January 2016 sees the completion of Mr Stone’s period of office as an Interim Orders Tribunal member with the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS). Over the past four years, Mr Stone has sat both as a Fitness to Practise panellist and on the Interim Orders Panel of the MPTS, which has
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The recent Supreme Court ruling in the case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board[1] has attracted attention in the medical press[2]. The effect of the ruling strikes a fatal blow to medical paternalism, ending once and for all the ‘doctor knows best’ attitudes endorsed in the cases of Bolam and
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In light of several high profile cases of poor practice in recent years, the Royal College of Surgeons, in collaboration with the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), is launching a consultation exercise to consider the introduction of new specialist training for cosmetic surgeons. It is intended
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Mr Stone is raising money for Cancer Research UK by participating in the Ride London 2105 Charity Cycle Event. If you are interested to know more about what Mr Stone is doing, and are able to help, please visit Mr Stone’s Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/CHRIS-STONE8 To donate £5 on your mobile phone
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Between 2003 and 2006 Isolagen therapy was available in the UK for the treatment of facial lines and wrinkles. The treatment involved the extraction of a patient’s own fibroblasts from a small skin biopsy and culturing them in foetal calf serum, before re-injecting in to the treatment site. Fibroblasts synthesise
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Those heading for a winter break in the snow-covered Alps in 2014 will do well to remember that broken bones, twisted knees and the odd hang-over are not the only dangers they face. Exposure to ultraviolet light is increased by virtue of high altitude and reflection of the sun’s rays
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The quarterly South West Lawyers’ Support Group Meeting of AvMA took place this week in Bristol, hosted by Clarke Willmott Solicitors. Mr Stone was invited to speak on medico-legal issues in relation to cosmetic breast surgery. The main focus of the talk was on the assessment of aesthetic outcome in order to
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Mr Stone participated in the inaugural Ride London hundred-mile cycling sportive on 4th August 2013 to raise money for Cancer Research UK, completing the ride in 5:18:56. A big ‘thank you‘ to everyone who kindly contributed to the fund raising effort – over £400 raised so far to help research
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The incidence of malignant melanoma, which often targets young people, is rising faster than that of any other cancer in the United Kingdom. Although much progress has been made in developing new surgical techniques and drugs to fight melanoma, in many patients it can still be a devastatingly aggressive disease.
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NHS whistle-blowing is again in the news with the revelation that Great Ormond Street Hospital imposed a constructive dismissal settlement gagging order on a consultant who raised concerns about a reduction in junior doctors numbers. Patients First UK representative, David Johnstone, spoke to the Devon and Exeter Medico-legal Association (DEMLA) about
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