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Royal College of Nursing stance on assisted suicide

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

After a consultation which received over 1,200 responses from its members, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has shifted its position on assisted suicide to one of a neutral stance

Consultation on alternative medicine regulation

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

The Department of Health has launched a consultation on whether practitioners who offer acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine should be regulated and, if so, how

Proposed changes to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

The Government plans to extend the categories of people eligible to claim damages for bereavement to include children under 18 for the death of a parent; cohabitants of at least two years’ duration for the death of a partner; and unmarried fathers with parental responsibility for the death of a child under 18

Special interest rate reduced

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

The special interest rate has been reduced to 0.5 from 1 July 2009

Compulsory social care bill

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

The Government is conducting a review of the model of social care and its availability for the elderly

Inquest costs

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

Earlier this year, the High Court examined whether the costs of attending an inquest can be recovered by way of costs in subsequent civil proceedings (Roach and Matthews v The Home Office 2009

Regulatory proceedings may be heard in the absence of the registrant even though it is known that notice of the hearing was not received

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

The nurse in this case was facing a hearing between August and October and he advised the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) that he would be abroad until 15 July 2009

Pay donors to end the shortage of IVF eggs

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

On 27 July 2009, Professor Lisa Jardine, Chairman of the HFEA, told The Times that she wished to re-open the debate over the long-standing ban on selling sperm and eggs

The GMC will not forgive serious transgressions even where there is no risk of re-occurrence

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

A gynaecologist was suspended for 12 months for having had a sexual relationship with a patient even though the panel accepted psychiatric evidence stating that he was unlikely to re-offend

The confidentiality of a practitioner’s medical history is not sacrosanct where patient safety may be put at risk

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 9 2009

The failure by a locum surgeon, who had hepatitis B, to supply details of his past employers could amount to an impairment to practise

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