Injury News
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Louise Harper, an injury law specialist at Ashtons, has obtained a £15,000 settlement for Ms Y, a counter assistant who suffered a fall at work and aggravated a pre-existing back...
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Despite the Governments attempts to introduce the target that 95% of patients should not wait more than four hours to be seen at A&E, the number of patients waiting four...
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We all know that staffing and overcrowding in hospitals is a major cause for concern. Now, inspectors have warned that patients are at risk as hospitals faced unprecedented pressures. The...
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There is a proposal from the government to promise families of children who suffer brain injuries at birth faster investigations into what went wrong and to provide swifter compensation payments....
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £225,000 for Ms T whose life has been dramatically altered by alleged negligent surgery and aftercare....
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An inquest will be held on Monday (20 February ) into the death of a Bury St Edmunds man who took his own life whilst in a hospital’s mental health...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons, has obtained a £50,000 settlement for Mr H, after he was left bedbound and incontinent following an operation that he needn’t have...
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Roger Loomes has obtained a £35,000 settlement for Mrs M, a retired lady who was injured while on holiday abroad. Mrs M was holidaying in Spain with her husband and...
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Every 24 hours the NHS sees 1 million patients; it has 1.7 million staff and is the fifth largest employer in the world. As a result it absorbs eye-watering amounts...
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Louise Harper, a member of Ashtons’ personal injury team, has obtained £9,500 for Ms A who fell down unmarked steps in a hotel and fractured her ankle. The hotel’s insurers...
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Julie Crossley, a member of the Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained a £13,000 settlement for the family of an elderly lady who had suffered an unwitnessed fall while in...
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New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...
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