News for Individuals
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It has been reported in recent weeks that metal-on-metal hip replacements have a far higher failure rate than other types of hip replacement. Evidence has expanded recently and opinions broadened...
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A recent study performed in Sweden suggests that women who are diagnosed with cancer following a smear test have a greater chance of being cured than women who do not...
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Headline news today was of the huge regional variability in levels of lower limb amputations in those suffering from diabetes. The levels vary from 2 in 10,000 to 22 in...
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The new Cromer Hospital opened for business on Saturday 3 March 2012. The new hospital cost approximately £15m, the majority of which came from a legacy left by Cromer widow...
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The NHS has admitted clinical negligence after two transplant patients were given kidneys that had been taken from a donor who was suffering from an aggressive and rare form of...
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Today it is reported that younger women who suffer heart attacks are more likely than men to die as a result. Women often do not present with the ‘typical’ and...
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Many people have heard the term ‘Power of Attorney’ but understanding exactly what this means, whether it is relevant to your residents, and if so, how to set one up,...
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A man who was forced to wait outside a hospital in the south-west of England for 25 minutes despite suffering a heart attack is to launch a clinical negligence case....
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The Prime Minister has called an ‘insurance summit’ to tackle ‘this damaging compensation culture’ in relation to whiplash claims and the increase in motor insurance premiums. Despite Lord Young concluding...
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The Royal College of GPs has now called for the Health Bill to be scrapped. The college, which represents 34,000 GPs in England, said the overhaul had to be stopped...
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There have been stories in the news recently concerning Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how many people are going undiagnosed and untreated. At Ashtons Legal we come across a...
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It’s a mistake to regard a mortgage as an asset, but many people do. The word mortgage comes from old French, meaning ‘a dead pledge’ i.e. one that dies when...
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