Healthcare Law blog 31 August 2018
- Review of a case regarding a judicial review challenge to the adequacy of a home package of continuing care. The claimant was denied their costs, despite a decision by the CCG to substantially increase the level of care after proceedings were issued.
- Central to the judge’s decision to make no order as to costs was the CCG’s submission that judicial review was a remedy of last resort, and that the claimant had failed to seek to resolve the matter through the formal NHS Complaints Procedure before applying for judicial review.
