European court ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hospital neglect led to death of toddler Lucas Wellstead – BBC News
“A coroner has ruled a verdict of natural causes by neglect contributed to a Somerset toddler’s death.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
W v M and others – WLR Daily
W v M and others [2011] EWHC 2443 (Fam); [2011] WLR (D) 283
“Pursuant to section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 it was not in the best interests of a patient diagnosed as being in a minimally conscious state to authorise the withdrawal of all life sustaining treatment including nutrition and hydration by artifical means (‘ANH’).”
WLR Daily, 28th September 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘M’ and the law: a difficult case heard in the right court – The Guardian
“A brain-damaged woman’s family didn’t get the judgment it wanted, but in the past it was more painful for such cases even to be brought.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
