The following articles and blog posts have been written about the Medical Innovation Bill (the Saatchi Bill) and Chris Heaton-Harris’s later version of it, the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill. Older articles are listed here.
If you think we have missed any, please let us know.
NOTE: Recent items are added to the top of the list.
| Date | Author | Publication | Title |
| 04/04/16 | Isabel Teare | life science law — Mills & Reeve | Tough treatment for an innovative proposal – what happened to the Saatchi Bill? |
| 21/03/16 | Editorial | The Pharmaceutical Journal | Consult with healthcare organisations before proceeding with bill |
| 18/03/16 | Editorial | The Pharmaceutical Journal | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill will not serve healthcare professionals |
| 17/02/16 | Paul Rumley | The Clinical Negligence Team | MEDICAL INNOVATION LEGISLATION : COMMON SENSE PREVAILS? |
| 16/02/16 | Dr Michael Devlin | Medical Defence Union Journal | Do medical innovators really need new laws? |
| 28/01/16 | Dr Darren Conway PhD | Clinical Risk | Opening Pandora’s Box of innovations? |
| 28/01/16 | Isabel Hardman | The Spectator | MPs plan to water down controversial ‘Saatchi Bill’ on medical treatments |
| 27/01/16 | Katherine Murphy, Chief Executive, Patients Association
Professor Dame Sue Bailey, Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Dr Mark Porter, Chair of Council, British Medical Association Dr Suzy Lishman, President, Royal College of Pathologists Professor Jane Dacre, President, Royal College of Physicians Mr Mike Lavelle-Jones, President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Professor Neena Modi, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, Senior Medicolegal Adviser, Medical Protection Society Professor Derek Alderson, Vice-President, Royal College of Surgeons |
Letter to MPs | |
| 25/01/16 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors’ Journal | End of the road for Saatchi’s innovation Bill? |
| 22/01/16 | Action against Medical Accidents | www.avma.org.uk | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill to be amended |
| 27/12/15 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend | Trial and Grimstone |
| 15/12/15 | Professor Sir Alasdair Breckenridge
Dr Peter Feldschreiber |
Solicitors Journal | Innovation in medicines |
| 15/12/15 | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges British Medical Association Medical Protection Society Patients Association Royal College of Pathologists Royal College of Psychiatrists Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Royal College of Physicians |
Joint letter on Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill | |
| 18/11/15 | Matthew Westlake | Leigh Day | INNOVATION | noun | in•no•va•tion | the act or process of introducing new ideas, devices, or methods |
| 03/11/15 | David Hills | openDemocracy | A dangerous game – the Saatchi bill returns |
| 20/10/15 | Andrew Clayton | Lexology/Penningtons Manches LLP | The Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill threatens to erode patient safety |
| 20/10/15 | Simon Wessely, Professor of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London
Gregory Smith, Policy Analyst, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
theconversation.com | Why the Saatchi bill has been flawed from the outset |
| 19/10/15 | Sofia | suturedgrape blog | I’ve been somewhat confused, says MP |
| 17/10/15 | John Hyde | Law Gazette | Revised ‘Saatchi bill’ is back but critics still fearful |
| 16/10/15 | Heidi Alexander MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health | www.heidialexander.org.uk | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation Bill) (speech in the House of Commons) |
| 16/10/15 | Dr Sarah Wollaston MP | The Huffington Post | Half-Baked and Reheated, the Medical Anecdote Bill Returns to the Commons Today |
| 16/10/15 | Steven Swinford | Telegraph | Doctors who carry out innovative treatments could be given greater protection |
| 15/10/15 | Sofia | suturedgrape blog | Short shrift for Saatchi spin-off |
| 15/10/15 | Bloodwise | Our response to the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill | |
| 15/10/15 | Aisling Burnand | Association of Medical Research Charities | AMRC’s take on the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill |
| 15/10/15 | Tollers LLP | Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health Attack Saatchi Bill | |
| 15/10/15 | Anne Williams | www.politics.co.uk | The access to medical treatments bill will put children at risk |
| 14/10/15 | Sofia | suturedgrape blog | The endless repetition of a failed experiment |
| 14/10/15 | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovations) Bill | |
| 14/10/15 | Suzanne White | Leigh Day | Saatchi Bill – Round 2 |
| 14/10/15 | Iain Brassington | BMJ Blogs | Stop What You’re Doing: This is Important. |
| 14/10/15 | The British Medical Association | Parliamentary Brief on the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill Second reading Friday 16 October | |
| 14/10/15 | Katherine Murphy | The Guardian | The medical innovation bill seeks to save lives. In fact it will endanger them |
| 14/10/15 | Royal College of Surgeons | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill House of Commons, Second Reading Briefing | |
| 13/10/15 | Professor José Miola | School of Law, University of Leicester | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill to Have First Reading on Friday, 16 October |
| 13/10/15 | Professor Neena Modi | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health | Access to Medical Treatments – stop the Bill now! |
| 10/10/15 | Darren Conway PhD | Tollers LLP | Medical Innovation Bill – Opening Pandora’s Box? |
| 09/10/15 | David Dawson | Price Slater Gawne | We don’t need this legislation … |
| 09/10/15 | Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) | Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill “unnecessary and dangerous” | |
| 05/10/15 | Ian K Ritchie, President | The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Briefing email sent to MPs |
| 25/09/15 | H Bolton | BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill: progressive, unnecessary or dangerous? |
| 23/09/15 | Thompsons Solicitors LLP | MPs to debate controversial medical bill amongst concerns for patient safety | |
| 01/09/15 | Dr Michael Powers QC
Dr Anthony Barton |
The Times | Should some peers vanish, as Churchill said? |
| 27/08/15 | Prof José Miola, School of Law, University of Leicester, | Social Science Research Network, pending publication in Medical Law International | Bye Bye Bolitho? The Curious Case of the Medical Innovation Bill |
| 27/08/15 | Adam Horner | McHale & Co. Solicitors Blog | Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill |
| 29/06/15 | Chris Heaton-Harris MP | daventrycalling | My Private Members’ Bill – “Access to Medical Treatment (Innovation) Bill |
| 19/06/15 | Ali Malsher | Anthony Gold Solicitors | The Medical Innovation Bill is back! |
| 18/06/15 | Dr Mark Porter, Chair, British Medical Association Council
Miss Clare Marx, President, Royal College of Surgeons Professor Dame Sue Bailey, President,Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Professor Jane Dacre, President, Royal College of Physicians Dr Maureen Baker, Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Professor Sir Simon Wessely, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists Dr J P Van Besouw, President, Royal College of Anaesthetists Dr Suzy Lishman, President, Royal College of Pathologists Mr Ian Ritchie, President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
Independent | Medical Innovation Bill needs full scrutiny |
| 18/06/15 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors’ Journal | Saatchi ‘stuck in the past’ while Falconer looks to the future |
| 13/06/15 | Recording of the 10th annual Slater and Gordon Medical Law Forum hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, held in March 2015 | Medical Law Forum: Innovation – Saatchi Bill (video) | |
| 12/06/15 | Bernadette Richards
Gerard Porter Wendy Lipworth Tamra Lysaght |
Clinical Ethics | The Medical Innovation Bill: Still more harm than good |
| 12/06/15 | David Dawson | Price Slater Gawne | The 2nd coming of the Medical Innovation Bill |
| 11/06/15 | David Hills | openDemocracy | Saatchi’s Bill could harm thousands |
| 10/06/15 | Catriona Stirling | Cloisters | The Medical Innovation Bill Rears Its Head Once More |
| 09/06/15 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend | When the facts change…. |
| 06/06/15 | Steve Cornforth | Steve Cornforth Blog | Saatchi Bill – Pointless and Dangerous |
| 05/06/15 | Isabel Hardman | The Spectator | Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill is coming back – but it won’t help cancer patients |
| 05/06/15 | Sofia | www.dissentingdoc.com | Novel use of procedures to avoid scrutiny |
| 05/06/15 | Anne Williams | www.politics.co.uk | Comment: Saatchi’s advertising talent is pushing through a bill without scrutiny |
| 29/05/15 | The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Medical Innovation Bill | |
| 26/03/15 | Nils Hoppe, Leibniz University, Germany
José Miola, University of Leicester, UK |
Medical Law International | Innovation in medicine through degeneration in law? A critical perspective on the Medical Innovation Bill |
| 17/03/15 | Ingrid Torjesen | The Pharmaceutical Journal | Saatchi bill defeated at emotionally charged HealthWatch UK debate |
| 09/03/15 | Scott Rees & Co | Saatchi Bill – an Innovative way to cover up Medical Negligence | |
| 06/03/15 | Medical Defence Union | Medical innovation will continue without legislation MDU says | |
| 05/03/15 | Malcolm McKenzie | I’d Rather be in Resus blog | Further comment on the Saatchi Bill |
| 05/03/15 | Rhiannon Howe | The Lancet Oncology | Medical Innovation Bill terminated |
| 05/03/15 | The Royal Pharmaceutical Society | The Times | Saatchi bill ‘danger’ |
| 05/03/15 | Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research | MEDICAL INNOVATION BILL – POLICY UPDATE | |
| 05/03/15 | Academy of Medical Sciences,
Arthritis Research UK, Association of Medical Research Charities, British Heart Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Research, Medical Research Council, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Parkinsons’ UK, Wellcome Trust |
Medical research charities briefing on the Medical Innovation Bill – Commons 2nd Reading, 06-03-15 | |
| 04/03/15 | David Dawson | Price Slater Gawne | The Medical Innovation Bill is not (yet) dead |
| 03/03/15 | Liberal Guerilla | Liberal Guerilla | Mistruths, grotesque insults and the Medical Innovation Bill |
| 03/03/15 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors’ Journal | Saatchi’s Bill should remain dead and buried |
| 03/03/15 | Academy of Royal Medical Colleges | Medical Innovation Bill not to proceed – Academy of Royal Medical Colleges statement | |
| 02/03/15 | Dr Anthony Barton | The Times | Saatchi bill row |
| 01/03/15 | The Guardian | Lib Dems veto Saatchi’s medical innovation bill | |
| 28/02/15 | Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat Health Minister | The Telegraph | Norman Lamb: Why we had to axe Lord Saatchi’s Bill and think again |
| 26/02/15 | The Medical Protection Society | Medical Innovation Bill – MPS briefing for Bill’s Second reading in the House of Commons | |
| 26/02/15 | Prof Michael Baum | openDemocracy | The Saatchi Bill is not about ‘innovation’ but ‘improvisation’ |
| 26/02/15 | Royal College of Surgeons | Medical Innovation Bill Briefing for Second Reading (House of Commons) | |
| 25/02/15 | John Baron MP, Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer
Paul Burstow MP, Vice-Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer Grahame Morris MP, Vice-Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer Eric Ollerenshaw MP, Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer Sarah Wollaston MP, Chairwoman, Health Select Committee |
The Telegraph | Saatchi’s misguided Bill |
| 23/02/15 | Prof Michael Baum | The Times | Improvisation bill |
| 23/02/15 | Peter Walsh | Action against Medical Accidents | The Medical Innovation Bill: Could this be the most bizarre health Act ever? |
| 23/02/15 | Peter Walsh | The Times | Medical innovation |
| 22/02/15 | Dr Anthony Barton | The Sunday Times | Unwelcome Bill |
| 17/02/15 | The Patients Association | Position Statement | |
| 16/02/15 | David Hills | openDemocracy | Lord Saatchi and the medical anecdote PR machine |
| 12/02/15 | Mills & Reeve LLP | Medical Innovation Bill – a defence to innovative clinical practices? | |
| 05/02/15 | Dr Marika Davies | Independent Practitioner Today | New law will backfire |
| 05/02/15 | Medical Defence Union | Welsh Assembly adopts stance on medical innovation which is right for doctors and patients | |
| 04/02/15 | Prof Michael Baum | The bmj | Saatchi is right to promote medical innovation but his bill is wrong way to do it |
| 03/02/15 | Welsh Assembly | Legislative Consent Memorandum: Medical Innovation Bill | |
| 03/02/15 | Elfyn Henderson | National Assembly for Wales Research Service | Pushing boundaries: the Medical Innovation Bill and the constitution |
| 31/01/15 | Nick Ross | HealthWatch UK | The Medical Innovation Bill: kill or cure? |
| 27/01/15 | Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research | Policy Update – Medical Innovation Bill | |
| 26/01/15 | Law Gazette | Saatchi bill heads to commons but running out of time | |
| 26/01/15 | AnaesthesiaUK | Medical Innovation Bill likely to inhibit innovation | |
| 26/01/15 | John Hyde | The Law Society Gazette | Saatchi bill heads to commons but running out of time |
| 23/01/15 | Medical Defence Union | Medical Innovation Bill more likely to inhibit than promote innovation MDU says | |
| 23/01/15 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors’ Journal | Law firm advertising and a tenuous link to the Saatchi Bill |
| 23/01/15 | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | Academy Statement – Medical Innovation Bill – House of Lords Third Reading – 23 January 2015 | |
| 23/01/15 | BMA | Medical Innovation Bill House of Lords Third Reading Briefing 23 January 2015 | |
| 22/01/15 | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | Academy Statement – Medical Innovation Bill – House of Lords Third Reading – 23 January 2015 | |
| 22/01/15 | Genetic Alliance | The Medical Innovation Bill An update – January 2015 | |
| 22/01/15 | Anne Williams | openDemocracy | Maurice Saatchi, his Medical Innovation Bill, and the booming ‘orphan drugs’ market |
| 21/01/15 | Jonathan Harrison | Legal Musings Blog | The Saatchi Bill – Part Three |
| 16/01/15 | Jonathan Harrison | Legal Musings Blog | More thoughts on the Saatchi Bill |
| 05/01/15 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors Journal | Lord Woolf unrepentant over failure to substantiate support for Saatchi Bill |
| 04/01/15 | April Cashin-Garbutt | www.news-medical.net | Saatchi Bill: an interview with Dr. David Collingridge, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Oncology |
| 28/12/14 | Nils Hoppe, José Miola | Medical Law International | Innovation in medicine through degeneration in law? A critical perspective on the medical innovation bill |
| 26/12/14 | Dr Michael J Powers QC,
Dr Anthony Barton |
The Telegraph | Doctors being sued |
| 17/12/14 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors Journal | Huzzah! Lord Woolf has written a book but still dodges the question |
| 12/12/14 | Mark D’Arcy | BBC | What will be the fate of Lord Saatchi’s bill? |
| 12/12/14 | Holly Watt | The Telegraph | Lord Saatchi bill on medical innovation faces criticism from doctors |
| 12/12/14 | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | Saatchi Bill “a danger to patients” | |
| 12/12/14 | Academy of Medical Sciences,
Arthritis Research UK, Association of Medical Research Charities, British Heart Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Research, Medical Research Council, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Parkinsons’ UK, Wellcome Trust |
Joint statement on the Medical Innovation Bill | |
| 12/12/14 | Andy Lewis | The Quackometer | Medical Innovation or Quackery? |
| 12/12/14 | Rowena Mason | The Guardian | ‘Quack’s charter’ warning over bill on untested medicines |
| 11/12/14 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors Journal | Former Lord Chief Justice unable to substantiate argument for Medical Innovation Bill |
| 11/12/14 | Professor Sir Simon Wessely | Royal College of Psychiatrists | RCPsych’s statement on the Medical Innovation Bill |
| 09/12/14 | Dr Sarah Wollaston MP | www.drsarah.org.uk | Patient Safety and Medical Innovation |
| 08/12/14 | New Law Journal | Lawsuits for medical innovation? | |
| 05/12/14 | David Dawson | Price Slater Gawne | The possible consequences of Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill |
| 03/12/14 | Alice Howarth | The Guardian | Expect clinics offering ‘integrative therapy’ for cancer if Saatchi bill passes |
| 28/11/14 | The Lancet Oncology | Undermining the Hippocratic Oath: the Medical Innovation Bill | |
| 26/11/14 | John van der Luit-Drummond | Solicitors Journal | ‘PR machine’ Lord Saatchi’s Bill will create more litigation |
| 26/11/14 | Jonathan Harrison | Legal Musings Blog | Thoughts on the Saatchi Bill |
| 24/11/14 | Dr Michael Powers QC,
Dr Anthony Barton |
The Guardian | Medical innovation bill needs examining |
| 24/11/14 | Todd W | Harpocrates Speaks | The Saatchi Bill, or, How England Could Become Quack Paradise |
| 21/11/14 | Dr Michael Powers QC | Lexis Nexis | The unwanted side effects of the Saatchi Bill |
| 19/11/14 | David Hills | The Guardian | Attacking critics is no way to fix the Saatchi bill |
| 14/11/14 | John Hyde | The Law Society Gazette | Cancer Research UK voices opposition to Saatchi bill |
| 13/11/14 | Letter | The Times | Medical innovation |
| 13/11/14 | Kay Lay | The Times | Saatchi cancer drug bill could be harmful, 100 experts warn |
| 13/11/14 | Leader | The Times | Against Cancer |
| 13/11/14 | Dr Clive Peedell | National Health Action Party | Dr Clive Peedell behind Times letter from over 100 cancer specialists opposing Saatchi Bill |
| 13/11/14 | Saurav Dutt | Clinical Negligence Law | Leading medics oppose Saatchi Bill in letter to The Times |
| 13/11/14 | Janine Collier | Tees Law | The Saatchi Bill – An update |
| 13/11/14 | Gareth Iacobucci | British Medical Journal | More than 100 cancer experts attack Saatchi bill as potentially dangerous |
| 06/11/14 | Adam Horner | Linder Myers Solicitors | Medical experiments could be extended to humans – the Saatchi Bill |
| 30/10/14 | David Pannick QC | The Times | Medical innovation that does no harm should be encouraged |
| 29/10/14 | Lars Bevanger | Deutsche Welle | Saatchi Bill’ wants doctors to experiment with drugs on terminal cancer patients |
| 28/10/14 | Darren Conway | The Telegraph | Letter to the Editor |
| 27/10/14 | New Law Journal | New Law Journal | Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill may impact on patient safety |
| 25/10/14 | Daniel Martin | Daily Mail | It’s too risky to use untested drugs on the terminally ill, says Lord Winston |
| 24/10/14 | Academy of Medical Sciences,
Arthritis Research UK, Association of Medical Research Charities, British Heart Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Research, Medical Research Council, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Parkinsons UK, Wellcome Trust |
Briefing on the Medical Innovation Bill House of Lords Committee Stage | |
| 24/10/14 | Peter Oborne and Anne Williams | The Telegraph | The ‘Saatchi Bill’ is dangerous and will bring nothing but harm |
| 24/10/14 | Prof David Colquhoun | www.dcscience.net | The Saatchi bill won’t find a cure for cancer, but it will encourage charlatans |
| 24/10/14 | Charlie Cooper | Independent | So-called Saatchi Bill under fire.. |
| 24/10/14 | Tim Ecott | Voice of Russia UK | Medical innovation bill is “maverick’s charter” for untested drugs, QC says |
| 22/10/14 | David Nicholl | openDemocracy | Saatchi’s ‘Medical Innovation Bill’ will benefit lawyers and charlatans, not patients |
| 21/10/14 | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | Medical Innovation Bill Myth Vs Reality |
| 21/10/14 | pharmaphorum | www.pharmaphorum.com | UK experimental drugs bill ‘could hit clinical trial recruitment’ |
| 20/10/14 | Suzanne White | Sky News | Sky News |
| 20/10/14 | John Hyde | The Law Society Gazette | Government ‘minded’ to back Saatchi’s innovation bill |
| 29/09/14 | Ali Malsher | Anthony Gold Solicitors | The disaster that is the Medical Innovation Bill |
