28th Jul 2017 Friday FiveThis week Charlie Gard, Boots and the CQC have dominated the news. Charlie Gard This week Charlie Gard’s parents decided to end the court case to allow them to take him to America for treatment. Instead they found themselves in court fighting to take him home to die. Yesterday, the deadline for reaching an agreement…
28th Jul 2017 Friday FiveThis week life expectancy, social care and the right to die have dominated the news. Terminally ill campaigner appears at court over right to die Noel Conway, who has Motor Neuron Disease has appeared via video link to plead his case for the right to die. Any doctor who helped him under current law would…
28th Jul 2017 Friday FiveThis week contaminated blood, cybersecurity, and Charlie Gard have dominated the news. Inquiry into contaminated blood The Prime Minister has announced an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 dead in the 1970s and 1980s. The All-Party Group on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood recently released a report which found over 7,500…