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A new BBC report highlights over 750 incidents over the last 4 years which were completely preventable. These range from removal of the wrong body part to leaving pieces of equipment inside the patient.
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Many people end up paying for residential care when they should not be doing so – in fact the local authority should be paying.
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Employee at a nightclub fell down some steps due to dry ice
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Mrs C had a fall at work. She was talking to a colleague about clearing up a mess in the warehouse that had been left on the floor – pallets and other equipment. When she had finished speaking she turned around and unfortunately fell over a metal trolley which had been left in the walkway.
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Recent documents disclosed in the US show Depuy continued to market the recalled ASR hip implants in the UK even after an orthopaedic surgeon warned the manufacturer that they were failing in 2006. In addition, De Puy’s own data allegedly disclosed that a high proportion were failing after 2½ years. The product was only withdrawn in August 2010 a number of years after the warnings were made.
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There were embarrassed faces all round at Northamptonshire County Council when they realised that two of their employees had painted in 3 foot high letters ‘KEEP CELAR’ instead of KEEP CLEAR’ in the entrance to a close off the Broadway in Kettering.
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Mr F was working as a tipper in their warehouse. He was pushing a trolley of milk when his feet slid out from underneath him. Our client sustained a fractured shoulder blade and was absent from work for 23 weeks.
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The number of whiplash claims has fallen by 4.2% in the last year, which is a drop of some 24,000 claims in one year, according to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
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Tollers helped Mr helped Sweeney of Northampton to recover compensation when he suffered a broken finger in an accident at work. He recovered £30,000 damages.
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Recall Notice issued on 25.6.12 regarding all DePuy R3 metal on metal hip implant liners.
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The MHRA’s clinical orthopaedic experts are now of the opinion that early revision of poorly performing MoM hip replacements should give a better revision outcome.
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Case study of successful tripping highways accident injury compensation claim
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Accident claim against private landlord Landlords need to ensure that their property is reasonably safe for their tenants.
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Summary of a successful claim for compensation when a client was injured after falling, including testimonial by the client.
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The MHRA issues new advice to surgeon about metal-on-metal hip replacements - the products converned are the Mitch TRH cup/heads amde by Finsbury Orthopaedics and the Accolade femoral stems made by Strker Orthopaedics.
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A new joint investigation by BMJ and BBC Newsnight published today has raised further concerns over the exposure to dangerously high levels of toxic metals from failing hip implants. New guidance from the MRHA issued today recommends that all metal on metal hip recipients are now monitored on an annual basis (blood tests and MRI scans).
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The Sunday Telegraph reports that the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) is considering new advice for patients fitted with metal on metal hip replacements due to concerns that the devices could cause systemic toxicity. We will endeavour to let you know once any news is released.
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It is estimated that about 40,000 people in the UK have had their hip joints resurfaced since the 90's. In theory it should be a good step for the first treatment for one's hip, as it avoids removing as much bone as would be required for a full hip replacement. This would mean that there would be more bone left for later operations to replace the hip.
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These breast implants, manufactured in France, were found to be filled with industrial grade silicone. The French authorities report that the failure rate in France is 5% - which is higher than that normally experienced. They have decided that the French state will pay for the operation to remove the implants.
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These breast implants, manufactured in France, were found to be filled with industrial grade silicone. Currently opinion is that there no link has been established between the leaking silicone and cancer. However, once the implant has ruptured it can be more difficult to remove and could cause lumps and inflammation of and discomfort in the breast.
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News agencies are reporting that two children have been taken to hospital with botulism after eating from a jar of Loyd Grossman curry sauce. The Food Standards agency is advising people not to eat sauce from 350g jars of Loyd Grossman korma curry sauce with a best before date of February 2013 which bear a batch code of : 1218R 07:12.
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Tollers were pleased to have been able to help Miss Bowden of London with her accident claim. Miss Bowden was staying in a hotel in the Lake District when she went to step out of a room onto a balcony.
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Waxing is a growing trend and has been made fashionable by certain celebrities. However, waxing can go drastically wrong should the therapist not carry out the procedure to the necessary standard.
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In 2010, figures from the NJR led to the worldwide recall of the DePuy ASR metal-on-metal device, which had proved particularly poorly performing.The NJR is the largest database of its kind and includes 1.1million records covering hip, knee and ankle joint procedures in England and Wales, carried out since 2003.
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Tollers were happy to be able to assist Mr B of Milton Keynes with a claim for compensation for his injury and loss. He tripped on a raised bolt that had been left in the pavement after street furniture had been removed.
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The BBC reported in their news programme ‘PM’ that in some areas of the country a third of drivers do not have valid insurance. This was not the national average. However, there were about 20 post codes where the percentage of drivers without valid insurance was this high. 10 of those were in the Birmingham area. The Bradford area also featured highly.
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The popular comedy ‘Mrs Brown’ has a hilarious sketch about Brazilian Waxing. You can watch it here. Waxing is a method of semi-permanent hair removal used by many women and men every year. Almost any area of the body can be waxed including some very intimate areas. Brazilian Waxing is indeed to a most sensitive area of the female anatomy
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Tollers were pleased to be able to help Miss T who was seated in a drivers seat of a parked and stationery car when another driver attempted to park behind her vehicle. He collided with the rear of her car. Then when she got out he tried to run her over. Miss T suffered an injury to her neck and left knee.
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The popular comedian Rowan Atkinson crashed his McLaren F1 sports car on the A605 near Haddon in Cambridgeshire on 4th August. From the state of the car he was lucky to be discharged the following day from the Peterborough City Hospital in a wheelchair.
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BBC Radio 5 Live reported recently on the Tattoo Festival in Doncaster. Following on from that was a lively debate about tattoos. Some people were very much against them, many were for them. There was even a suggestion that they were the new ‘must have’ for the middle classes.
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