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Medics want laws updated to protect health workers from Covid-19 legal action – News Shopper
A coalition of health bodies has written to the Government urging it to update legislation to protect ‘vulnerable’ staff.
Emergency legislation is needed to protect doctors and nurses from “inappropriate” legal action over Covid-19 treatment decisions made amid the pressures of the pandemic, health organisations have argued.A coalition of health bodies has written to the Government urging it to update the law to ensure medical workers do not feel “vulnerable to the risk of prosecution for unlawful killing” when treating coronavirus patients “in circumstances beyond their control”.Health groups argued that there is…
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