Lawyers cash in on NHS negligence cases – Daily Telegraph
“One in five NHS negligence claims now results in lawyers picking up more in compensation than the patient they act for.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2009
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“One in five NHS negligence claims now results in lawyers picking up more in compensation than the patient they act for.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2009
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“ASA censures campaign for misleading health and nutrition claims, in part because the drinks are sugar-laden.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
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“Ombudsmen’s report calls for urgent review of health and social care for people with learning disabilities.”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 24th March 2009
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
“The National Health Service is failing people with learning disabilities, according to a report published today on the deaths of six disabled patients.”
The Times, 24th March 2009
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“An end to the ‘doctor knows best’ era of medicine was heralded by ministers yesterday as Gordon Brown published a constitution for the NHS.”
The Times, 22nd January 2009
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“An official investigation is to examine why people with serious learning difficulties have died while under NHS care, after alleged neglect led to at least six fatalities, ministers will reveal today.
The Guardian, 19th January 2009
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“The NHS in England is failing to learn from more than 130,000 complaints it receives each year from patients, parliament’s spending watchdog said today.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (St Helens Borough Council) v Manchester Primary Care Trust and Another
Court of Appeal
“The decision whether the care needs of a woman who required constant and expensive care should be met by the health service or by social services was one for the primary care trust acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. That decision was capable of challenge by judicial review, but the social services authority did not have the power to reach its own decision.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
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Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21days from the date of publication.
“It was for the primary care trust acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and not for the local authority to decide whether the care needs of a woman with dissociative identity disorder were primarily for health care or for care which a social services authority should provide. The trust was required to define in its decision the services which the social services authority was required to provide to the woman, whose mental and psychological conditions required constant and expensive care. It was not satisfactory for the two parties to resolve the issue by costly litigation, since the money for the care and the litigation all came from the public purse.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Age discrimination is to be outlawed in a bid to prevent pensioners being denied NHS treatment and patronised by doctors because of their age.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2008
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“Nipping out of the office for a game of tennis will no longer be considered bunking off under a government initiative to incorporate sport into the national working day.”
The Times, 9th May 2008
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“An NHS finance chief who was desperate to meet financial targets was jailed for 12 months yesterday for a multimillion-pound fraud.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
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“Government plans to drop the regulation of lasers used by beauty salons for cosmetic treatments, such as the removal of wrinkles, hair and tattoos, would pose a serious risk to patients’ health, doctors said yesterday.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
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“Justice Minister Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has called on criminal justice professionals and health experts to work closely together to develop safer communities by tackling offenders’ health problems early to reduce crime.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th February 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 published
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk