Injury News
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New figures suggest waiting times in A&E departments across the UK are worsening as pressures grow in hospitals. The data, collected by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, showed 88%...
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Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, represented Mr M, in a claim arising out of a motorcycle incident in 2010. Mr M, who was in his 20s,...
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Thousands of people in England are dying from bowel cancer because their disease is not being spotted early enough, a charity has warned. Beating Bowel Cancer found wide variation within...
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Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation for Mrs M who required medical treatment and specialist orthopaedic review after suffering a ‘whiplash’ injury which then...
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NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Jane Cummings has praised the “Hello My Name Is…” campaign started by terminally ill Dr Kate Granger. The CNO spoke out as it was...
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Many people are injured in road or workplace incidents every year. Everyone’s circumstances and injuries are slightly different and so their compensation claims need to be assessed individually to ensure...
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Addenbrooke’s Hospital is at the heart of a legal challenge over their ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ policy. The family of Janet Tracey, who died in March 2011 are seeking a national...
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Up to two million people in England could be eligible for weight loss surgery, experts say. Bariatric surgery, such as the fitting of gastric bands, can cut the risk of...
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An inquest opens on Wednesday (15 January) in Bury St Edmunds into the death of Joe Ruler, a young man who died aged 19 in August 2010 while a patient...
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If so, did this make a difference to you in either the short or long term? All too often we see people who didn’t receive the follow up that they...
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The Court of Appeal has today upheld a High Court decision that a mother was partly to blame for her child’s injuries having used a child booster seat to restrain...
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Richard Foyster, a personal injury partner based in Ashtons Legal’s Ipswich office, has settled a claim for a young man who suffered brain injuries and a number of orthopaedic injuries...
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