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Manslaughter and Healthcare

01 / About

A growing concern for the medical profession and for patient care

This is an online resource for those interested in the implications for patient care resulting from the increasing trend for doctors and other healthcare workers to be prosecuted in the criminal courts when patients die.

The use of charges of gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) in healthcare is of great concern. This test is whether any breach of care ” was so bad in all the circumstances that (s)he was placed” as to constitute a crime.

02 / Publications

Publications and Links
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Historical concerns about medical manslaughter20 February, 2018 · Articles
Optometrist and manslaughter : Honey Rose20 February, 2018 · Articles
Media coverage of medical manslaughter20 February, 2018 · Articles
The Bawa Garba case details20 February, 2018 · Articles
Sentencing Council consultation20 February, 2018 · Articles
Events20 February, 2018 · Articles
Latest News20 February, 2018 · Articles
Trends highlighting the problems with medical manslaughter. Professor Roger Kirby02 February, 2018 · Articles
Concern about excess conviction of Black and Ethnic minority healthcare workers from BAPIO02 February, 2018 · Uncategorized
Letter to the media re GMC and Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba04 December, 2017 · Articles
Striking off trainees is wrong when the system is bust08 November, 2017 · Articles
Medical manslaughter and the case of David Sellu21 March, 2017 · Articles
Open letter to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges & Department of Justice24 August, 2016 · Articles
Dr Jenny Vaughan about the increase in prosecutions by the CPS15 February, 2016 · Articles
Potential for doctors to avoid high risk patients29 January, 2016 · Articles

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