Heather Birchall

1. 1. patient confidentiality limiting duty to safeguard life

   “healthcare professionals from G4S and arguably at the end of the day Wiltshire Police whose ultimate responsibility it is to safeguard life when an individual is in Police custody are effectively trying to do a job, through their contract service providers (G4S), in circumstances whereby in trying to discharge their duty having regard to Article 2 of European Convention of Human Rights they were doing so effectively, as a consequence of patient confidentiality, with one arm tied behind their”

2. 2. selective information sharing due to confidentiality

   “confidentiality was raised to withhold information or | felt that equally there was a danger that selective information might only be passed at best to the G4S healthcare operative”

3. 3. information asymmetry between agencies

   “the issue of confidentiality was raised to withhold information or | felt that equally there was a danger that selective information might only be passed at best to the G4S healthcare operative”

4. 4. rigid confidentiality rules preventing life-saving information exchange

   “consideration needs to be given to realistic and practical exceptions to that general principle especially if the aim is with a view to safeguarding life”

No published response was found on judiciary.uk.