R v NW Thames Regional Health Authority and Others

(1993) 4 Med LR 364

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION, DIVISIONAL COURT

Lord Justice KENNEDY, and Mr Justice MACPHERSON

Administrative law — Judicial review — Closure of bone marrow transplant unit in NHS hospital — Consultation — Whether health authority failed to comply with statutory duty to consult prior to closure of unit — Whether decision to close unit was unauthorised — Community Health Council Regulations 1985 SI 1985 304 Regulation 19(1)