The Medical Innovation Bill: Still more harm than good

Gerard Porter; Bernadette Richards; Wendy Lipworth; Tamra Lysaght

doi:10.1177/1477750915575258

The Medical Innovation Bill: Still more harm than good

Gerard Porter, Bernadette Richards, Wendy Lipworth, Tamra Lysaght

School of Law

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The Medical Innovation Bill continues its journey through Parliament. On 23 January 2015, it was debated for the final time in the House of Lords and with one final amendment, the House moved to support the Bill, which then moved to the House of Commons on 26 January. It will be debated again on 27 February 2015. The Bill’s purpose is to encourage responsible innovation in medical treatment. Although this goal is laudable, it is argued that the Bill is unnecessary and has the potential to undermine the very cause it aims to advance. More useful for encouraging responsible innovation is the continued education of health-care professionals on how the law already supports practitioners who look to improve care through responsible innovation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Journal	Clinical Ethics
Volume	10
Issue number	1-2
Early online date	25 Feb 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1477750915575258
Publication status	Published - 2015

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