If a doctor makes out the Saatchi Defence, will this stop a judge applying either of the Bolam or Bolitho tests to find that doctor to have been negligent?

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If a doctor has satisfied the reasonableness and responsibility requirements of the Bill, the Bolam and Bolitho tests will have been applied and satisfied at the point of treatment, so there will be no opportunity for lawyers to hire doctors to go into court and re-argue the issue in the hope of forcing a settlement from a risk-averse NHS budget-manager.

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