“Doctors fear their private lives and personal beliefs will soon come under increasing scrutiny from regulators, as a Christian GP who prayed with a patient faces a formal hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The British soldiers responsible for the death of Baha Mousa must face prosecution in the light of the damning public inquiry findings, lawyers for his family said.”
The Independent, 8th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former paramedic is seeking compensation and an investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC) after part of his brain was removed in error by an NHS surgeon.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors and scientists who put their names to medical articles they have not written should be charged with professional misconduct and fraud, according to legal experts.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Payouts to patients or their families hit unprecedented levels according to Medical Defence Union.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The bereaved husband of a doctor has undertaken a legal test case claiming sex discrimination because he is receiving a smaller NHS pension than if he were a widow.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors, is putting the public at risk by being too lenient with some of those who come before it accused of poor practice or wrongdoing, according to a committee of MPs.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A vascular surgeon who botched operations, resulting in one man bleeding to death and a woman having to breathe through a tube for the rest of her life, has been suspended for 12 months by the General Medical Council.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Pressure is mounting on Government ministers to introduce tougher laws to protect whistleblowers as health professionals and MPs speak out against a ‘code of silence’ in the NHS.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An internationally renowned children’s heart specialist won a High Court action yesterday to prevent hearsay evidence being used against him in a case involving allegations of child abuse.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wright v Cambridge Medical Group (a partnership) [2011] EWCA Civ 669; [2011] WLR (D) 189
“General practitioners were liable in negligence for the late referral of an infant to hospital where, if she had received effective treatment in time, she would probably have made a full recovery from an infection which in fact caused permanent damage to her hip.”
WLR Daily, 9th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A former GP who indecently assaulted young girls at his Sussex surgery has been jailed for more than eight years.”
BBC News, 10th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former family doctor has been found guilty of indecently assaulting young girls at his surgery.”
BBC News, 7th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Doctors are to be drafted into the fight against terrorism by being asked to identify patients at risk of being drawn into violent extremism. The controversial move will be spelt out today by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, as she publishes the Government’s much-delayed strategy for combating extremism.”
The Independent, 7th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Redcard Ltd and others v Williams and others [2011] EWCA Civ 466; [2011] WLR (D) 145
“Under section 44 of the Companies Act 2006 a company document could validly be signed by signatories acting for the company even though the execution did not take place either with the common seal of the company or by expressly being signed ‘for or on behalf of the company’.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A key stroke error on a computer cost a breast cancer sufferer her life after two urgent letters asking her to go to hospital appointments were sent to the wrong address.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Durham Crown Prosecution Service has advised Durham Police there is not enough new evidence under the double jeopardy provisions for the Director of Public Prosecutions to authorise an investigation into former GP Howard Martin, acquitted of the murder of three of his patients six years ago.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 9th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Three leading pathologists have accused the Metropolitan Police of attempting to discredit them as expert witnesses in so-called Shaken Baby court cases.”
BBC News, 8th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A married GP from Suffolk who had affairs with two female patients has been found guilty of misconduct.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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