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Sunderland Personal Injury Solicitors Launch for the Tyne & Wear Area
Posted: December 3, 2015
Posted in: Personal Injury
For people living and working in Sunderland, there is now a new local personal injury claims website which specialises in helping people in the Tyne and Wear area. The website helps people who have suffered in an accident, or a personal injury where the fault was not theirs. Introducing Sunderland Personal Injury Claims The new […]
Read MoreA&E waiting times only “getting worse”
Posted: December 1, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims
New data collected by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine found that A&E waiting times in England only continue to get worse. The figures found that 88% of A&E patients were admitted or treated within the four-hour waiting time, despite the fact that the current target stands at 95%. The College compiled the data from […]
Read MoreSpike in excess winter deaths linked to low efficiency flu vaccine
Posted: November 29, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Figures published by the Office for National Statistics have revealed that there has been a considerable spike in excess winter deaths in 2014/15. It is estimated that the death rate in England and Wales was 27% higher during the months of December and March compared to the previous and following three months. It is estimated […]
Read MoreRNLI launches super lifeboat
Posted: November 17, 2015
Posted in: Personal Injury
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has officially launched a £2.1m lifeboat that will reach emergencies 50% faster than the boat it has replaced. The Nora Stachura lifeboat was named after a woman whose legacy funded the lifeboat and was launched this Saturday. The boat will be operated through a mobile launching system, which operates […]
Read MoreInjured man slams housing company after fall injury leaves him unable to work
Posted: November 14, 2015
Posted in: Public Place Accidents
A man from Morden, in the London Borough of Merton, has criticised housing company Circle Housing Merton Priory (CHMP) for being unable to do its job after he fell and severely injured himself, despite making a number of complaints prior to the fall. Andy King initially reported the damage to the pavement outside his property […]
Read MoreParalysed soldier able to walk again
Posted: November 2, 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries Hip Injuries Workplace Injuries
A soldier that was left paralysed by an accidental shooting has been able to walk again with the help of a bionic motorised walking suit. 36-year-old Dale Messenger had been a bomb disposal expert and was accidentally blasted in the hip during a live ammunition training exercise in the Falkland Islands. The injury left him […]
Read MoreHospital mental healthcare failings after preventable suicide in A&E ward
Posted: October 29, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Royal Blackburn Hospital has been found to have been not “appropriately managed” following an investigation carried out by coroner Michael Singleton into the suicide of 42 year old Jackie Williams in January of this year. Mrs Williams was admitted to the hospital on the 27th of January where she was later found hanged in a […]
Read MoreHealth trust ‘requires improvement’ after failing standards
Posted: October 25, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims
An English NHS health trust has been rated as “requiring improvement” after recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections. Inspectors found that Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were failing in a number of areas including staffing, cleanliness and infection control. The trust runs a total of four hospitals in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire: Doncaster […]
Read MoreDamaged roads cost council £1m in compensation
Posted: October 21, 2015
Posted in: Pothole Injuries Road Traffic Accidents
It has been revealed, following a recent Freedom of Information request, that a county council has had to pay out over £1million in compensation to injured residents as a result of poorly maintained roads. A total of 1,228 residents have been awarded compensation by Hertfordshire County Council in the last two-and-a-half years because of injuries […]
Read More‘Vulnerable children’ at risk through government cuts
Posted: October 2, 2015
Posted in: Personal Injury
According to a nursing union, cuts being made to the Barnsley budget for children and young people will “risk vulnerable children dying”. This comes about as Barnsley Council has made the decision to cut its spending on young people’s services from £6.5m to £4.8m, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Barnsley Council has […]
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