‘The independent healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission recently warned that disjointed health and social care services in England are placing increasing pressure on A&E departments. As pressure grows on the country’s health and care system, what does this mean for the human rights of older people?’
Rights Info, 18th October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘In Welsh v Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 2491 QB, Mrs Justice Yip DBE considered whether it was reasonable to depart from the usual rule in r.44.2 that the winner recovers their costs in full. This is a useful example of how a Court approached the principle of costs when the overall winning party was unsuccessful on a particular issue.’
Zenith PI, 8th October 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Boy, 6, awarded record £37m in NHS compensation after “catastrophic” brain damage.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Bayer Plc v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) and others [2018] EWHC 2465 (Admin). This judicial review concerned whether it was lawful for NHS clinical commissioning groups to adopt a policy for offering the drug Avastin to patients suffering from “wet” (or neo-vascular) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Avastin, although not licensed for ophthalmic use, at £28 per injection is significantly cheaper than the licensed alternatives (£816 and £551 respectively per injection). The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has estimated that the NHS-wide saving of switching to Avastin was at least £102 million p.a.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th October 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A gossiping chiropractor faced a disciplinary hearing after he told a patient’s mother that her daughter was pregnant.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd Otober 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The NHS has agreed to pay a record £19.8m in damages for failings in the care of a woman who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when she was deprived of oxygen as a baby.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A series of websites, an app and a YouTube channel promoting Kinder chocolate and toys have been banned in the UK for aiming junk food advertising at children.’
The Guardian, 19th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sexual incidents including harassment, assaults and rapes are “commonplace” in mental health units, mainly carried out by patients, the NHS’s care regulator has reported.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 100 pregnant women have been detained in UK removal centres in the past two years, despite a government-commissioned review recommending the Home Office ban the practice in 2016.’
The Independent, 10th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A cancer patient who lost most of his penis to a flesh-eating superbug after routine surgery has won a six-figure payout.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Drivers who fail to read a number plate from 20m (65ft) away when stopped by police will have their licences revoked immediately in a new crackdown.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Economic migrants forced into destitution by a law forbidding them to work, rent property or use the NHS have been handed a lifeline after a “David and Goliath” battle in the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is missing an important opportunity to cut deaths from smoking, says a committee of MPs who are calling for a cut in the tax on e-cigarettes. They are also urging the government to allow more advertising and to rethink the ban on vaping on buses, trains and in other public places.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lancashire County Council has announced that it will re-evaluate the two existing bids for public health services for 0 to 19 year olds from Virgin Health Care and a joint bid between Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th August 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Is the Crown is bound by the prohibition of smoking in most enclosed public places and workplaces, contained in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Health Act 2006?’
UKSC Blog, 15th August 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
A watchdog is threatening NHS England with legal action if it does not begin offering fertility treatments to transgender patients as standard.
BBC News, 5th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother will not be told her teenage child is being treated for a rare form of cancer, in an important ruling about privacy by a High Court judge.’
Rights Info, 25th July 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A young woman with mental health problems killed herself after a series of major errors by the NHS trust that was looking after her, a jury at an inquest into her death has found.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Stuart-Smith J’s judgment in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust & Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Lancashire County Council provides helpful guidance on how not to conduct moderation meetings and highlights the defendant’s failure to provide adequate reasons for its decision making. What it does not provide is a finding on who deserved to win the contract.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 16th July 2018
‘In the recent case of R (Hutchinson & Anor) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor the Administrative Court considered a challenge to the creation of a new model for the provision of health and social care in England.’
Community Care Blog, 10th July 2018
Source: communitycare11kbw.com
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