Insurance surgery: Out for the count – New Law Journal
‘Bridget Tatham follows the rise & risk of public sector outsourcing.’
New Law Journal, 26th October 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Category: health
‘Misleading’ Boots eye advert banned – BBC News
‘An advert for Boots Opticians has been banned for “misleading” claims that blue light, emitted from smartphones and other gadgets, damages eyesight.’
BBC News, 28th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
GP practices ‘offered rewards’ for not referring patients to hospitals – The Guardian
‘GP practices are being offered thousands of pounds to cut the number of patients they refer to hospitals, according to an investigation.’
The Guardian, 1st Ocotber 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK e-cigarette firm fights EU vaping laws in European court – The Guardian
‘A British company is taking its challenge against EU proposals on e-cigarette production, sales and marketing to the European court of justice.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
When should a decision be remitted to a different decision-maker? – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal’s answer to this question in HCA International Limited v CMA [2015] EWCA Civ 492 was, in effect: rarely. The judgment, which contains some serious criticism of the CMA even though it won the case, illustrates just how high the threshold is before a court will insist that a remitted decision should go to a new decision-maker. It is not enough for the original decision-maker to have made a mistake, however conspicuous. Rather, there needs to be a reasonable perception of unfairness or damage to public confidence in the regulatory process.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 25th September 2015
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Cancer patient Ashya King’s parents ‘put him at risk’, report reveals – Daily Telegraph
‘Ashya King, who was removed from hospital by his parents while undergoing treatment for a brain tumour, was “put at risk” by his parents, according to safeguarding report.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sale of silicone implants made by Silimed suspended by UK regulator – The Guardian
‘The UK’s health regulator has suspended sales of silicone implants made by Brazilian company Silimed and recommended that none of the devices be implanted until further advice.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NHS hospital trust put in special measures over serious care failings – The Guardian
‘An NHS hospital trust has been put into special measures after inspectors found serious failings in the safety and quality of its care for patients, including untrained receptionists assessing how seriously unwell new arrivals at A&E were. West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust became the latest trust to be ordered to make big improvements after the Care Quality Commission watchdog rated its services overall as “inadequate”.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Call for open discussion of gene-editing in treatment of human embryos – Technology Law Update
The rapid development of the powerful new CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology raises as many questions as it answers. Now a group of leading research organisations has thrown open the discussion to public debate. Is it now time, they ask, to the use these techniques to treat patients by altering the genes of reproductive cells and embryos to tackle genetic disease?
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Technology Law Update, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood conditions deteriorated so much women are being treated like ‘animals’ – The Independent
‘Conditions at a privately run immigration removal centre have “deteriorated” over the past year to the extent that almost half of the women held there fear for their safety, according to a damning report published by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.’
The Independent, 12th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK prisons inspector seeks time limits on detention of migrants without trial – The Guardian
‘The chief prisons inspector has called for time limits on the detention of migrants without trial after fresh warnings of a significant deterioration in conditions at an immigration removal centre for women.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Derby University students in HIV scare get payouts – BBC News
‘A group of students put at risk of contracting HIV when they were given blood tests with re-used syringe barrels have received payouts.’
BBC News, 30th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (A and another) v Secretary of State for Health (Alliance for Choice intervening) – WLR Daily
‘It was entirely logical for the Secretary of State for Health in the exercise of his duty under section 3 of the National Health Service Act 2006 to provide a range of NHS services including abortion services throughout the United Kingdom on the basis of local residence. The Secretary of State was not obliged to exercise his discretion so as to extend free abortion services to women from Northern Ireland and failure to supply such a service was not a breach of rights under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
End-of-life judgments shouldn’t be made by one doctor, says new guidance – The Guardian
‘Judgments on when patients are reaching the end of their lives should be taken by a number of health experts rather than relying on the medical opinion of just one doctor, according to new guidance from health officials.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Protein World’s ‘beach body ready’ ads do not objectify women, says watchdog – The Guardian
‘Protein World’s controversial “beach body ready” campaign has been cleared by the UK ad watchdog despite nearly 400 complaints it objectified women and was socially irresponsible.’
The Guardian, 1st July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Boy wins £120,000 damages for narcolepsy caused by swine flu vaccine – The Guardian
‘A 12-year-old boy has been awarded £120,000 by a court that agreed he had been left severely disabled by narcolepsy triggered by the swine flu vaccine, following a three-year battle in which the government had claimed that his illness was not serious enough to merit payment.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Unhealthily underweight model’ Yves Saint Laurent advert banned – BBC News
‘An Yves Saint Laurent advertisement featuring an “unhealthily underweight” model has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).’
BBC news, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
