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Council putting ‘lives at risk’ along river avon after another student death
Posted: 31st January 2014
Posted in: Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
A councillor has highlighted the potential dangers of the River Avon seeing as safety measures have still not been implemented following a report published three years ago. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) produced a report in 2011, which highlighted numerous areas for improvement following the death of university student James Bubear. […]
Read MoreRedbridge council sees highest payouts for accidents at school
Posted: 25th January 2014
Posted in: Finger Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents Workplace Injuries
New figures have revealed that Redbridge Council has paid out almost £100,000 in compensation to people involved in accidents at school. Out of all of London’s 32 boroughs, Redbridge Council sees the 5th highest amount of payouts, with neighbouring Waltham Forest compensating as little as half of Redbridge Council, with only a third of the […]
Read MoreBromley and Hackney have safest schools in London
Posted: 15th January 2014
Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents
With London’s schools having paid out over £1,609,000 to injured children in the last five years, figures have uncovered Bromley and Hackney to have the safest schools in the city. Health and safety experts ‘Employment Law Advisory Service’ (ELAS) released the figures through a ‘Freedom of Information’ request, showing that over 1,010 personal injury claims […]
Read MoreConcerns raised over compensation culture in UK primary schools
Posted: 13th January 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents
Figures released yesterday have revealed that hundreds of primary school pupils are receiving record payouts. The last five years has seen the funding of £3.3million worth of compensation in school injury claims, with injuries spanning from slipping on wet floors to hitting heads on goalposts. Even though calculations lead to the figure of £3.3million, experts […]
Read MoreOAP wins Starbucks payout
Posted: 31st December 2013
Posted in: Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents Restaurant Accidents Shop Accidents
An OAP that slipped on the floor in a Midland branch of Starbucks coffee house has won a four-figure payout from the multinational chain. Seventy-one-year-old Rosemarie Duggan from Perry Bar had been at the chain’s Bescot Retail Park outlet in Walsall when she slipped on the ‘greasy’ floor. Mrs Duggan suffered a torn hamstring in […]
Read MoreDid staff shortages cause patient to fall?
Posted: 20th December 2013
Posted in: Hip Injuries Medical Negligence
After an 84-year-old man died after falling and breaking his hip at the Ramsey Unit in the grounds of Furness General Hospital last year, a coroner has ruled that the fatal fall was unpreventable. David Mole from Haverigg in southwest Cumbria died in July of last year after falling at an under-fire dementia care unit […]
Read MorePharmaceutical firms fined £120,000
Posted: 14th December 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Workplace Injuries
Two pharmaceutical companies have been fined £120,000 after harmful chemicals leaked, causing many staff members to fall seriously ill. Archimica Chemicals and Euticals, both of which have recently gone bust, both admitted to health and safety breaches following the incident. Archimica Chemicals admitted to six charges, while Euticals admitted to two. One of the former factory […]
Read MoreNHS hospital trust threatened with urgent action or leadership change
Posted: 29th November 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After Medway NHS Trust was placed under special measures following the Keogh report earlier in the year, the lack of improvement has resulted in the trust being threatened with urgent action or a leadership change if services don’t get better. The hospital trust was put under special measures after major failings were identified across multiple […]
Read MoreElderly patient died after ambulance crew lost keys
Posted: 26th November 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Spine & Back Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
An NHS report has revealed that last month an 87-year-old man died after an East Midlands Ambulance Service crew lost the keys to their vehicle. The elderly man had suffered a cardiac arrest on a local golf course, Derbyshire golf pavilion, and died there despite having been provided with treatment. The report does not explicitly state […]
Read MoreNegligent doctors and nurses could face jail
Posted: 16th November 2013
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Medical Negligence
The government has proposed new legislation that will see willful negligence being treated as a criminal offence under NHS changes that are to be revealed next week. This decision has been made following the recent Mid Staffordshire scandal and others similar, which will see those guilty of “willful neglect” being sentenced to jail. If found […]
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