“A group of doctors which has been investigating the death of government
scientist Dr David Kelly wrote to the Chief Coroner today calling for his
inquest to be resumed and the suicide verdict re-examined.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Doctors will be able to provide medical records to patients who want them to
travel abroad for an assisted suicide without being struck off, new guidelines
make clear for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“England’s most senior doctor has questioned the government’s policy of criminalising all people who take illegal drugs and said they should be treated primarily as if they have a ‘health problem’.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Patel v General Medical Council: [2012] EWHC 3688 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 12
“When considering an application under section 41(A) of the Medical Act 1983 to terminate an 18 months’ suspension order imposed by an Interim Orders Panel, the court was required to give the panel’s decision such weight as in the circumstances of the case it thought fit but was entitled to examine the panel’s reasons with some rigour.”
WLR Daily, 20th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Freetown Ltd v Assethold Ltd: [2012] EWCA Civ 1657; [2012] WLR (D) 379
“Service of a party wall award pursuant to section 15(1) of the Party Wall etc Act 1996 was effective from the date the award was received or deemed to have been received by a party.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Police have thanked the women who came forward to help convict a GP who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting patients.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former British army doctor has been found guilty of serious misconduct by medical watchdogs over the death of Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa and will now face possible sanctions against his working as a medic.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hospitals will be required to publish survival rates for operations by individual surgeons under plans to help patients to more effectively choose where they have their care.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It was left to a medical body to censure Derek Keilloh. That no one else has been brought to book over the killing is shameful”
The Guardian, 17th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parents of a baby boy who died of meningitis have won a five-figure payout from a hospital trust after doctors twice failed to spot the symptoms of his illness.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Women who claim they had botched and unnecessary breast cancer operations are taking legal action against three hospitals in the West Midlands.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Giving all doctors annual assessments and detailed checks every five years will result in better care for patients and reduce compensation claims, but may see an exodus of experienced medics from the NHS who are reluctant to be tested, a government study has warned.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says urgent retrospective legislation is needed to correct a ‘technical error’ affecting up to 5,000 patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act since 2002.”
BBC News, 29th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One in ten medical negligence claims involving cancer are from women with breast cancer as doctors are failing to examine women and not following up on abnormal test results, it has been warned.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer-related medical negligence claim against GPs, Medical Protection Society (MPS) has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Patient care is being put at risk by the European Working Time Directive, which ‘disrupts continuity of care and distorts clinical training’, say two Royal Colleges.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Telegraph and the Daily Mail are using convicted doctors as ammunition in their latest assault on the Human Rights Act. ‘Dozens of convicted sex offenders are working as doctors, it has emerged’, fulminates The Telegraph. ‘At least 31 men are practising as GPs, consultants and surgeons despite having convictions for assaulting women, possessing child pornography or soliciting prostitutes’. And it’s all the fault of the bête noire – human rights. ‘The General Medical Council (GMC) said it was unable to ban medics for being on the sex offenders’ register as it has been advised that such a move would not be compatible with human rights legislation’.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 1st October 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The GMC said it could not impose an automatic ban on doctors convicted of sex offences as this would risk breaching human rights legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Complaints about doctors have reached a record high, the General Medical Council said.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Doctors should talk to children as young as five alone if they suspect they are at risk of neglect or abuse, under new guidance.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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