Injury News

• £75,000 obtained for psychological injury following a road traffic collision

  • PostedAugust 10, 2017

  Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist, obtained compensation of £75,000 for Ms R who required specialist treatment following a road traffic collision in which she suffered severe travel anxiety and...

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• Services for people who are suicidal or self-harming are facing unprecedented demand in England, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation has found

  • PostedJuly 27, 2017

  Out of 39 mental health trusts that provided figures for their crisis teams, 27 had seen their workload increase by 70%, and some had seen referrals rise by as much...

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• Action mesothelioma Day service

  • PostedJuly 6, 2017

  Anglia Asbestos Diseases Support Group (AADSG) special ‘Action Mesothelioma Day’ service was attended by over 250 people in St. Edmundsbury Cathedral last Sunday (2 July 2017), including AADSG members, patients,...

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• Whistleblower reveals that Kettering Hospital filtered data

  • PostedJune 29, 2017

  In May 2017 the BBC investigated claims that patients were waiting over a year for operations at the Kettering General Hospital after David Phelan, a hospital trust governor, found discrepancies...

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• Inquest into death of high flying Norwich law student

  • PostedJune 28, 2017

  An inquest opens tomorrow (29 June) at Norwich Coroners Court into the death of a high flying Norwich law student. The family will be represented by a medical injury specialist...

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• Ashtons representing family as inquest opens into death of man after failure to diagnose cancer

  • PostedJune 20, 2017

  An inquest opens today into the death of a Nottingham man after a hospital failed to diagnose lung cancer. Keith Beardsmore, aged 73, had undergone a chest x-ray at Nottingham...

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• A pioneering and life-extending drug repeatedly deemed too expensive will now be offered on the NHS in England

  • PostedJune 16, 2017

  This is the result of a confidential deal between the health service and the drug company Roche. Kadcyla, the undiscounted cost of which had been £90,000 per patient, adds an...

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• GP rescue package fails with potential consequences for patients

  • PostedMay 26, 2017

  Official figures published by NHS Digital show that the number of GPs has fallen since the NHS launched a ‘rescue package’ to tackle the crisis of a shortage of family...

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• Having the Capacity to make a Will

  • PostedMay 16, 2017

  With any Will, the important starting point is whether someone has ‘testamentary capacity’ – this broadly requires a person to understand what making or changing a Will means; how much...

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• £50,000 interim payment secured for mesothelioma sufferer

  • PostedMay 11, 2017

  An asbestos-related disease specialist at Ashtons Legal has obtained an interim payment of £50,000 for Mr T from Norwich just eight weeks after starting to work with him on his...

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• Breast surgeon Ian Paterson case: ‘Hundreds’ of other victims

  • PostedMay 5, 2017

  Hundreds more patients are expected to seek compensation after a breast surgeon was convicted of carrying out needless operations. Ian Paterson, 59, was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding...

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• Multi-million pound settlement obtained for Norfolk man injured in a road collision

  • PostedApril 24, 2017

  A catastrophic injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a seven-figure lump sum and six-figure annual payments for life for an elderly Norfolk man who is now wheelchair bound following...

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