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Order Seeking Possession of a Hospital Bed During the Covid-19 Pandemic

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MB (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 882 (QB)  The Claimant, the NHS Trust, sought possession from the Defendant, a patient called MB, of a bedroom on a ward of the hospital. The ward was intended for those requiring acute neuropsychiatry care for up…
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Eligibility of Non-UK Residents for NHS Care

R (Johnson) v Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 1143 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). Background  The Claimant was seriously ill with cancer, for which she was receiving medical treatment, most recently a cycle of palliative chemotherapy infusions. The “overseas visitors team” at…
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Legitimate Expectations of an Ombudsman’s Inquiry

R (Morris) v Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman [2019] EWHC 1603 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). The Claimant unsuccessfully sought to judicially review the Ombudsman’s report responding to her complaint against a hospital Trust for misplacing records relating to the death of her daughter in…
March 1, 2020Posted inIssue 4, Public
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Judicial Review and Reconfiguration

R (Nettleship) v (1) NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (2) NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group [2020] EWCA Civ 46  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). This was a judicial review of a hospital reconfiguration decision following a consultation by the Clinical Commissioning Group (“CCG”). The appellant…
March 1, 2020Posted inIssue 4, Public