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Who should we Treat? Law, Patients and Resources in the NHS by Christopher Newdick. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995, xliv + 311 + (bibliography and index) 11 pp (pb £15.99). ISBN 0- 19-825925-5.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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Copyright © Society of Legal Scholars 1996

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References

1. I argue this at greater length in J Montgomery ‘Control and Restraint in NHS Contracting’ in J Michie & S Deakin (eds) Confracts, Competition and Competitiveness: Interdisciplinary perspectives (Forthcoming 1997).

2. [1995] 3 All ER 353.

3. Medical Law: Text with Materials (Butterworths 1994) pp 420–431. See also K Barker NHS Contracting: Repercussions in the Law of Tort? (1995) 3 Med L Rev 161–176 exploring the relevance of the standards expressed in the contracts purchasing services.

4. [1985] 1 All ER 635.

5. J Montgomery Medicine, Accountability and Professionalism’ (1989) 16 JLS 319 –339.

6. Bolitho v City & Hackney HA (1993) 13 BMLR III, and De Freitas v O'Brien [1993] 4 Med LR 281 (Mayor's & City Court), [1995] 6 Med LR 108, CA.

7. See J Montgomery, Health Care Law (Forthcoming, Oxford University Press 1996) chapter 7.

8. [1995] 1 FLR 1055, QBD, [1995] 2 All ER 129, CA.

9. See D Longley, Public law and Health Service Accountability (Open University Press 1993). Although much has changed since this was written, it still provides a useful framework for analysis.

10. See NHSE, ‘Implementation of New Complaints Procedure: Final Guidance’ EL (96) 19 and the accompanying Directions and Guidance; Health Service Commissioners Act 1996.

11. NHS (Functions of Health Authorities) (Complaints) Regulations 1996, SI 1996/669; NHS (Service Committees & Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1996, SI 1996/703; NHS (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1996, SI 1996/702.

12. [1996] 1 WLR 167.