Case Law - Medical Funding

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Medical funding

• High Court judgment in the case of A, D and G v North West Lancashire Health Authority, December 1998.  The High Court ruled in favour of three trans women contesting the Health Authority’s refusal to fund surgery.

• Appeals Court judgment in the case of North West Lancashire Health Authority v A, D and G, July 1999.  The Appeals Court upheld Hidden J’s judgment that the Health Authority’s refusal to fund surgery was “unlawful and irrational”.

• Yvonne Watts v Bedford Primary Care Trust & Secretary of State for Health, May 2006.  Case regarding the right to treatment abroad paid for by the NHS.
  …Commentary by Stephen Whittle.

Rogers v Swindon PCT

Although not a case involving trans people the Rogers case examined the A,D & G case in some detail confirming that it remains good law for deciding upon treatment decisions. The case went on to examine what constitutes “exceptional circumstances” in providing treatment which is deemed low priority

• R (on the application of Rogers) v Swindon NHS Primary Care Trust and another Full High Court ruling.

• R (on the application of Rogers) v Swindon NHS Primary Care Trust and another Full Court of Appeal ruling.