by Russell Worth | Nov 11, 2014 | Medical Negligence
A 10-year-old boy who suffered kidney failure after he was born with a condition which was negligently managed at a private hospital has won a compensation package worth almost £5 million to pay for the lifetime of care he will need. The boy was born with a congenital...
by Russell Worth | Nov 6, 2014 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News
Plans to demolish an asbestos-riddled hospital in Derbyshire and install a new £2.5 million health unit in its place have been given the go-ahead. Heanor Memorial Hospital has been shut since September 2014, after asbestos dust was found in a boiler room in a routine...
by Russell Worth | Nov 4, 2014 | Industrial Disease
An 81-year-old woman, who blames exposure to asbestos dust and fibres whilst working as a telephonist for the General Post Office (GPO) many years ago for her incurable cancer, is suing for up to £150,000 in damages. The woman worked at various telephone exchanges in...
by Russell Worth | Nov 4, 2014 | Accident at Work
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published provisional statistics for the year April 2013 to March 2014 which show that an estimated 28.2 million working days were lost through injury and ill health. In addition, in 2013/2014 there were: 133 fatal injuries...
by Russell Worth | Nov 3, 2014 | Medical Negligence
A 12-year-old boy, who was left facing a lifetime of acute disability when he suffered brain damage during his hospital birth, has been assured of a multi-million-pound compensation pay-out after an NHS trust conceded 85 per cent liability for his injuries. The...
by Russell Worth | Oct 28, 2014 | Medical Negligence
The number of nurses to each patient in the UK has dropped in the last four years, official figures show. Statistics from the House of Commons Library show that, in May 2014 the number of nurses in the UK had fallen to 5,182 per million people compared to 5,364 in May...
