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Medical Ethics Speech

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm061219/debtext/61219-0014.htm#06121938000980

I do want to upload this somewhere. The House Authorities are getting stressed about it being uploaded to YouTube. That is a bit silly as there is no good reason why it should not be uploaded to YouTube, but can be uploaded to my own website.

James Lefanu has sent me a copy of his Feb 2005 article on the wrongful diagnosis of child abuse and I have published it on the web.

http://john.hemming.name/national/familylaw/lefanuSoundsofSilence.html

Camilla Cavendish has an interesting story in The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2513335,00.html

It appears that The Times' lawyers have stopped her giving real names. Actually under the new interpretation of the law there is no difficulty giving out the real names.

I have posted a more detailed story on my blog.

http://johnhemming.blogspot.com/2006/12/crystal-walton.html

UHNS have threatened to sue me over a letter I wrote asking for them to tell parents about secret medical files. This has been reported in the Birmingham Post

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_headline=hospital-may-sue-mp-over-file-row%26method=full%26objectid=18338608%26siteid=50002-name_page.html

Times story about legal aid budget
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2521059,00.html

Times editorial about care
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2520862,00.html
I have written to make the point that children are wrongly taken into care.

EDMs as a mechansim for driving interpretation of the law.

http://johnhemming.blogspot.com/2006/12/rule-of-law-and-process-of-change.html

I have written a note about how potentially material changes in the rule of law can be obtained without necessarily using statutory procedures.

This debate on the BMJ website has continued relating to SIDS and false allegations

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/333/7579/1165

Meeting Dates (one in March, one in September)

Both on Saturdays

First Meeting provisional timing 1pm-4pm Saturday March 3rd, Birmingham Council House.

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