“Doctors wanting to work for the NHS will have to prove they are fluent in English if proposals go ahead. Experts will consult over the next few months on the plan put forward by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.”
BBC News, 18th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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
“A doctor who failed to tell his police and NHS employers about a manslaughter conviction acted dishonestly, a watchdog has found.”
BBC News, 30th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights held that the suspension of a GP from the Primary Care Trust (PCT) Performers List did not violate his right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions under Article 1 Protocol 1 (A1P1) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court declined to decide whether there was a possession that could be interfered with in this case, but held that suspension did not affect Dr Malik.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Doctors could face disciplinary action if they ‘walk by’ and ignore poor patient care by other doctors or health professionals, under new General Medical Council guidelines coming into force today [12 March].”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A doctor has won his high court battle against being struck off over the MMR jab controversy.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, is to report the abortion clinics and doctors at the centre of a Daily Telegraph investigation to the police and General Medical Council.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A doctor who sexually abused female patients over a 20-year period has finally been barred from working.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the doctors struck off over the MMR jab controversy has asked the high court to rule that his treatment was ‘unfair and unjust’.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The General Medical Council is launching its first ever guidelines on assisted suicide.”
BBC News, 6th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Suicide Act 1961 changed the law under which it had been a crime for a person to commit suicide.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 26th January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Doctors are being instructed by the General Medical Council never to sign a contract with their employer containing a gagging clause that would prevent them from revealing dodgy or substandard practice.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The court case of a severely disabled man seeking permission for a doctor to ‘lawfully’ end his life should not go ahead, the Ministry of Justice says.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain is free to ban foreign doctors from working in this country if they do not speak adequate English or there are concerns over their medical ability, an EU Commissioner insists today.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Guidance on how to deal with complaints against doctors who may have assisted in suicides will be published by the General Medical Council.”
BBC News, 16th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Although the General Medical Council recommended that Gideon Lauffer be permanently struck off, a fitness to practice panel suspended him for six months following the deaths of two patients. The suspension has now expired and the former consultant has taken up a post in the A&E department at St Thomas’s hospital in London, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who spent a decade pretending to be a doctor at an NHS trust in south London has been jailed for 27 months.”
BBC News, 24th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rape already arouses serious anxiety because so few attacks are reported to the police, conviction rates are low, and victims are subject to intrusive questioning in court. But now concerns are growing that rapists are escaping justice because doctors are failing to properly examine victims or record their injuries, depriving police of crucial forensic evidence. In other words, senior doctors fear that some forensic medical examiners (FMEs) are simply not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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
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