Archie Battersbee treatment should stop, judge rules – BBC News
‘Treatment for a brain-damaged boy in a coma should stop, a judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 13th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: medical treatment
Judge to deliver ruling on future of boy in life-support treatment fight – The Independent
‘A judge is preparing to deliver a ruling on the future of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a High Court life-support treatment dispute after suffering brain damage.’
The Independent, 13th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Victims of contaminated blood scandal should receive interim payments – report – The Independent
‘Victims of the contaminated blood scandal – some of whom are nearing the end of their lives – should receive interim payments of at least £100,000 each, according to a new plan sent to ministers.’
The Independent, 8th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge poised to decide future of 12-year-old boy at centre of treatment dispute – The Independent
‘A High Court judge is preparing to make decisions about the future of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute.’
The Independent, 6th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Patient funding request for life-saving treatment – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The case of R (on the application of Wallpott) v Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board [2021] EWHC 3291 (Admin) [2022] ACD 27 involved a challenge to a refusal to fund potentially life-saving medical treatment. It concerned Maria Wallpott, a 50-year-old woman with a rare form of appendix cancer. Ms Wallpott’s clinicians had recommended that she undergo cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS with HIPEC). This treatment, involving the surgical removal of visible tumour and flushing with a heated chemotherapy agent, was not routinely available in Wales, in contrast to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. An individual patient funding request (IPFR) was therefore made by Ms Wallpott’s doctor to the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC), which acted on behalf of the local health board. A WHSSC panel refused the request and maintained its decision on review.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th May 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Case Preview: Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited and Anor – UKSC Blog
‘The appeal was heard by the UK Supreme Court on 28 April 2022. In this case, Mr Hastings appeals against the findings of the lower courts in Scotland that the metal-on-metal prosthesis used for his total hip replacement was not defective within the terms of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (the “CPA”).’
UKSC Blog, 20th May 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
Archie Battersbee: Judge sets date to decide on future of Southend boy in coma – BBC News
‘A High Court judge has set a timetable for decisions on the future of a boy at the centre of a treatment dispute after suffering brain damage.’
BBC News, 19th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sajid Javid plans review of impact of gender dysphoria treatment – The Guardian
‘A review of the long-term outcomes for children treated for gender dysphoria is being drawn up by ministers, following warnings over how little is known about children who later regret the treatment.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Mediating Clinical Negligence Claims – Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog
‘The NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence: so reported the BBC in January 2020 following a Freedom of Information Request. Estimates published in 2019 put the total cost of outstanding compensation claims at £83bn; NHS England’s total budget in 2018-19 was £129bn.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 7th April 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
Inquiry investigates deaths of 1,500 NHS mental health patients in Essex – The Guardian
‘The first inquiry of its kind held in England is investigating the deaths of 1,500 people who died while being cared for as patients of NHS mental health services in Essex.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Husband’s Stitch: A Violation of Patients’ Bodily Autonomy – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘The ‘husband’s stitch’ is the practice of placing an extra stitch at the vaginal opening of a patient after birth for cosmetic purposes. This practice has at times been inflicted upon birthing patients non-consensually, and a gap in British legislation leaves these individuals particularly vulnerable to obstetric violence.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 9th March 2022
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
Guidance on Applications for Interim Payments – Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog
‘In complex clinical negligence cases involving substantial damages and an uncertain prognosis, there is often an urgency on the part of claimants to access funds so as to procure immediate needs such as; treatment, care and suitable accommodation. There are two hurdles to that end goal, however: establishing liability, and the sheer length of time that it is now taking for matters to proceed through the courts to a final conclusion. Undoubtedly, the impact of the pandemic has not helped the latter obstacle, and indeed, has made it even more of a concern than it was before. In clinical negligence claims, cases are often case managed with elongated timetables to trial to allow for the gathering of expert opinion on both sides, joint statements etc.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 16th March 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
Peterborough: Judge rules woman with bleed on brain is dead – BBC News
‘A judge has ruled that a woman who suffered a brain haemorrhage is dead after a case at the High Court.’
BBC News, 16th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lancaster mum wins legal fight for son’s kidney transplant – BBC News
‘A mother has won a legal battle to ensure her teenage son has the right to a potentially life-saving transplant.’
BBC News, 8th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear appeal over ruling by coroner that Article 2 ECHR not engaged where vulnerable woman died – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal over a coroner’s ruling that Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Right to life) was not engaged in a case where a vulnerable, 52-year-old woman with Down’s syndrome and learning disabilities died.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Causation and Intervening Medical Treatment – Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog
‘As lawyers representing parties in clinical negligence cases, we will often encounter scenarios where the injured party has been involved in a road traffic accident or an accident at work and subsequently seeks medical assistance for the purpose of treating their injuries. As a result of negligent medical treatment, the Claimant’s injuries are aggravated, or further injury is suffered. In such circumstances, there may be multiple potential Defendants to any legal claim.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 17th February 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
