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| Wilful neglect and health care | | Author(s) | Michael Mandelstam |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 16, no 6, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 342-354 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Neglect [care] ; Hospital services ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; England. |
| Annotation | This paper considers the criminal offence of wilful neglect in the context of hospital health care in England. It summarises the evidence of neglectful care in hospitals and analyses the ingredients and application of the offence of wilful neglect. It finds that neglect is ongoing and systemic in the hospitals, and that the offence of wilful neglect seems to be ineffective as either a punitive or deterrent measure. There is a mismatch between the extent of systemic, reckless neglect in the hospitals and the application of the criminal offence of wilful neglect. The answer, if any, might be: widening of the offence to anybody who is wilfully neglected (not just those mentally disordered or mentally incapacitated people); a new offence of corporate neglect; the holding of reckless leaders to account; and a reinvigorated Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522276 A |
| Classmark | QNR: LD: CA3G: 82 |
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