Bristol Personal Injury Blog

What is Mesothelioma and can you claim compensation for getting it?

Posted: 16th March 2016

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Mesothelioma 

Mesothelioma is a devastating disease. It is a highly aggressive form of cancer most commonly found in men who have been exposed to asbestos throughout their working life. The condition is contracted by breathing asbestos fibres into the lungs. The microscopic asbestos fibres aggravate the cells of the lungs and cause them to mutate into […]

Family Claim for Mother’s Asbestos Exposure

Posted: 15th March 2016

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure Mesothelioma 

Mesothelioma rates are increasing year on year, and a recent case has demonstrated the wide-reaching harm that asbestos can cause. Paula Briggs died in April 2014 at the age of 79. She was diagnosed with mesothelioma after complaining of shortness of breath. This condition is commonly contracted by men who worked in industries such as […]

20% of England’s radiotherapy machines past scrappage date

Posted: 15th March 2016

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis 

An investigation carried out under the Freedom of Information act, has revealed that one in five of the radiotherapy machines being used in hospitals throughout England, are past their scrappage date. The European Society of Radiology recommends that in order to keep up with advances in technology and offer the best treatment possible, machines should not […]

Faulty tumble dryer causes two deaths

Posted: 7th March 2016

Posted in: Personal Injury Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Manufacturer, Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd, have been ordered to supply information regarding any known problems with a tumble dryer which ignited in a flat in Llanrwst killing two people. 39-year-old Doug McTavish and 19-year-old Bernard Hender lost their lives when the dryer caught fire in the early hours of the morning of 1 October 2014.  […]

Vicious dog attack causes serious injury

Posted: 2nd March 2016

Posted in: Animal Attacks Neck Injuries 

A 33-year-old Yorkshire man has been rushed to hospital following a vicious dog attack in the Gleadless area yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the area when it was reported that a Staffordshire bull-terrier cross-breed dog had mauled the man, who is as yet unnamed, inflicting injuries that a neighbour described as “terrible”. He said: “I’ve […]

Woman killed in wrong-side-of-the-road accident

Posted: 1st March 2016

Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Cumbrian woman, Kathleen Bellas, 54, from Shap was killed outright on 12 January by a foreign driver driving on the wrong side of the road. Carlisle Crown Court heard how Ms Bellas’ Ford Focus collided with a lorry in an early morning road crash, and 52-year-old Adam Rybicki admits that he was in the wrong. […]

North Bristol NHS trust fined £1.2m for failing to achieve surgery targets

Posted: 15th February 2016

Posted in: Medical Negligence Spine & Back Injuries 

North Bristol NHS Trust’s Bristol Southmead Hospital has been fined £1.2 million for consistently failing to achieve NHS targets to carry out specialist spinal surgery. The NHS requires that patients requiring specialist spinal surgery should be treated within 18 weeks, however Bristol Southmead Hospital was found to be keeping patients waiting for more than a year. The […]

Mental health patients travelling 50 miles for medical care

Posted: 9th February 2016

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Since it was closed in September of last year, patients of Bootham Park adult mental health unit in York have been travelling 50 miles to Roseberry Park in Middlesbrough to receive medical care. The unit was closed very suddenly in September following an unannounced visit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when it was found that […]

Disability support worker guilty of assaulting autistic woman

Posted: 31st January 2016

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Medical Negligence Neck Injuries 

Support worker Rachel Portsmouth has been found guilty of placing her hands around the neck of 20-year-old Chante Johnson and of hitting her with a slipper. Chante who has special needs and requires 24 hour care is a resident at Pegasus School, in Caldwell. She suffers from severe autism and has great difficulty communicating. She has no […]

Concerns over lung disease diagnosis

Posted: 30th January 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Medical Negligence 

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked a senior NHS expert to look into concerns raised following the diagnosis of lung disease in ex-mineworkers. The concerns were raised when the Union of Democratic Mineworkers paid for 2 redundant ex-miners to have CT scans of their lungs privately. It was discovered that both miners from Nottinghamshire were suffering […]