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Posted 07/01/2014 The BBC has reported that nearly 12,000 people made more than ten visits to the same Accident & Emergency (A&E) unit in 2012-13. A small number of those,...
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Posted 14/12/2009 Former Norwich City footballer Dean Ashton is considering making a compensation claim over the leg injury which forced him to retire at the age of 26. The England...
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Posted 02/05/2013 The number of British women under 50 having breast cancer diagnosed annually has topped 10,000 for the first time according to Cancer Research UK.The charity says one case...
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Posted 30/11/2009 Struggling firms should not rely on the upcoming Christmas period to alleviate the danger of insolvency, according to an expert. Andy Wood, regional chairman of insolvency body R3...
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Posted 25/04/2013 Doctors’ leaders have said that the Government is prompting “an over simplistic and inaccurate” picture of the current pressures facing hospital A & E Departments. The BMA has requested...
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Posted 13/12/2013 New figures show that the NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time for the first time this winter. In the last week, 94.8% of patients...
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Posted 29/11/2013 Body piercings have been used to control wheelchairs and computers in a move scientists believe could transform the way people interact with the world after paralysis. The movement...
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Posted 20/12/2012 Ashtons Legal is leading the way in taking out-of-hours medical providers to task and ensuring that in future when things go wrong it is easier to work out...
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Posted 17/12/2009 The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (Ucatt) has voiced concerns that a government dossier advocating continuing the ban on compensation claims for pleural plaque victims is...
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Posted 22/02/2013 Ben Ward, a medical injury solicitor at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation for a woman in her 50s who suffered pain, and unsuccessful treatment, at the hands of...
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Posted 07/05/2013 Sophie Bales, a medical injury solicitor at Ashtons Legal, has obtained an £8,000 settlement for a 40 year old woman who underwent cryotherapy to remove seven moles from...
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Posted 25/03/2010 Young adults should not assume they do not need to make a Will, according to one financial expert. Making a Will can help to ensure a person’s assets...
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