title: NHS resource allocation: a question of funding?
abstract: The article explores the implications of using human rights principles as a basis to challenging a resource allocation decision by a primary care trust in the courts. It explores the implications of the recent decision in R (Condliff) v North Staffordshire NHS Trust [2011] and the prospects for development of future litigation.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McHale
mesh_terms: D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom