Following our popular interview with James Badenoch QC on the “doctor knows best” rule of evidence in medical negligence cases, we bring you John Whitting QC, healthcare law specialist at 1 Crown Office Row (@JohnWhittingQC). John talks to Rosalind English about the realities of clinical encounters and considers to what extent patients are willing, or in some circumstances even able – to take on board multiple options for their treatment.
Citations for cases mentioned in the discussion:
- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1997] UKHL 46
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
- A v East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB)
- Tasmin v Barts Health NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3135 (QB)
- ML v Guys and St Thomas’s ML (A child proceeding by his Litigation Friend SL) v Guy’s and St Thomas’ National Healthcare Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2010 (QB)
- Cerys Clements (By her mother and litigation friend Julia Geis-Clements) v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust[2018] EWHC 2064 (QB)
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