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Doctor wins battle against GMC's decision to strike him off
The Privy Council has overturned an "unduly harsh and disproportionate" decision by the UK's General Medical Council to strike off a doctor who...
British Medical Journal, 12/15/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Teenager died after surgeon "lost his temper"
A consultant surgeon standing trial at Exeter crown court for the manslaughter of a teenage patient caused her death through negligence after...
British Medical Journal, 12/15/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Dying woman's demand for right to assisted suicide is rejected
Clare Dyer legal correspondent, BMJ Clare Dyer legal correspondent, BMJ A woman with motor neurone disease who has only months to live lost her...
British Medical Journal, 12/08/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
High Court throws out "suicide aid" case
A terminally ill woman with motor neurone disease lost her battle in the High Court in London last week for the right to "die with dignity" at a...
British Medical Journal, 10/27/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Law is effective in protecting whistleblowers, report says
The UK government has acted to dispel fears that NHS staff who report safety concerns may not be protected from reprisals under whistleblowing...
British Medical Journal, 10/27/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Hospital at centre of claims of racism is "turning the corner," report says
A crisis-hit NHS hospital trust that has weathered a waiting list scandal and a series of claims by surgeons of bullying and racism is "in the...
British Medical Journal, 10/20/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Privy Council reverses GMC decisions to strike off doctors
Two UK doctors won rare rulings from the Privy Council last week quashing decisions by the General Medical Council to strike them off the medical...
British Medical Journal, 10/13/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Delay in GMC hearing breached doctor's human rights
A surgeon who has been suspended on full pay for nearly four years won an unprecedented legal victory last week when the General Medical Council...
British Medical Journal, 09/29/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Surgeon charged with manslaughter over kidney error
A senior surgeon at a Welsh hospital has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a Korean war veteran whose healthy kidney...
British Medical Journal, 09/15/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication -
Individuals who should have behaved differently
The report concludes there were individuals who, in the view of the inquiry, could and should on occasions have behaved differently. It singled out...
British Medical Journal, 07/28/01 by Clare Dyer · More from publication
