by Russell Worth | Feb 7, 2017 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, occupational cancers, Sunbed Negligence
At this time of year the risks from exposure to the sun’s rays might seem like a rather distant threat, but for those who spend large periods of their working lives outside, it is very real, and something that must be taken seriously. It has become common knowledge...
by Russell Worth | May 1, 2015 | Claims, News, Sunbed Negligence
Russell Worth will be showing its support for the British Association of Dermatologists’ annual Sun Awareness Week this May (6th – 12th May). The annual event, which forms part of the BAD’s wider Sun Awareness campaign, running from April to September, has been...
by Russell Worth | Apr 30, 2015 | Claims, News, Sunbed Negligence
New NHS figures have revealed that the number of skin cancer cases in Scotland have risen by over 30% during the past decade. In 2013, there were 1,172 cases of melanoma, making it the sixth most common form of cancer. The most common form of the disease is still lung...
by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | Medical Negligence, Sunbed Negligence
Concerns have been raised regarding rates of melanoma diagnosis after a man developed the disease and went for years undiagnosed until he eventually passed away. Terry Wheeldon, from Manchester began using sunbeds in 1999 shortly before his marriage to wife Joann,...
by Russell Worth | Mar 19, 2015 | Cosmetic Surgery Claims, News, Sunbed Negligence |
A tanning salon chain in Bristol has been fined after it failed to enforce age restrictions in one of its outlets. Gloden Ltd was fined £4,000 alongside £1,500 in prosecution costs at Bristol Magistrates Court yesterday (18th March). The firm, which operates five...
by Russell Worth | Mar 12, 2015 | Claims, News, Sunbed Negligence
An unlicensed and experimental new drug has been fast-tracked to skin cancer patients under a new government scheme, in an effort to get pioneering drugs to seriously ill patients much quicker. Pembrolizumab, a treatment for advanced skin cancer, is the first medicine...
