Discrimination and the NHS Charging Regime

Shu & Anor, R (ota) v The Secretary of State for Health And Social Care & Anor [2019] EWHC 3569 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). SHU, a national of Ghana, entered the UK in 2004 without entry clearance. She gave birth to E in 2007.…

Gender Reassignment for Prisoners

R (ota KK) Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 3565 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). This judicial review sought to challenge the decision by an NHS Trust to refuse to recommend a transgender prisoner for NHS-funded gender reassignment surgery by reference to an…