North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and Another v Coombs: CA 30 Apr 2013
The Court was asked: ‘Whether a person detained under a provision of the Mental Health Act is, as a matter of public policy or otherwise, prevented from paying for his own care/treatment?’ The claimant had fallen from an ambulance, suffering brain injury leading to his being held in hospital, and the anser to the question … Continue reading North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and Another v Coombs: CA 30 Apr 2013