‘World leaders called for the decriminalization of drugs on Monday, in a report released by a commission that includes the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK’s underground medical marijuana scene, where dealers give away tens of thousands of pounds worth of cannabis in order to offer relief to those in physical pain, has been exposed in a new documentary.’
The Independent, 15th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The British Medical Journal has called for the legalisation of illicit drugs for the first time.’
The Independent, 15th November 2016
Source; www.independent.co.uk
‘This report highlights major failings in the way DVLA makes decisions on whether people with certain medical conditions are safe to drive.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 19th October 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
‘The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is not making fair decisions about medical fitness-to-drive cases, a report has suggested. It said people’s lives had been put on hold for years because of flawed decision-making and poor communication. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report found “major failings” in eight drivers’ cases.’
BBC News, 20th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Drug dependence has significant direct and indirect costs to society beyond the impact on individuals. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction estimates that in 2010 alone, between €3.7b to 5.9b of public money was spent on drug-law offenders in prisons in Europe. This figure does not include the cost of criminal justice responses to drug-using offenders who have been convicted of other crimes that may have been motivated in part by drug-dependency.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th October 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘NHS trusts in England paid out more than £1.4bn in medical negligence claims last year compared to £583m in 2008, analysis shows.’
BBC News, 29th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NHS has apologised after a coroner criticised “serious failings” in medical care that led to a man dying hours after an ambulance crew failed to diagnose his heart attack and take him to hospital.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘More prisoners are being diagnosed with mental health problems requiring hospital treatment, official figures obtained by the Guardian show. The number of male prisoners being transferred to hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act grew by more than 20% between 2011 and 2014 in England and Wales, said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in response to a freedom of information request.’
The Guardian, 14th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Government must make good on its commitment to health in all policies by enshrining health as a material consideration in planning and licensing law, MPs have said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A baby boy whose father advocates the use of “harmful alternative medication” should be taken into council care, a family court judge has decided.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Cosmetic surgeons will be named and shamed for poor practice for the first time as part of a Government crackdown.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Medical experts and campaigners have criticised the government’s childhood obesity strategy as weak and embarrassing, and accused policymakers of throwing away the best chance to tackle the culture of unhealthy eating that is crippling the NHS. The government’s measures, centred on the sugar tax announced by George Osborne in March, rely on voluntary action by the food and drink industry and are shorn of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In this case NHS England argued it lacked the power to commission (and be responsible for paying for) preventative HIV drugs. It said this was solely the responsibility of local authorities and, in so doing, disavowed any responsibility for preventative medicine.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th August 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The NHS in England has been told by the High Court it can fund a “game-changing” drug that can prevent HIV after health bosses argued it was not their responsibility.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A high court judge is to rule on whether a preventive treatment for HIV that charities say is a “game changer” should be funded by the NHS.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who cost the taxpayer £78,000 by phoning ambulance service more than 400 times in two years has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A high court judge has been asked to overturn an decision on funding for a preventive treatment for HIV that charities say is a “gamechanger”.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This paper seeks to outline:
a. Local Authority (“LA”) obligations to provide care or other services to children under the Children Act 1989 and the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
b. LA obligations under the Children and Families Act 2014 in relation to special educational needs and disability.’
Byrom Street Chambers, 14th June 2016
Source: www.byromstreet.com
‘Social care agencies missed opportunities to help a 17-year-old girl who took her own life months after being removed from a child protection plan, a coroner has ruled. Katy Skerrett, the senior coroner for Gloucestershire, said there had been a lack of communication between mental health and social care professionals in the treatment provided to Anielka Jennings.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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