Jail time to double for assaulting an emergency worker – Ministry of Justice
‘New law protecting emergency workers from assault to receive Royal Assent today (Thursday 13 September 2018).’ Full press release Ministry of Justice, 13th September 2018 Source:...
View ArticleJail sentences for assaults on NHS staff to double, health secretary to...
‘Jail sentences for those who attack paramedics and casualty nurses are set to double in a bid to tackle record levels of violence against staff.’ Full StoryDaily Telegraph, 31st October 2018Source:...
View ArticleNHS forced to pay compensation to 1,200 staff worried they have been infected...
‘More than 1,200 NHS staff have won compensation after being injured by needles potentially infected with HIV or hepatitis over the past six years.’ Full StoryDaily Telegraph, 3rd November 2018Source:...
View ArticleEp. 65: General Medical Council Appeals – Robert Keller & Jeremy Hyam QC –...
‘Taken from our recent seminar, ‘Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings’, Robert Kellar and Jeremy Hyam QC discuss appeals by the general medical council.’ Full StoryLaw...
View ArticleBullying and sexual harassment ‘endemic’ in NHS hospitals – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of doctors have been accused of bullying and sexually harassing colleagues in the past five years, prompting concern that a culture of intimidation is thriving in the NHS.’ Full StoryThe...
View ArticleNurse jailed for injecting husband with insulin could have murder conviction...
‘A nurse who spent 15 years in prison for murdering her disabled husband by injecting him with insulin could have her conviction quashed in the wake of new medical evidence.’ Full StoryDaily Telegraph,...
View ArticleSchools and NHS could be held accountable over youth crime – BBC News
‘Teachers, NHS workers and police officers could be held accountable for failing to spot violent crime among young people under government plans announced on Monday.’ Full StoryBBC News, 1st April...
View ArticleCMC censured over ‘all birth injuries caused by negligence’ claim –...
‘The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a claims management company whose advertising implied that birth injuries were only caused by medical negligence.’ Full...
View ArticleJackson calls for overhaul of system for clinical negligence claims –...
‘Clinical negligence claims could be handled by a tribunal under a new test for liability of whether the patient has suffered ‘reasonably avoidable injury’, Sir Rupert Jackson has proposed.’ Full...
View ArticleNurses vote to back decriminalisation of prostitution – The Guardian
‘The union representing Britain’s nurses will start lobbying governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution in order to safeguard sex workers and improve their health.’ Full StoryThe Guardian,...
View ArticleProselytising nurse’s dismissal upheld by the Court of Appeal – UK Human...
‘Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 818. The Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that a nurse’s dismissal for improper proselytising was not unfair and that the hospital trust’s...
View ArticleNHS workers including nurses and cleaners raped and groped at work, finds new...
‘NHS workers including nurses and cleaners have suffered “serious” sexual harassment in the workplace, including groping and rape, a new report has found.’ Full StoryThe Independent, 20th June...
View ArticleMichael Adebowale: Lee Rigby killer pleads guilty to assaulting nurse – The...
‘Convicted murderer will serve eight months after his 45 year minimum term is complete.’ Full StoryThe Independent, 28th October 2019Source: www.independent.co.uk
View ArticleWhat About –‘PPE – Does the Government owe a legal duty to provide it?’–...
‘There is no doubt that the Government owes a moral duty to provide those on the frontline fighting this virus with the tools they need to work safely. Beyond the undeniable moral duty, does the...
View ArticleSerious sexual offences involving Medical professionals: Catherine Silverton...
‘Sexual allegations can be distinguished from criminal allegations of other types by virtue of often being prosecuted purely on the basis of one person’s word. There are invariably no witnesses to the...
View ArticleUnion seeks legal immunity for NHS medics in pandemic – The Guardian
‘The NHS could be faced with billions of pounds of medical negligence claims if it does not grant some form of legal immunity to medics risking their lives during the pandemic, the government has been...
View ArticleWhat Standard of Care Should Hospitals be Held to in the COVID-19 Outbreak? –...
‘It is no secret that Covid-19 is placing huge strain on the NHS, with ramifications across all parts of an already stretched organisation. Hospitals nationwide have been told to prepare for a tsunami...
View ArticleHas the government broken the law by putting NHS staff in harm’s way? – The...
‘If there have been systemic flaws over PPE, ministers could be in breach of the European convention on human rights.’ Full StoryThe Guardian, 25th April 2020Source: www.theguardian.com
View ArticleNHS staff coronavirus inquests told not to look at PPE shortages – The Guardian
‘Inquests into coronavirus deaths among NHS workers should avoid examining systemic failures in provision of personal protective equipment (PPE), coroners have been told, in a move described by Labour...
View ArticleCoronavirus and Clinical Negligence – Coronavirus: Guidance for Lawyers and...
‘Nigel Poole QC considers the question: how will the Coronavirus pandemic affect clinical negligence litigation in England and Wales?’ Full StoryCoronavirus: Guidance for Lawyers and Businesses, 30th...
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