Injury News
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Those in charge of the NHS in England have announced that a recently devised 10-year-plan may save half a million lives through the increased focus on prevention and early detection....
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Richard Foyster, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained over £300,000 for a woman involved in an accident at work. A joint settlement was agreed after Ms L...
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Breast cancer is a disease that is generally associated with affecting women, but men get it too. Around 390 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK,...
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Richard Foyster, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained over £600,000 in a settlement for a motorcyclist who was involved in a collision causing him severe injuries both...
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Hospitals in England are so overcrowded ahead of Christmas that experts say care is being put at risk, with some places having to turn away ambulances because they cannot accept...
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Louise Harper, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has secured a settlement of over £17,000 for a lady who slipped in a puddle of water in her local supermarket...
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The Health Minister, Andrew Lansley has called for a “fundamental re-think” of how hospitals are run at weekends after mortality rates were estimated to be 20% higher than on weekdays....
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Recent figures suggest that over 2,800 patients who have had privately fitted PIP breast implants have now been transferred to NHS care. This is as a direct result of their...
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Richard Foyster has obtained a settlement of £277,000 for a Norfolk man who had regular exposure to asbestos in his working environment over 40 years ago and was recently diagnosed...
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Following on from the article titled ‘Over 40,000 women did not receive cervical cancer screening letters’ it has been reported that 3,591 more woman have been affected by the cervical...
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An Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely – Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London and president of the Royal Society...
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A leading lawyer has invited the new chief executive of a failing mental health trust to meet her, to discuss 18 years’ experience of dealing with families bereaved because of...
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