Michael Mylonas QC comments in The Times on concerns raised by leading medical organisations in a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
18th January 2021
Michael Mylonas QC comments in The Times on concerns raised by leading medical organisations in a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care co-ordinated by the Medical Protection Society:
“In emergency departments throughout the country, doctors will have to take decisions as to who should receive ICU services. In the absence of national guidance, doctors in different hospitals — perhaps even neighbouring hospitals — may well apply different criteria and reach different decisions. This places an enormous additional burden on healthcare workers, provides no certainty about the treatment that will be available on attending hospital and invites legal challenge. The government must provide decisive leadership on this issue.”
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