InPractice is committed to helping healthcare professionals keep up-to-date and informed about legal issues that may impact on their work. This page is designed to help InPractice to provide information that their training delegates, and others, may find useful. If you require any additional information on the content of this page please call Joanne Haswell on 02072277489. "Lively, entertaining, engaging with serious material" Social Worker "Superb, stimulating, motivating, energetic - highly recommended" A&E Liaison Service Manager "The trainer communicated exceptionally well" Team Manager   Healthcare Commission report on NHS complaints The Healthcare Commission has produced a review of complaints it has received in two years about the NHS. The top 5 overall issues were: Safety Poor Communication Ineffective Procedures Poor Complaints Handling Dignity and Respect Healthcare Commisson report... For comments from the Healthcare Commission please click here... The Mental Capacity Act The Mental Capacity Act will be coming into force in 2007. The new implementation timetable is set out in the following link... Implementation timetable... For more information on the Act click here... Mental Health Bill The new Mental Health Bill was debated in Parliament on the 8th January 2007. The new Codes of Practice are expected in October 2007. For notes on the debate click here... To see the new Bill click here... Treatment of convicted killer Michael Stone The treatment of convicted killer Michael Stone has been the subject of two reports and a recent case regarding disclosure of his medical records. For more information please see: For more information click here...   Case reports archive   Kirkman v Euro Exide Corporation A case concerning the admissibility of a statement given by an orthopaedic surgeon about a patient and whether it was opinion or factual evidence. Kirkman v Euro Exide Corporation... Toth v Jarman A case concerning PTSD that comments on medical expert's report writing and reference to research papers. Toth v Jarman... GMC v Sir Roy Meadow An important case for expert witnesses to read regarding independence of evidence, duties to court, professional responsibility and the use of research. GMC v Sir Roy Meadow... R v (Burke) v GMC The Court of Appeal judgment in this important case makes interesting reading regarding advanced decisions and withdrawal of treatment. Rv (Burke) v GMC... Portsmouth NHS Trust v Wyatt The judgement in the Charlotte Wyatt case is again an important debate on withdrawal of treatment and of best interests. Portsmouth NHS Trust v Wyatt.. Case reports archive Ultraframe v Fielding Rosa Scheck v John K G Dart ECHR decision in Bournewood Salisbury case Burke v GMC Case Report The Health Service Ombudsman report NHS v C case report Chapman case report Chester case report   NB: Certain materials on this website are reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence regarding Crown Copyright Information