14
Mar 2018
The Claimant started working for the Defendant company around a month before his accident and received little training. Whilst he was working on a piece of machinery, he turned around to pick up a piece of wood from the floor and as he turned back around he was struck in the face by a piece…
14
Mar 2018
The Claimant aged 21, at the time of his accident, was out with a few friends. He went to the men’s toilets, whilst at a bar, to use the mirror but found it was covered in condensation. He therefore went to wipe it off with his hand. Unfortunately the mirror had previously been broken and…
12
Mar 2018
In January 2016 the Claimant, aged 73, who was suffering from dementia, was staying at a nursing home for a period of respite when she had a fall during the night sustaining a fractured hip. Our lawyers acted on behalf of the Claimant, working with her husband who was acting as a litigation friend. Accordingly,…
09
Mar 2018
Official figures have shown that around 10,000 GPs, around 41 per cent, are aged 50 or over, and are predicted to leave the profession within the next five to ten years. Although Jeremy Hunt has promised a £20,000 incentive for trainees in October, fewer young doctors are choosing general practice as a profession and are…
09
Mar 2018
An IT glitch, which has affected around 2,500 GP practices, has lost crucial medical information, including vaccine uptake, pathology results and read codes, relating to over 44,000 patients. The problem has arisen from an issue with retrieving the medical records of patients who have left and are returning to a practice. GPs at the affected…
09
Mar 2018
Research funded by Cancer Research UK alongside the Department of Health has suggested that routine tests for prostate cancer do not save lives and can do more harm than good to patients. The trial looked into the effectiveness of PSA (prostate specific antigen) tests, which are available to all men over the age of 50,…
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