Resource allocation and clinical negligence claims

Clinical Risk

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-73

  Oppenheim, Robin ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL LIABILITY; NEGLIGENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3242682674     PISSN: 13562622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135626204322920247     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. (1947) 159 F. (2d) 169.
2. See for a recent example: B (a child) v London Borough of Camden [2001] PIQR P143
3. National Patient Safety Agency 2003, p 5. See also the Chief Medical Officer's report Making Amends, June 2003 pp 8, 32
4. National Patient Safety Agency 2003, p 5. See also the Chief Medical Officer's report Making Amends, June 2003 pp 8, 32
5. Making Amends, supra at p 35
6. For a brief introduction to this complex area, see Mason and McCall Smith, Law and Medical Ethics, chapter 11.
7. [2001] Lloyds Law Rep Med 512 at paras 54, 55-57
8. [2003] Lloyd's Rep Med 165 at para 32
9. R v Secretary of State for Social Services ex p Hincks (1980) 1 BMLR 93; see also R v Cambridge DHA ex p B [1995] 1 WLR 898 CA; 25 BMLR 5 QBD; R v North Derbyshire HA ex p Fisher [1997] 8 Med LR 327
10. R v Secretary of State for Social Services ex p Hincks (1980) 1 BMLR 93; see also R v Cambridge DHA ex p B [1995] 1 WLR 898 CA; 25 BMLR 5 QBD; R v North Derbyshire HA ex p Fisher [1997] 8 Med LR 327
11. R v Secretary of State for Social Services ex p Hincks (1980) 1 BMLR 93; see also R v Cambridge DHA ex p B [1995] 1 WLR 898 CA; 25 BMLR 5 QBD; R v North Derbyshire HA ex p Fisher [1997] 8 Med LR 327
12. R v Secretary of State for Social Services ex p Hincks (1980) 1 BMLR 93; see also R v Cambridge DHA ex p B [1995] 1 WLR 898 CA; 25 BMLR 5 QBD; R v North Derbyshire HA ex p Fisher [1997] 8 Med LR 327
13. [2000] 1 WLR 977 at 991H-992A
14. Osman v UK (1998) 29 EHRR 245 at paras 115-116; Mahmut Kaya v Turkey ECtHR, 24 March 2000 at para 86; LCB v UK (1998) 27 EHRR 212
15. Osman v UK (1998) 29 EHRR 245 at paras 115-116; Mahmut Kaya v Turkey ECtHR, 24 March 2000 at para 86; LCB v UK (1998) 27 EHRR 212
16. Osman v UK (1998) 29 EHRR 245 at paras 115-116; Mahmut Kaya v Turkey ECtHR, 24 March 2000 at para 86; LCB v UK (1998) 27 EHRR 212
17. Selmouni v France (1999) 129 EHRR 403 at para 95; NHS Trust A v M [2001] Lloyds Rep Med 27 at para 20-24, 33-35
18. Selmouni v France (1999) 129 EHRR 403 at para 95; NHS Trust A v M [2001] Lloyds Rep Med 27 at para 20-24, 33-35
19. For suggestions of a qualified right to medical treatment under art 2 see Barrett v the UK (1997) 23 EHRR CD 185; Association X v the UK (1978) 14 DR 31
20. For suggestions of a qualified right to medical treatment under art 2 see Barrett v the UK (1997) 23 EHRR CD 185; Association X v the UK (1978) 14 DR 31
21. Tanko v Finland, Appl 23634/94 (1994) unreported. See Hurtado v Switzerland A/280-A (1994) (unreported) where the Commission found a breach of article 3 where a suspect with a fractured rib was not X-rayed for 6 days. This will rarely be applicable to resource allocation decisions: see Ex p A, supra at 996A, 1000H.
22. Tanko v Finland, Appl 23634/94 (1994) unreported. See Hurtado v Switzerland A/280-A (1994) (unreported) where the Commission found a breach of article 3 where a suspect with a fractured rib was not X-rayed for 6 days. This will rarely be applicable to resource allocation decisions: see Ex p A, supra at 996A, 1000H.
23. Tanko v Finland, Appl 23634/94 (1994) unreported. See Hurtado v Switzerland A/280-A (1994) (unreported) where the Commission found a breach of article 3 where a suspect with a fractured rib was not X-rayed for 6 days. This will rarely be applicable to resource allocation decisions: see Ex p A, supra at 996A, 1000H.
24. Passannante v Italy (1998) 26 EHRR CD 153
25. Ex p A, supra at 995G, 1001E-G. The comments in Ex p A must be read subject to the Court of Appeal's recent review of the extent of the state's positive obligation to protect family and private life under article 8 in Anufrijeva v LB of Southwark [2003] EWCA Civ 1406 at paras 44-48 in particular
26. Watts, supra at para 143
27. Kennedy and Grubb (eds). Principles of Medical Law, at paras 8-54-72; Kennedy and Grubb Medical Law at pp 342-331
28. Kennedy and Grubb (eds). Principles of Medical Law, at paras 8-54-72; Kennedy and Grubb Medical Law at pp 342-331
29. R v Secretary of State for Social Services ex p Hincks (1980) 1 BMLR 93
30. R v Central Birmingham HA ex p Walker [1987] 3 BMLR 32; see also R v Central Birmingham HA ex p Collier 6 Jan 1988, unreported, CA
31. R v Central Birmingham HA ex p Walker [1987] 3 BMLR 32; see also R v Central Birmingham HA ex p Collier 6 Jan 1988, unreported, CA
32. [1993] 4 Med LR 117.
33. Kent v Griffiths [2001] QB 36 where the Court of Appeal held a duty of care arose where the ambulance service accepted a call requesting an ambulance, but failed to respond promptly to the call, with the claimant suffering resultant injury. The court left open the question whether an action could be brought where there were insufficient resources to provide enough vehicles or manpower (see at para 47). This would be an allegation based on Grubb's second category.
34. Law Estate v Simice (1994) 21 CCLT (2d) 228, at 240; affirmed [1996] 4 WWR 672
35. Law Estate v Simice (1994) 21 CCLT (2d) 228, at 240; affirmed [1996] 4 WWR 672
36. See Anufrijeva, supra at para 78
37. See, by way of example, JD and Others v East Berkshire NHS Trust [2003] Lloyd's Rep Med 552 at paras 79-85
38. Cf Exp B, supra
39. rd edn, at pp 348-9
40. th edn, at paras 12-55-63
41. Paschim Banga v State of West Bengal [1996] ICHRL 31, in which an Indian court found that an individual's right to life was breached when state hospitals failed to admit him even though he was in need of immediate medical treatment for a serious head injury and financial considerations did not prevent such an obligation arising. In Soobramoney v Minister of Health (1998) 4 BHRC 308 it was held there was no violation of a constitutional right to life of a patient with chronic renal failure denied dialysis treatment due to hospital budgetary constraints.
42. Bull, supra at 141