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(1) South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2) Dr Whitworth v The Hospital Managers of St George’s Hospital, AU as Interested Party

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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(1) South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2) Dr Whitworth v The Hospital Managers of St George’s Hospital, AU as Interested Party
   
Issue: Whether a Trust could challenge a decision of hospital managers to discharge a detained patient; whether the managers had to take into account a recent Tribunal decision to uphold detention; the adequacy of the reasons and rationality of the decision of the managers.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/1973/2016
   
Neutral Citation:   [2016] EWHC 1196 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Cranston J
   
Date: 20 May 2016