31st March 2020
A proposed judicial review challenge to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (‘NICE’) COVID-19 guideline for clinical care has secured important changes to protect the rights of people with autism, learning difficulties and mental disorders from unjustified discrimination in access to critical care during the coronavirus pandemic. The NICE Covid-19 guideline for critical…
13th March 2020
A Tribunal has held that the dietary treatment for patients with phenylketonuria is a therapy for the purposes of Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare metabolic condition that affects the body’s ability to digest phenylalanine, an amino acid contained in protein. If undigested, this amino acid is extremely toxic to the brain….
26th September 2019
On 18th July 2019, NHS England published its decisioni, that it would not fund Sapropteriniii for people with Phenylketonuriaiii iv This was a devastating blow for hundreds of people in England with PKU who would be responsive to Kuvan and have their lives transformed by it, especially those unable to successfully manage their condition through…
15th July 2019
The new personal injury discount rate has been revealed after months of deliberations and has been welcomed by lawyers. The rate – used to work out personal injury compensation settlements – was changed from -0.75 per cent to -0.25 per cent. The announcement means personal injury clients will get slightly less from August 5, but…
15th July 2019
A woman who had a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer developed another form of the disease from a breast implant. Joanne Saunders, 53, was desperate to have an implant after her mastectomy in 2005 to replicate what she had lost. But the mum-of-one was left fearing for her life again when she was…
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