‘Total failures’ in care of baby boy who lived for 14 hours – BBC News
‘A baby boy who lived just 14 hours died after “total and complete failures” in his care, an inquest has found.’
BBC News, 12th March 2024
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‘A baby boy who lived just 14 hours died after “total and complete failures” in his care, an inquest has found.’
BBC News, 12th March 2024
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‘The UK medical regulator is to apologise to gay doctors struck off because of their sexuality, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2024
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‘This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and UCLH NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWCOP 3, a case in which Hayden J was concerned with a situation of a woman in her late 80s who had sustained a serious stroke and was being cared for in hospital.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 4th February 2024
‘The Supreme Court has ruled out claims for physicatric harm suffered by family members witnessing death or serious injury as a result of medical negligence. Rosalind English talks to Judith Rogerson of 1 Crown Office Row about the implication of this ruling.’
Law Pod UK, 1st February 2024
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‘Rachel Marcus and Marcus Coates-Walker of 1 Crown Office Row join Lucy McCann to explore the principle of the scope of duty in the context of clinical negligence claims. First by analysing the decision in Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 and then discussing how the courts have grappled with scope of duty issues since.’
Law Pod UK, 25th January 2024
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‘Medical staff in the UK should not report women to the police if they believe their patients may have illegally ended their own pregnancy, a professional body has said. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has said it is never in the public interest to report women who have abortions to law enforcement agencies, according to the BBC.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2024
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‘In Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1, the Supreme Court had to decide whether (and, if so, when) an individual can make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence. In dismissing the three conjoined appeals, a majority of the Supreme Court held that, while doctors owe a duty of care to protect the health of their patients, they do not owe a duty of care to members of the patient’s close family to protect them against the risk of illness from the experience of witnessing the death or medical crisis of their relative from a condition which the doctor has negligently failed to diagnose or treat.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 11th January 2024
‘In a judgment handed down on 13 July 2023, Mrs Justice Hill dismissed Dr Shabir’s appeal under s40 of the Medical Act 1983 against the finding of facts of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) which resulted in his erasure from the medical register.’
2 Hare Court, 5th December 2024
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‘A hospital doctor who admitted sexually harassing two nurses should not be suspended, a High Court judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 18th December 2023
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‘A children’s doctor who drank a can of strong lager on shift before being sent home after causing an “incident” has been found guilty of professional misconduct.’
The Independent, 11th December 2023
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‘A senior doctor who won a record £3.2m payout says her boss tried to “break” her after she raised concerns about how Covid was being handled.’
BBC News, 5th December 2023
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‘Medics treating critically ill babies are quitting their jobs owing to “considerable moral distress” caused by a rightwing Christian group behind a series of end-of-life court cases, the Guardian has been told.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2023
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‘This judgment deals with an appeal brought by a doctor against her erasure from the GMC register. The judgment discusses the significance of the doctor’s mental health difficulties in the context of findings of dishonesty, the law on time limits, and it provides a helpful demonstration of how CPR 52.19 (applications to limit recoverable costs) may be applied in statutory appeals of this nature.’
3PB, 26th October 2023
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‘This was an appeal by a doctor against a decision of the medical practitioners’ tribunal that he was guilty of misconduct. He also appealed against the tribunal’s decision to suspend his registration for six months.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th November 2023
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‘A former doctor who was jailed in Australia for the murder of a pregnant patient has been convicted of raping a child before he emigrated from the UK.’
BBC News, 13th November 2023
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‘The parents of a critically ill baby who has been at the centre of a life-support fight are preparing to mount an appeal after failing to persuade a High Court judge to let the little girl receive end-of-life care at home.’
The Independent, 10th November 2023
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‘A critically ill eight-month-old baby has been granted Italian citizenship as her parents fight to prevent doctors ending her life support.’
BBC News, 6th November 2023
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‘The government has agreed to fund a one-off bonus for health workers who missed out previously because they worked for non-NHS organisations. A payment of at least £1,655 was agreed as part of the NHS pay deal in England this year, to recognise the pressure of the Covid pandemic on staff. But the BBC recently reported thousands of outsourced staff did not qualify and employers had launched legal action.’
BBC News, 6th November 2023
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‘Patients and relatives must be able to request second opinion from critical care team at any time of day or night, government told.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2023
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