Speech by Mr Justice Baker: A matter of life or death – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Oxford Shrieval Lecture on 11 October 2016.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 14th October 2016
Source: www.judciary.gov.uk
Category: medical treatment
Serious failings in medical care led to man’s death, inquest finds – The Guardian
‘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
Compensation payout for mum left unable to open her jaw wider than 2cm after botched operation – Daily Telegraph
‘A mother-of-one has received a six figure payout after a botched operation left her unable to open her mouth wider than 2cm for five years.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother jailed for making children have surgery so she could claim benefits – The Guardian
‘A mother who lied about her children being ill, forcing them to have surgery as part of a plan to falsely claim benefits, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Severely disabled baby should be allowed to die, judge rules – The Guardian
‘A severely disabled baby who has been on a ventilator since he was 18 minutes old should be allowed to die, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother forced her children to undergo serious operations they did not need to claim £375,000 benefits – The Independent
‘A mother has been convicted of child cruelty after forcing her children to undergo gastric surgery they didn’t need in order to claim £375,000 in benefits.’
The Independent, 20th July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Keeping up to date with inquest law in a clinical context: can a medical patient be treated as “detained by the state”? – Cloisters
‘Those regularly instructed to represent families at inquests will no doubt already be familiar with the valuable resource that is the Chief Coroner and his website, as well as the extremely useful sites of membership organizations like Inquest and AvMA. If it’s been a little while since your last instructions, and lack of funding makes an open source particularly attractive.’
Cloisters, 6th June 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
Priory Clinic blamed by inquest jury over death of teenage girl after untrained staff failed to call 999 – Daily Telegraph
‘A 14-year-old girl suffered an accidental death contributed to by neglect while under the care of the Priory, an inquest jury has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Doctor cleared of failing to tell cancer patient her condition was terminal – The Guardian
‘A doctor at the centre of sports doping allegations has been cleared of failing to tell a cancer patient her condition was terminal.’
The Guardian, 24th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge overturns ‘absurd’ NHS decision not to treat narcoleptic 17-year-old – Daily Telegraph
‘NHS England has been ordered by the High Court to treat a teenager with a severe neurological condition.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge to decide treatment of two-year-old disabled boy who ‘no longer giggles’ – The Independent
‘Specialists have told a High Court judge that their treatment of a “profoundly neurologically disabled” two-year-old boy who they say no longer giggles when tickled and is “largely unresponsive” should be limited to palliative care.’
The Independent, 27th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal threat sees NHS England review decision-making on HIV treatment – Local Government Lawyer
‘NHS England is to review its plans to end its decision-making process over whether to make the HIV prevention drug PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) available.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st April 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Health Executive of Ireland v Z and others – WLR Daily
Health Executive of Ireland v Z and others [2016] EWHC 784 (Fam)
‘The applicant sought and obtained an order in the Irish High Court authorising the treatment in a specialist unit in an English hospital of an Irish child aged 15 who had developed a very serious eating disorder and who required treatment which could not be provided in her home country. Her doctors, supported by her parents but against her wishes, made arrangements for her to be admitted and treated in a specialist unit in an English hospital which was able to provide the treatment required. The applicant applied to the English High Court for an order, under the inherent jurisdiction of the court, for recognition and enforcement of the Irish High Court order. At an initial hearing the court made an interim emergency order under inherent jurisdiction permitting the child’s emergency admission for treatment in the hospital in England. At a further hearing on notice a number of issues arose for determination, including whether article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (“the Regulation”) applied to the case, whether the court had power under its inherent jurisdiction to make an interim emergency order for the recognition and enforcement of the Irish High Court order pending an application under FPR Pt 31, whether recognition should be refused on any of the grounds set out in article 23 of the Regulation, and whether the child should be represented in the proceedings.’
WLR Daily, 8th April 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Material Contribution and Williams – Hardwicke Chambers
‘On 25 January 2016 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down judgment in the case of Williams v The Bermuda Hospitals Board [2016] UKPC 4, the most recent reported decision regarding material contribution in clinical negligence cases. While not binding in domestic courts the case is highly persuasive authority.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 8th March 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
NHS blood contamination victims hit out at ‘reforms’ which cost them up to £7,000 a year – The Independent
‘Victims of the worst contaminated blood scandal in the NHS’s history say they have been betrayed by the Government after plans were revealed to reduce their annual payouts. About 5,000 people – many of them haemophiliacs – who were infected with HIV, hepatitis C or both after receiving infected blood in the 1970s and 1980s, have been sent letters from the Department of Health asking for their views on “reforms” that will leave them up to £7,000 a year worse off.’
The Independent, 21st March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
