News for Individuals
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Sharon Allison, Partner in Ashtons Medical Negligence team, has obtained £450k for the family of a man who sadly died after a delay in cancer treatment. Mr F visited his...
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The A&E unit of Weston General Hospital was suddenly closed for at least 18 months due to a lack of staff making the unit unsafe. NHS managers in the local...
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Dental care offered by the NHS has been described as a “postcode lottery” by The British Dental Association. It comes after Mr Woodhouse, from Cornwall, was unable to find an...
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A hospital has refused to reveal whether its patients and staff may be at risk of a deadly asbestos-related disease, on the grounds of ‘commercial confidentiality’. High Wycombe Hospital is...
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Personal Injury Trusts are a way to ensure that when someone receives compensation for a personal injury, money can be properly looked after on their behalf. They will also not...
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Data from the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England suggests that adults diagnosed with stage one skin, prostate or breast cancer have the same chance of being alive...
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Between 200 and 250 deaths that occurred during or after cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital in London are to be investigated. The study has been initiated by NHS Improvement...
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Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, obtained compensation of £390,000 for Mrs B after she was involved in an accident at work. Mrs B was working in...
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Businesses in the agriculture sector have to juggle many different sets of regulations, policed by different regulators such as the Environment Agency. The penalties for non-compliance have gone through the...
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In June 2018, an inquiry found that more than 450 patients died after being given “dangerous” levels of drugs. Dr Jane Barton, who was at the centre of the scandal,...
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Further to our article below, Theresa May has this afternoon (21 January 2019) announced in her Brexit statement that the £65 fee which millions of EU citizens were going to...
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A report produced by Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England considered data on 13-24 year olds living in England with figures from Public Health England’s National Cancer Registration and...
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