The Weekly Law Reports
[2016] 2 WLR 1089
Queen’s Bench Division
Winspear
v
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
[2015] EWHC 3250 (QB)
2015 Nov 2,
3;
13
Blake J
Human rights— Respect for private life— Interference with— Doctor placing do not resuscitate notice on record of patient lacking mental capacity without consulting carer mother— Breach of statutory requirements relating to incapable persons— Whether doctor’s decision breaching patient’s Convention right to respect for private life— Notice cancelled within ten hours on complaint by mother— Notice having no impact on patient’s treatment— Whether declaration that Convention rights breached just satisfaction— Whether damages to be awarded—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8
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Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), s 4(7)
Mental disorder— Incapable person— Medical treatment— Doctor placing do not resuscitate notice on record of patient lacking mental capacity without consulting carer mother— Whether decision in breach of statutory requirements—
Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(7)