It can be argued that Britain is facing an occupational disease epidemic. Figures from the Health and Safety Executive showing that up to 20 per cent of the UK’s biggest killers, including heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, are caused by work. In England an estimated 1.9 million people have suffered from an illness […]
Though Mesothelioma is a form of cancer largely associated with occupational exposure to asbestos through working in heavy industry or the building trade, serious questions are now being raised concerning the amount of asbestos found in Britain’s schools. Most of the UK’s 24,000 schools are said to have significant amounts of asbestos, clearly posing an […]
The Scottish government has amended its proposed bill on pleural plaques, a condition caused by exposure to asbestos, to ensure that all symptomless victims can claim for damages, including those with asymptomatic asbestosis or pleural thickening.
The bill seeks to overturn the House Of Lords’ decision in October 2007 that pleural plaques is not a disease, […]
Most people spend a large proportion of their lives at work. Health and Safety at work is designed to try to ensure that adequate precautions are taken to protect those working in or visiting a workplace from ill health or accidents. You don’t have to search too hard online or in the daily papers though […]
The Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has had to close down some of its wards after an outbreak of the superbug Clostridium Difficile only days after a £300,000 deep clean.
A Government-backed initiative announced by Gordon Brown in September last year forced all hospitals in England to undergo an extensive deep-clean to tackle the […]
According to The Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre (Thatcham) around 250,000 UK motorists received whiplash injuries every year and in around 25,000 cases the whiplash injury leads to some kind of permanent disability. However, the figure may actually be much higher with many whiplash injuries going unreported becomes of the low velocity of the accident.
It’s […]
According to new research commissioned by the law firm Russell, Jones & Walker, most people in the UK believe that Britain is headed toward a US-style “claims” culture and over 50% of those who responded thought that claimants are motivated by money rather than being victims.
However, this figure is contradicted by responses given when questioned […]
Martin Syms from Porth in Rhondda was recently awarded £80,000 in compensation after suffering from severe back injuries sustained after a fall from a chair at Cardiff Central Station.
Mr Syms, a driver for Arriva trains at the time, was sitting on a plastic molded chair in the station’s mess room at the time, when it […]
British trades people could be putting themselves at risk of incurable cancer from exposure to asbestos without even realising it, says a recent study published by the British Lung Foundation.
Mesothelioma, the cancer caused by asbestos, kills one people every five hours in the UK; twenty trades people die of the disease every week, making the […]