Yearly Archives: 2016

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has warned its 20,000 members that NHS Trusts are failing to respect new standards on patient consent.

Under new government proposals, cosmetic surgery clinics which fail to provide acceptable standards of care will be publically named.

In an interview given to the Guardian Newspaper earlier this year the now retired Chief Coroner of England and Wales, Peter Thornton QC, called for legal aid to be provided to families for representation at inquests where the state is involved and has legal representation.