The Compensation Catch – CICA
04/03/2019
A great look at how the Criminal Injuries Compensation process works from the perspective of claimants and those who advise them. Source: File on 4 – The Compensation Catch – BBC Sounds
Job Vacancy -Major Trauma Rehabilitation Adviser job
03/01/2018
Source: Major Trauma Rehabilitation Adviser job – Cardinal Management Ltd – Tooting | Indeed.co.uk
Clinical Negligence claims cost rise to £1.6bn
06/12/2017
The annual cost of the clinical negligence for trusts has quadrupled over the last decade— from £0.4 billion in 2006–07 to £1.6 billion in 2016–17—taking already scarce resources away from frontline services and patients. A recent report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee states that “there seems to
Remembering Prof. Gordon Waddell CBE
16/05/2017
21/09/1942 – 20/04/2017. Gordon Waddell, a great contributor to the world or orthopaedics and rehabilitation. click here for brief biog: Remembering Professor Gordon Waddell CBE news
BBC Radio 4 – Lawyers in Hospitals
16/05/2017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q30rx You and Yours, May 15th discuss the impact of Simon Stevens recent announcement to ban lawyers from operating in Hospitals.
NHS to remove lawyers from Hospitals
21/04/2017
Simon Stevens 5 year forward plan includes some good initiatives, but this one could if not implemented correctly be throwing the baby out with the bath water. Somehow, the NHS has confused Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury and grouped them into one, which clearly they are not. Personal Injury lawyers
BBC Radio 4 – Lawyers in Hospitals feature
15/03/2017
Listen to the BBC’s You and Yours programme discuss the benefits to patients of having early access to legal advice whilst in Hospital. BBC Radio 4 Lawyers in Hospitals
DWP are consulting on workplace health – until 17th Feb 2017
12/01/2017
https://consultations.dh.gov.uk/workandhealth/consult/
Are insurers, not lawyers, the bad guys when it comes to whiplash?
05/01/2017
*/ Whiplash, eh. It’s all a big con, pushed by ambulance chasing lawyers at the expense of innocent motorists who pay higher insurance premiums as a result. Source: Insurers, not lawyers, are the bad guys when it comes to whiplash