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83-year-old Woman Was Refused Treatment

83-year-old Woman Was Refused Treatment

83-year-old woman was refused treatment because she’s too old Susan Halbert, 83-years-old, fell outside her house in Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire. She broke her arm in two areas. After paramedics where called, the pensioner was taken to Glasgow’s New Victoria Hospital. In the minor injury unit, she was greeted by a receptionist who informed her that […]

Car Component Manufacturer Fined After Workers Suffer Burns

Car Component Manufacturer Fined After Workers Suffer Burns

Car component manufacturer fined £1 million after workers suffer burns Delphi Diesel Systems Limited, a commercial vehicle and car component manufacturer, was fined after two workers suffered significant burns. On 11 July 2017, two company employees were burned by flammable chemical vapour. The chemical, used to clean the distillation tank part of a component washer, […]

Donation to Hoylake RNLI

Donation to Hoylake RNLI

On the 23rd August, our social media and marketing executive gave a £50 Andre’s Restaurant voucher to Harry Jones, the Mechanic/Coxswain for the Hoylake Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The voucher was a donation from Phoenix Solicitors to Hoylake RNLI, to be used as a prize for their fundraising event on 26th August. Hoylake and […]

Companies Fined After Worker Injured In Fall

Companies Fined After Worker Injured In Fall

Companies fined after worker was injured due to a fall from height Fall from height is one of the most common type of accidents at work. Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) report revealed another case of a construction worker falling through a roof. On 23 January 2018, an employee of Zamperoni F.lli srl, an Italian […]

Doctors Sterilised a Mother Without Her Consent

Doctors Sterilised a Mother Without Her Consent

Sterilisation is a life changing decision that should be thought through and happen out of your own free will. This is not the experience Lindsey Clark described to the Sunday Mirror. During two pregnancies, Ms Clark suffered from pre-eclampsia. Some pregnant women experience this life-threatening condition, usually after 20 weeks of pregnancy or soon after […]

NHS Hospital Fails To Meet Sepsis Targets

NHS Hospital Fails To Meet Sepsis Targets

Hospital in Dudley fails to meet the 60min sepsis target An inspection at the Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley has found that the hospital does not meet the 60min target for screening of sepsis and antibiotic administration. This comes as an enormous issue as the chances of improvement fall drastically if the treatment is not […]

Donation to The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity

Donation to The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity

Donation to The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity (The photograph shows our Director, Alisha Butler, presenting a cheque for £500 to Elspeth Wilson, the Fundraising Manager for The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity. The image was taken outside The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.) Last month, we hosted a raffle and raised £500 for charity. On the 8th August, our director […]

Flight Delays And Your Right To Compensation

Flight Delays And Your Right To Compensation

Extension to the EU Regulation 261/04 and what does it mean for you There has been some big news for travellers in the recent posts on Travel Weekly and Smarter Travel. European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on Thursday, 11th July, that European Union airlines selling tickets to locations outside the EU on non-EU […]