Re-blogged with permission from Selling the Sizzle by David Hills (@WanderinTeacake). How the Saatchi Bill campaign undermined its own public consultation To you and me, the purpose of a consultation is to consult – to seek advice and guidance from interested parties, and to use that advice to shape your plans. This is not how the people behind the Medical…
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The Saatchi Bill would not preserve the Bolam Test
Guest post by Nigel Poole QC I had understood the point of the Saatchi Bill as being to re-write the Bolam test of what constitutes clinical negligence. Lord Saatchi has claimed that the existing common law of clinical negligence is an obstacle to finding a cure for cancer. So, it is surprising to read a commentary on the new draft…
The New Legal Advice
Guest post by José Miola, Professor of Medical Law at the University of Leicester The Saatchi Bill team have in the last few days added some legal advice to the new version of the proposed Bill. It appears as Annex C in the briefing note, dated 10 June 2014. The main issue, perhaps, is the continued misrepresentation regarding the way that the…
Second Reading in the House of Lords scheduled for 27 June
The Second Reading of the Bill in the House of Lords has been scheduled for Friday 27 June 2014. This is an opportunity for the Lords to debate all aspects of the Bill and now is the time for our supporters to contact one of the Lords and let him/her know about the problems with the Bill and the opposition to it…
Gambling With Lives
Re-blogged with permission from Gambling With Lives by David Hills (@WanderinTeacake). The difference between maverick and quality experiment is that quality experiment is research – which new draft excludes. Dr Margaret McCartney has a way with words. When she tweeted the statement quoted above, she cut to the core – in less than 140 characters – of one of the major problems with the Medical…
First Reading of the Saatchi Bill in the House of Lords
The Medical Innovation Bill had its First Reading in the House of Lords on Thursday 05 June 2014. The First Reading is the first stage of a bill’s passage through the House of Lords. This is a formality and takes place without debate. Hansard reported this simply as: The Bill will first be debated in the House of Lords, then…
Prof Baum’s concerns about the Saatchi Bill
Prof Michael Baum has written to his MP to express his concerns about the Saatchi Bill. Will you join him? Dear Mike, I’m deeply concerned about the Saatchi bill. I have been involved in cancer research for 45 years and through challenging dogma have been responsible for many innovations that have improved the length and quality of life of countless…
Saatchi Bill Goes Through The Lords for First Reading
The Telegraph reports that the Medical Innovation Bill has ‘passed its first hurdle’ in the Lords and is a ‘step closer to becoming law’. And as such, now is the time to launch our campaign website to oppose the Bill as it stands. The first reading in the Lords is just a formality. There would be no debate – those…
Does the Updated Saatchi Bill Pass the Burzynski Test?
Today, Lord Saatchi is presenting his Private Member’s Bill to the House of Lords. It is the start, he hopes, of this Bill’s passage to become law. I have previously documented about how this Bill looks like it could be a Quacks’ Charter and could even hinder medical research, against the express aims of the Bill. It is quite clear too, that the overwhelming response…
