Injury News
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An appeal by the family of an Ipswich insurance company worker who died from an asbestos-related illness may show that other former insurance workers could also be affected by the...
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Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has publicly apologised in the Commons on behalf of the NHS and the government in relation to the failure by the NHS to call women between...
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A survey by Public Service Union, Unison, has identified that almost two thirds of Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) employed by the NHS are performing duties ordinarily carried out by nurses. HCAs...
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An appeal by the family of an Ipswich insurance company worker who died from an asbestos-related illness may show that other former insurance workers could also be affected by the...
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An asbestos-related disease claim specialist at Ashtons Legal has obtained an admission of liability and an interim payment of £50,000 for Mr T who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in January...
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We are now some way into the timeframe of the government’s “Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, a £1bn plan to improve mental health care by 2021” and one...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £700,000 settlement for Mrs T following medical failings which have had permanent consequences and resulted in several years...
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The heartbroken widow of a former plumber and gas fitter who laid pipes during the construction of Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge in 1966 and 1967 is appealing to his former...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for Mr S after his straightforward spinal surgical procedure was followed by complications which were not immediately...
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Trips to GPs and A&E for minor, ‘self-treatable’ conditions, such as a sore throat or a stomach ache, cost the NHS around £850 million a year. A survey has found...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £100,000 damage settlement and an apology from Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Foundation Trust for Ms M after...
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It’s an unfair fact of life, but in the eyes of the law a married couple has far more protection than a cohabiting, unmarried partnership. However, the case of Jakki Smith from...
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