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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust v Mercer – a possession action to recover a hospital bed from a patient no longer needing to be there

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[2024] EWHC 2515 (KB) (4 October 2024)   https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/2024/2515.html FACTS:  Ms Mercer, the defendant to this action for possession in the ordinary civil court, is wheelchair dependent, requires support with her personal care and medication, and also has diagnoses of Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. She has lived in residential accommodation for almost […]

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Haringey Council mixes its charging powers up – providing a very long period of free community reablement, but then charging for a care package, straight after hospital discharge

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Decision date: 24 June 2024 Summary This was a charging complaint related to reablement – the free care that comes after hospital discharge if one is considered suited to that sort of service, the purpose being to help a person to preserve or regain the ability to live independently. Mrs Y was charged, by dint

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST v MB (2020)

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In this case, the NHS Foundation Trust applied for an interim injunction on behalf of one of the hospitals it operated, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (a 12-bed ward for those requiring acute neuropsychiatric care for up to 14 days where the patient’s stay could be extended to 28 days in extreme circumstances).

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