Monday 2 March 2020

Huntington's disease: Woman with gene fails in bid to sue NHS

Huntington's disease: Woman with gene fails in bid to sue NHS A woman who claimed she would have had an abortion if she had known her father had a fatal, inherited brain condition has failed in her bid to sue the NHS.

She claimed three NHS Trusts owed her a duty of care to tell her about her father's Huntington's disease.

Any child of someone with the condition has a 50% chance of inheriting it. BBC News

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