Cathedral sues NHS after worshipper tripped and injured foot – Daily Telegraph
‘Lawyers claim injury was much worse than it would have been with appropriate treatment.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: health
Care Quality Commission scraps ‘judgmental’ GP practice bandings – The Guardian
‘The NHS regulator has abandoned its system of bandings for GP practices, after criticism from doctors’ representatives.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Montgomery (Appellant) v Lanarkshire Health Board (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Montgomery (Appellant) v Lanarkshire Health Board (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 11 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
NIHL: Disease or Injury and Does it Really Matter? – Zenith PI Blog
‘A recent case heard by Mr Justice Phillips in the High Court has considered the increasingly popular argument that Noise Induced Hearing Loss is an injury rather than a disease.’
Zenith PI Blog, 24th March 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
The Care Act 2014: Overview – Thirty Nine Essex Street
‘The Care Act adopts and implements many of the recommendations of the Law Commission on Adult Social Care (published 11 May 2011). It is the largest single piece of community care legislation since the great Beveridge reforms of 1948, sweeping away and re-codifying more than 50 years worth of law and policy.’
Full story (PDF)
Thirty Nine Essex Street, February 2015
Source: www.39essex.com
Do not resuscitate order not to blame for patient death, coroner rules – The Guardian
‘A great-grandfather who died after hospital staff decided without consultation that he should not be resuscitated was not neglected because medics were following guidelines, a coroner has concluded.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New Compulsory System for Obtaining Medical Report in Whiplash Claims is on the Starting Blocks. Are You Ready for it? – Zenith PI Blog
‘MedCo Registration Solutions’ is the new compulsory system for sourcing medical reports in soft tissue injury claims brought under the PAP for low value PI claims in RTAs.
Zenith PI Blog, 17th March 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Health system could benefit from greater pharmacist input if legal challenges can be addressed, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘The health system in England could benefit if plans to involve pharmacists more in delivering treatments and care in GP surgeries are implemented, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th March 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
The Review by Robert Francis QC into Whistleblowing in the NHS – Littleton Chambers
‘The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“ERRA”) introduced the first major legislative changes to the whistleblowing provisions in the Employment Rights Act introduced by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Those provisions afford remedies to workers who are subjected to a detriment or dismissed for making ‘protected disclosures’ of ‘relevant failures’.’
Littleton Chambers, 13th February 2015
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
Advising on a secondary victim claim? December 2014 produced a trio of new cases – Hardwicke Chambers
‘If you are struggling to pin down the relevant principles when advising in a secondary victim case this should be no surprise. As Lord Hoffmann observed: “It seems to me that in this area of the law, the search for principle was called off in Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] 1 A.C. 310. No one can pretend that the existing law, which your Lordships have to accept, is founded upon principle.” in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1999] 2 AC 455 (the police officers’ claims arising out of the Hillsborough disaster).’
Hardwicke Chambers, 20th January 2015
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Noise-induced hearing loss a disease, High Court rules – Law Society’s Gazette
The High Court has ruled that noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) should be treated as a disease rather than an injury for the purpose of claims – and therefore be subject to higher success fees.
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th March 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Reality of consensual and coercive sex in prison’ exposed by review – The Guardian
‘Rape is extremely rare in prisons in England and Wales, whereas consensual gay sex, pornography and masturbation is widespread and accepted, according to the findings of the first systematic review of sex between inmates.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Elderly given power to decide where to die – Daily Telegraph
‘Government consultation document sets out plans to give patients more powers to plan and make decisions about their “end of life care”.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS trust ordered to pay nearly £20,000 over dermatitis failings – Local Government Lawyer
‘An NHS trust in Cornwall has been ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in fines and costs over failings in its approach to dealing with dermatitis. The Health & Safety Executive prosecuted the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust following an investigation that found 23 cases of dermatitis – occurring between 2007 and 2012 – had not been reported to it as is required by the law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th March 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Regina (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
Regina (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice: [2015] EWHC 528 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 105
‘The provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Health Act 2006 were, by necessary implication, binding on the Crown and so applied to all public places and workplaces within its scope for which the Crown was responsible, including state run prisons.’
WLR Daily, 5th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Baby deaths inquiry: NHS criticism expected – BBC News
‘Failures at a maternity unit where a number of newborn babies and mothers died are expected to be exposed later.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Three-parent babies: Britain becomes first country to allow technique after House of Lords approves new regulations – The Independent
‘The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise so-called three-parent babies after the House of Lords backed the idea despite objections from church leaders and pro-life groups.’
The Independent, 24th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gendercide abortion law is ‘a risk to mothers’ – The Independent
‘Women’s rights campaigners are calling on MPs to vote against criminalising abortion on grounds of a child’s gender because it could drive the problem underground.’
The Independent, 18th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Smoking ban in prisons: Inmate wants access to enforcement hotline – BBC News
‘A prisoner has launched a legal challenge to give inmates the right to report unauthorised smoking in jail.’
BBC News, 12th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
