Prevention of Future Deaths Reports – a look at themes By Peter Merchant, Louise Wiltshire, Tracey Longfield, Gill Weatherill The steady flow of Prevention of Future Deaths Reports (PFDs) issued by coroners to health and…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Summary of Information and Advice from regulators of healthcare professionals in respect of COVID-19 By Louise Wiltshire A summary of the key points covered in the GMC’s advice to its registrants and the public during…
When to notify deaths to the Coroner: New legal framework from 1st October By Peter Merchant, Louise Wiltshire It has been a long time coming, but doctors are finally about to have a clearer legal steer on when…
Reforming Regulation of Healthcare Professionals: A Step Forward? By Louise Wiltshire, Christopher Briggs, Christian Carr What does the future hold for the regulation of healthcare professionals? The government’s …
Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare: What’s the latest? By Tracey Longfield, Louise Wiltshire, Christian Carr We look at the ‘Independent Review of Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Culpable Homicide’ …
Lower threshold for suicide conclusions upheld by Court of Appeal By Peter Merchant, Louise Wiltshire Before July 2018, it had been settled law going back decades that coroners/juries had to be ‘sure’…
Medical Examiners from April 2019? The Latest By Peter Merchant, Louise Wiltshire Although the government has been saying for some time that a national system of medical examiners…