Re-published with permission from Dr Archie Prentice, President of the Royal College of Pathologists First published in The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, Number 167 July 2014 Medical Innovation Bill One of the great attractions of a career in haematology or in any other clinical pathology discipline is the opportunity to contribute to continuous progress in understanding the causes of diseases and thus…
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Government says the Medical Innovation Bill must be amended
Answering a question in the House of Commons yesterday, 21 July 2014, Dr Dan Poulter, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, said that although the Government supports the principles of the Medical Innovation Bill, amendments were required in four key areas. Poulter, who continues to work as an NHS hospital doctor on an unpaid basis, believed it was necessary to amend the…
Current Medical Innovation Bill and amendments
The Medical Innovation Bill has already gone through several incarnations, so it may be useful to clarify the text of the Bill before Parliament and to list the current amendments that have been tabled. {tabulizer:include style[rs_lvfa6t1s.css] datatable[YToxOntzOjQ6InNvcnQiO2E6NTp7czo3OiJlbmFibGVkIjtiOjE7czo3OiJvcmRlcmJ5IjthOjI6e3M6MjoiaWQiO2k6MTtzOjk6ImRpcmVjdGlvbiI7czozOiJhc2MiO31zOjEwOiJoZWFkZXJfdG9wIjtzOjQ6ImF1dG8iO3M6MTE6ImV4Y2x1ZGVfc3RyIjtzOjE6IjIiO3M6NzoiZXhjbHVkZSI7YToxOntpOjA7aToxO319fQ==] id[tab_GOlwWU75kt]} Document Date Medical Innovation Bill (HL Bill 4) as introduced (pdf version) 06/06/2014 Explanatory Notes Bill 004-EN 2014-15 (pdf version) 06/06/2014 Amendments {tabulizer:include style[rs_lvfa6t1s.css]…
Lord Saatchi Compares Doctors to Medieval, Barbaric Hanging Judges
Re-blogged with permission from Lord Saatchi Compares Doctors to Medieval, Barbaric Hanging Judges by Andy Lewis The Second Reading of the dreadfully misconceived and dangerous Medical Innovation Bill took place in the House of Lord’s last Friday. Condemned as a Quack’s Charter for attempting to remove legal protections from patients against maverick, quack and incompetent practice, the team supporting the Bill…
Bolam, Bolitho and Patient Safety
Guest post by José Miola, Professor of Medical Law at the University of Leicester Anyone who is interested in the Medical Innovation Bill will have heard a lot about the ‘Bolam test’, which is the test for negligence used in English law. The Bill team has been careful to state that the Bill does not modify it at all – but instead…
Watch and read the transcript of the Second Reading
Today’s three-hour Second Reading of the Medical Innovation Bill in the House of Lords can be watched here: (Go to Parliament TV for other viewing options.) The full transcript can be found in Hansard. The speakers were, in order: 1. Lord Saatchi 2. Baroness Masham of Ilton 3. Lord Mackay of Clashfern 4. Baroness Bakewell 5. Lord Cormack 6. Baroness O’Neil of…
Damning report by Sir Robert Francis QC
In his damning report on the Medical Innovation Bill, Sir Robert Francis QC, with the support of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy QC, concludes: This Bill is, like its two or three predecessors, based on the fundamental misapprehension that the law of negligence inhibits genuine and responsible innovative treatment. Not only that, but for all its good intentions, it is actually dangerous for patients because it…
Watch the Second Reading in the House of Lords tomorrow
The Second Reading in the House of Lords of the Medical Innovation Bill starts at 10 am on Friday 27 June 2014. It can be watched live on the Parliament TV website. Twenty-two members of the House of Lords have put their names down to speak in the debate. In alphabetical order, they are: Baroness Bakewell Lord Blencathra Lord Brennan…
Ten Reasons to Oppose the Saatchi Bill
Re-blogged with permission from Ten Reasons to Oppose the Saatchi Bill by Nigel Poole QC Without waiting for the results of the government’s consultation on his earlier draft, Lord Saatchi has introduced a new version of the Medical Innovation Bill into the House of Lords. It is due to have a second reading on 27 June 2014. A copy of the…
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