Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 14

Court of Appeal Upholds the High Court’s Decision That Long Waiting Times for Transgender Healthcare are Lawful

Court of Appeal Upholds the High Court’s Decision That Long Waiting Times for Transgender Healthcare are Lawful Lucy McCann R (on the application of AA (A Child)) v National Health Service Commissioning Board (NHS England) [2023] EWCA Civ 902 on appeal from [2023] EHWC 43 (Admin). On 16 January 2023,…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 14Tags: ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 14 Quantum

Quantum Trial in Cerebral Palsy Case

Quantum Trial in Cerebral Palsy Case John Whitting KC and Thomas Hayes CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1770 (KB) Background The Claimant was a young girl who developed cerebral palsy with severe spastic quadriplegia, profound learning disabilities, visual impairment and epilepsy following severe chronic partial…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 14, QuantumTags: , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 14

Fabrication of Medical Records

Fabrication of Medical Records Shaheen Rahman KC Astley v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1921 (KB) Mr Justice Martin Spencer found for the Claimant in this brain injury case, notable for his conclusion that the medical records were not only inaccurate but fabricated by midwifery staff. The…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 14Tags: ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 14

Tragic Death of Newborn from Infection was not due to Negligence

Tragic Death of Newborn from Infection was not due to Negligence Judith Rogerson Callaghan v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1199 (KB) Background  This case arose from the death of the Claimant’s daughter, Imogen, who died from Group B Streptococcus (“GBS”) bacterial meningitis and septicaemia when she…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 14Tags: , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 14

Privacy in the Public Eye – Disgraced Surgeon Fails to Block Disclosure in Mass Litigation

Privacy in the Public Eye – Disgraced Surgeon Fails to Block Disclosure in Mass Litigation Jasper Gold Dixon v North Bristol NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 1871 (QB)  - The First Judgment Dixon v North Bristol NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 3127 (KB) – The Second Judgment References to paragraphs in the…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 14Tags: , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 13 Personal injury

Who gets to go to theatre for urgent surgery first?

Matthew Donmall Middleton v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 2981 (KB) Deputy High Court Judge Jonathan Glasson KC heard this case concerning the timing of revascularisation surgery at Frimley Park Hospital, and whether it was mandatory for the Claimant to be operated on within 6 hours of the…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 13, Personal injuryTags:
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 13 Personal injury

High Court Finds Long Waiting Times for Trans Healthcare are Lawful

R. (on the application of AA (A Child)) v National Health Service Commissioning Board (NHS England) [2023] EWHC 43 (Admin) Background The demand for young people receiving gender identity development services (‘GIDS’) and for adults receiving gender identity disorder services (also, helpfully, ‘GIDS’) has increased substantially from 2012 to 2017,…
Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 13, Personal injuryTags: