cancer
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A Bury St Edmunds man seriously ill with an asbestos-related cancer is appealing to former colleagues to help him find evidence of where he may have contracted the disease. Ian...
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There are three categories in respect of NHS waiting time targets for treatment. These cover A&E, Cancer and routine operations. NHS waiting time targets for Cancer and A&E treatment have...
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Zantac, a medication used to treat stomach ulcers, has been recalled after fears that it has been contaminated with a chemical known to cause cancer. Traces of NDMA, a chemical...
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A former Dagenham woman is terminally ill from an asbestos cancer she contracted from washing her husband’s overalls, after the local council who employed him had told him there was...
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Asbestos-related disease specialist solicitor, Martyn Hayward, has obtained a £50k interim payment for a 79 year old man. Mr R is a retired BT Engineer who was diagnosed with mesothelioma...
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A woman whose pregnancy was misdiagnosed as cancer lost both of her unborn twins as a result of the treatment she was given. Serpil Baga, 35, had been experiencing pain...
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Phoebe Osborne, an asbestos-related disease claim specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £60,000 for a retired Norfolk carpenter. Mr I, who was exposed to asbestos throughout the early part of...
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The family of a Benfleet man who has died of an asbestos-related cancer are pleading with his former workmates to come forward and help them find out how he contracted...
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The NHS will be unable to provide top quality care for those with cancer if the shortage of cancer doctors in the UK is not resolved. A census of 62...
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For those who have a family history of breast cancer, NHS screening usually begins once a woman reaches 40. However, a recent study has found that breast cancer is more...
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A nurse and mother of two who worked for the NHS for 13 years, was repeatedly told she didn’t have cancer was diagnosed as terminally-ill after doctors incorrectly read her...
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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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