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Workplace Injuries and Injury Awareness Week

Workplace Injuries and Injury Awareness Week Monday 24th June marks the start of Injury Awareness Week, with the spotlight being shone this year on workplace injuries. According to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Labour Force Survey, 560,000 people suffered injuries at work last year, 50 years on from the Health and Safety at Work…
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Medical Negligence Claims Against Private Practitioners

Medical Negligence Claims Against Private Practitioners   When you put your trust in a medical practitioner, you expect them to provide you with the best possible care. Unfortunately, medical negligence is a reality that many patients face. Medical negligence occurs when a medical professional provides a substandard level of care, resulting in harm to the…
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Assessing the Grounds for a Medical Negligence Claim

Assessing the Grounds for a Medical Negligence Claim   We understand that when you are in a situation in which medical negligence has occured that this is a highly stressful and concerning time for you and your family. You trust that your medical practitioner will carry out your medical procedure or that they will fulfil…
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Specialist Medical Negligence Cases & Support

Specialist Medical Negligence Cases & Support There are a number of specialist medical negligence cases in which you understandably may experience stress and distrust of your medical practioner or procedure. This is understandable in specialist cases specifically because these issues are dealt with by specialists who you would expect to carry out diagnosis and treatment…
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Medical Negligence - Making a Claim

The Rising Cost of Medical Negligence

The Rising Cost of Medical Negligence Clinical negligence rose to £2.2 billion in 2020 – which is a huge increase compared to the total costs of £1m in 1975. But medical professionals couldn’t have possibly gotten thousands of times more negligent now than they were then – there are other factors at play. With the…
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Can I Make a Medical Negligence Claim?

Can I Make a Medical Negligence Claim? This article looks at the types of medical negligence claim you can make and how to go about it with your local medical negligence claim solicitor. First of all, let’s look at the different types of medical negligence claims there are, as you may well be surprised to…
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Specialist Medical Negligence Cases

Specialist Medical Negligence Cases   Medical negligence is an understandably distressful time for you and your family. As well as general medical negligence claims – there are other specialist claims that can be made against a medical practitioner or professional. As there are a number of different claims that can be made – it’s highly…
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Medical Negligence & Dental Negligence Cases

Medical Negligence & Dental Negligence Cases In this article, we look at the types of medical negligence cases where a claim can be made, the process that Thompson Solicitors, for example, would take you through on how to make your claim and the type of typical case that arises in a medical negligence claim in…
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Difficulties in Diagnosing Asbestosis

Difficulties in Diagnosing Asbestosis   One of the difficulties in diagnosing asbestosis is in distinguishing it from other similar fibrotic lung conditions, which are grouped together under the term “idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”, or IPF. This simply means fibrosis of unknown origin or cause.     Diagnosis of Asbestosis during Lifetime   During a person’s lifetime a…
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HSE Releases Figures for Great Britain 2020

HSE Figures For Great Britain in 2020 – Mesothelioma & Accidents at Work     The HSE has released Health & Safety statistics for 2020 and has included key statistics regarding work-based injury, diseases and other conditions. As we represent numerous clients for claims due to accidents at work and diseases caused by negligent exposure…
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Mesothelioma Compensation Claims

Making a Mesothelioma Related Compensation Claim We understand that receiving a diagnosis of mesothelioma or other asbestos-related diseases is an extremely difficult time for your family. As you may have likely be exposed negligently to asbestos by an employer or former employer in the past – we also understand the frustrations that this may cause…
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Asbestos Compensation Information

Mesothelioma & Asbestos Compensation Claims Information We understand that making an asbestos-related compensation claim or mesothelioma claim is a highly stressful time for yourself and your family. You will likely require information on making a claim as well as information on representation.   We have created this article to provide you with the relevant information…
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