Legal News
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Posted 21/02/2014 When it is compiled, Care.data will be a giant database of medical records showing how individuals have been cared for across the GP and hospital sectors. Researchers believe the...
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Posted 07/07/2011 Farmers have been urged to make changes to the way in which they operate, which could reduce the risk of anyone who works on their farm having to...
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Posted 02/02/2010 A professional industry body has called on the government to amend employment law relating to the retirement age in order to benefit workers and businesses. The Institute of...
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A team at the University of Louisville and University of California reported an experimental technique using epidural stimulation which may have a role in helping paralysed patients regain movement. The...
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Posted 24/01/2014 Julie Crossley, a medical injury lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for the widow of a man from Leeds in his late 50s who died of...
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Posted 26/11/2012 Ben Ward, a medical injury solicitor at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £11,500 for Mrs T, who now has substantially less functionality in one foot than would have been...
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Posted 04/03/2014 A new package of care for dementia sufferers will help fight the illness, according to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. There are a number of strands to this, with businesses...
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Posted 19/11/2009 MPs supporting the restoration of the right to compensation claims for pleural plaque sufferers have vowed to overcome a recent parliamentary setback to the campaign. Dave Anderson, the...
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Posted 03/03/2014 Thousands of people working across the NHS are doing something different to improve care as part of NHS Change Day. Last year, 189,000 people took part by making a...
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Posted 18/02/2014 The NHS has undertaken to keep track of statistics for Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments on a weekly basis. They are looking at waiting times, both inside hospitals...
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Posted 23/03/2011 A man who was left permanently disabled because he had to regularly use vibrating power tools has been awarded personal injury compensation by his employer. Landscape gardener Andrew...
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Posted 08/09/2011 A pensioner who was injured in a car accident when she was hit by a driver travelling on the wrong side of the road has won a five-figure...
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