Create a thesis and an outline on Legislation for Healthcare. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required.
I need help creating a thesis and an outline on Legislation for Healthcare. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. In the landmark case of R v. North & East Devon Health Authority, ex p. Coughlan, Pam Coughlan, a chronically ill patient, was persuaded to move from a traditional NHS hospital into a modern hospital, Mardon House, and was promised permanent residence. This was done because the health authority considered her to be the legal responsibility of social services and not of the NHS. However, later the health authority believed the home had become uneconomic and proposed to close it and decided to move Ms. Coughlan elsewhere. The Court upheld this decision, but on appeal, the Court of Appeal held these actions to be unlawful. Coughlan is a landmark case, because, first, the concept of a substantive legitimate expectation was created. that is if a public body makes a promise it must keep it. Secondly, it was established that there were limits to what social services were empowered to provide. The principle established in this case was that if a person’s primary need was for health care and not for social care, then the NHS had to incur this expenditure in full.
Various studies have demonstrated that the utilization of hospital services is inversely related to the distance of the patient from the hospitality. Legislation akin to the European working time directive, imply that more staff will be required. Research has indicated that the resources available to patients under the care of more specialist professionals, for example, cancer patients and those involved in serious accidents, are better. In R (Grogan) v. Bexley NHS Care Trustvii‘Grogan’, it had to be decided whether Mrs. Grogan suffering from deteriorating multiple sclerosis, dependant edema with the risk of ulcers breaking out, double incontinence and nil mobility was in law, the funding responsibility of health, social services or both. The Court found that the criteria .drawn up by the SHA and adopted by the Trust did not reflect the fact that those with a primary health need should be NHS funded.
