The Weekly Law Reports
[2006] 1 WLR 1229
Court of Appeal
Regina (Cavanagh)
v
Health Service Commissioner for England
Regina (Bhatt)
v
Same
Regina (Redmond)
v
Same
[2005] EWCA Civ 1578
2005 Nov 22;
Dec 15
Dec 15
Sedley, Latham and Wall LJJ
National Health Service
— Health Service Commissioner
— Investigation of complaint
— Complaint that health service body failed to provide treatment for patient's vitamin deficiency
— Health service body in response not questioning need for treatment
— Commissioner finding that vitamin deficiency wrongly diagnosed and criticising doctors
— Whether investigation exceeding commissioner's powers
—
Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c 46), ss. 3, 11