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Neglect: Prosecuting healthcare professionals who harm patients
Guy Pomphrey discusses the new criminal offence of wilful neglect ‘A jury must consider the extent to which the defendant’s conduct departed from the proper standard of care and assess whether this conduct was so grossly negligent as to constitute a crime.’ The public inquiry into the events at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust led …
Cases Referenced
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- R v Adomako [1994] 3 All ER 79
- R v Misra and Srivastava [2004] EWCA Crim 2375