Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law

7. Access to Healthcare – Choice

Co-authored by George Thomas.

Contents

  • A Introduction  7.1
  • B General principles  7.2
  • Private medical treatment 7.2
  • Clinical alternatives 7.3
  • Second opinions 7.4
  • The clinician’s veto 7.5
  • Consideration of resources available to other patients 7.7
  • Organ donation and transplant 7.8
  • C The NHS Constitution 7.9
  • D NHS primary care 7.10
  • The right to choose a GP practice  7.10
  • The right to express a preference for a particular GP 7.11
  • Face-to-face consultations 7.12
  • E Referral to NHS secondary care 7.13
  • Eligibility 7.13
  • Choice as to nature of secondary care subsequently provided 7.15
  • Choices by the CCG 7.16
  • The personal health budget  7.17
  • F The Human Rights Act 1998 7.20
  • Article 8  7.21
  • Article 3  7.23
  • Article 2  7.26
  • Article 14  7.28
  • G Discrimination  7.29
  • Discrimination in the provision of services 7.30
  • Direct and indirect discrimination 7.31
  • Reasonable adjustments for disability 7.34
  • A clinician’s personal beliefs  7.35
  • The Public Sector Equality Duty 7.36
  • H Conclusion 7.37
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