26 August 2010
NHS Devon will pay for a cancer patient's course of treatment in
Germany.
The body said applications for such funding are being considered
in the light of the Government's decision to provide extra...
26 August 2010
A union has expressed concerns over the coalition Government's
commitment to medical research for asbestos-related cancer
mesothelioma.
Ucatt said the previous government had promised to invest in
...
25 August 2010
More people than ever officially complained about their
treatment at the hands of the NHS during 2009/10, official
statistics have revealed, with allegations of medical
negligence featuring heavily...
24 August 2010
A building contractor whose workers disturbed some asbestos
while carrying out work at a primary school has been fined £1,000
and ordered to pay £2,268 costs.
Solihull-based Greswolde...
23 August 2010
A Tyneside company must pay an £8,000 fine after a worker's hand
was badly injured when it was caught between two rotating metal
rollers.
North Tyneside Magistrates' Court was told how Gary B...
20 August 2010
A worker had to have his entire leg kept in plaster for six
weeks and relied on crutches to walk for four months because of
safety failures by his employer.
In March last year at an ACP (Concrete) ...
20 August 2010
A firm has been fined £4,000 after admitting breaching health
and safety regulations that left five workers exposed to asbestos
at a busy shopping centre.
Such breaches are taken seriously ...
19 August 2010
A North Lincolnshire ship breaking company has been fined £3,400
for putting its employers at risk of exposure to
asbestos diseases , it has been revealed.
Scunthorpe magistrates heard that...
18 August 2010
A 10-year-old Government scheme to compensate miners left
injured at work is inadequate, a group of them has said.
Around 20 former miners have lodged legal claims against the
solicitors who initia...
17 August 2010
An accident which resulted in a worker being blinded in one eye
and suffering serious injuries has cost his employer £8,000, the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed.
The watchdog s...