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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
6 May 2015
The duty to explain risks to patients: a new exposition on consent from the Supreme Court
The recent unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 makes it clear that the older case law based on medical paternalism and the assumption that patients are uninformed and incapable of understanding medical matters is now untenable. Access to information, the context in which medical practitioners operate and the way in which recipients of healthcare services view their relationship with practitioners has changed and this decision presents a change in the law on consent which is welcomed by Kingsley Napley’s Healthcare Standards initiative.
21 October 2014
Spending less money on “picking up the pieces” - culture change in the NHS
Jeremy Hunt’s poster campaign launched to warn hospital staff of the cost of basic errors is laudable. It is true that poor care is one of the “most wasteful and expensive” failings of hospitals.
2 April 2013
‘Systematic failings’ in acute paediatric care
Gareth McDonna and Katie Ebbs discuss a recent report in the failings in paediatric care.
1 February 2013
Maternity services: the perfect storm?
Bridget Hughes discusses the state of maternity care and the proposed changes to meet increasing demand.
8 January 2013
The NHS and nursing - the constant revolution
Scott Lister, clinical negligence solicitor and former nurse, discusses the debate about the lack of compassion in nursing and patient care following recent high profile scandals.