The following articles and blog posts have been written about the Saatchi Bill.
Many discuss the lack of evidence that the Bill is required and others warn of the possible harm it will cause to patients and research.
If you think we have missed any, please let us know.
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Date | Author | Publication | Title |
09/07/2013 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | Medical Innovation and the Law of Negligence |
16/10/2013 | Eric Watts | Health Service Journal | Lord Saatchi is wrong, the law isn’t killing patients |
25/02/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | The Saatchi Bill – Why? |
27/03/2014 | Suzanne White | The Leigh Day Blog | The path to negligence is paved with good intentions |
19/04/2014 | Dr Margaret McCartney | Dr Margaret McCartney’s Blog | Saatchi Bill – not useful and potentially dangerous |
20/04/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | The Saatchi Bill – Stifling Innovation and Harming Patients |
23/04/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | Opposing the Saatchi Bill |
24/04/2014 | Andy Lewis | The Quackometer Blog | The Saatchi Bill: A Quacks’ Charter |
24/04/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | Guest Post by Professor Michael Baum |
25/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Saatchi Bill |
25/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Saatchi Bill – a personal perspective |
27/04/2014 | Susan Bewley, Professor of complex obstetrics | bmj | The Saatchi gamble that law will drive creativity in medicine |
27/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | ‘Experimenting’ – The Telegraph’s latest |
27/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | The MDU |
28/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | The Royal College of Radiologists |
28/04/2014 | Nigel Poole QC et al. | The Times | ‘Saatchi Bill’ fears |
29/04/2014 | Dr Margaret McCartney | bmj | Withdraw Saatchi’s quackery bill |
29/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | The Times: Experts condemn use of untested treatments |
29/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | The BMJ – and Professor Susan Bewley’s excellent response |
29/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Professor Michael Baum: Some thoughts on the Saatchi Bill after 45 years of innovation in cancer research |
30/04/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Professor Baum: three simple principles of clinical practice |
30/04/2014 | Laura Thomason | The Good Thinking Society | Opposing the Saatchi Bill |
01/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | An overwhelming expert consensus against Saatchi Bill |
02/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | BMA response to Medical Innovation Bill ‘Saatchi Bill’ |
02/05/2014 | Andy Lewis | The Quackometer Blog | Fooling Nature: How the Saatchi Bill Will Harm Medical Innovation |
02/05/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | Responses to the Government Consultation on the Saatchi Bill |
03/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | GMC response to Medical Innovation Bill – unnecessary and undesirable |
10/05/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | The Saatchi Bill Campaign – So Untrue it’s Not True |
10/05/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | An Inexhaustively Incomplete (But Completely Exhausting) List of Saatchi Bill Comments |
12/05/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | Well Struck |
14/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | BMJ – Letters to the Editor |
14/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Smokescreens and spin |
14/05/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | bmj | The “Saatchi bill” is mistargeted and will put vulnerable patients at risk |
14/05/2014 | Darren Conway | bmj | The “Saatchi bill” will cause serious problems for the medical profession |
14/05/2014 | Les Rose | bmj | Reception of the “Saatchi bill” |
14/05/2014 | Prof Susan Bewley | bmj | The Saatchi gamble that law will drive creativity in medicine |
15/05/2014 | British Medical Association | British Medical Association | Concerns medical innovation bill allows ‘reckless practice’ |
21/05/2014 | Diocese of Shrewsbury | Diocese of Shrewsbury | ‘Saatchi Bill’ to allow doctors to experiment on sick and dying patients opposed by Cancer Research UK |
22/05/2014 | David Hills | The Guardian | The Saatchi medical innovation bill will put patients at the mercy of quacks |
27/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Saatchi Soundbites |
27/05/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | Why there is no legal or medical justification for the Saatchi bill – BMJ |
27/05/2014 | James Raftery & Christopher Newdick | bmj | Why there is no legal or medical justification for the Saatchi bill |
02/06/2014 | Nick Ross | The Telegraph | Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill would be better as a Medical Compensation Bill |
03/06/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | La-la-la-la (not listening) |
03/06/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | The Saatchi Bill – Silk Purse or Pig’s Ear? |
04/06/2014 | Sofia | Dissenting Doc Blog | The expert responses to the Saatchi Bill must not be ignored |
05/06/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | No protection against quackery |
05/06/2014 | Hannah Osborne | International Business Times | Medical Innovation Bill: Lord Saatchi’s Bill ‘Arose from Grief and Puts Patients at Risk’ |
10/06/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | Gambling With Lives |
13/06/2014 | David Hills | The Wandering Teacake Blog | Selling the Sizzle |
23/06/2014 | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | A parliamentary briefing |
25/06/2014 | Action Against Medical Accidents | Action Against Medical Accidents | Medical Innovation Bill poses threat to patient safety and justice |
26/06/2014 | The Patients Association | The Patients Association | PA response to Saatchi bill |
27/06/2014 | Medical Defence Union | Medical Defence Union | MDU says doctors are not being sued for innovating |
27/06/2104 | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | Association of Personal Injury Lawyers | Patients exposed to maverick medics under Medical Innovation Bill |
27/06/2014 | British Medical Association | British Medical Association | House of Lords Second Reading Briefing |
03/07/2104 | Peter Walsh, Chief Executive of AvMA | Clinical Negligence Law | Under Threat: The Medical Innovation Bill |
04/07/2014 | Saurav Dutt, Daniel Greenberg, Suzanne White, Nigel Poole QC | Clinical Negligence Law | To Innovate or not to Innovate: The Saatchi Bill |
04/07/2014 | Sense About Science | Sense About Science | The Medical Innovation Bill is vague and unnecessary |
07/07/2014 | National Accident Helpline | National Accident Helpline | Innovation bill could encourage ‘cowboy’ doctors |
09/07/2104 | Cute Injury | Cute Injury | Opposition to new Medical Innovation Bill grows |
14/07/2014 | Tracey Furminger | The Clinical Negligence Team at Withy King | What constitutes negligent medical treatment? |
14/07/2014 | Linda Millband | Thompsons Solicitors LLP | Medical Innovation Bill could protect negligent medical professionals |
28/07/2014 | Jeanette Whyman | Wright Hassall | The Saatchi Bill – medical innovation under the microscope |
29/07/2014 | Walker Smith Way Legal | Walker Smith Way Legal | The Medical Innovation Bill |
30/07/2014 | Nigel Poole QC | Learned Friend Blog | Case Closed |
30/07/2014 | Dr Nick Clements, Head of Medical Services | The Medical Protection Society | MPS responds to DH report on Medical Innovation Bill – the Bill is still unnecessary |