Polski Dzial ABI launches Campaign for Safe Young Drivers
To coincide with Road Safety Week, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published new research showing overwhelming public backing for radical new proposals to help stop young people dying or being seriously injured on our roads. According to the ABI, the single biggest cause of accidental death of young people aged 15-24 is dying […]
Workplace ill health and injury in Scotland
Recently published figures have revealed slight falls in a number of key areas of workplace ill-health and injury in Scotland. The provisional statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive show that in Scotland between April 2011 and March 2012:
Excavator driver sentenced after worker injury
A Nottinghamshire demolition company and one of its employees have appeared in court after a worker suffered severe injuries when he was hit by a falling excavator bucket on his first day on site. Labourer James Wilson was working for the company on a demolition site in Worksop in January 2011. The excavator driver was […]
Death rates after surgery double that of recent estimates
National estimates of death following general surgery have been too optimistic, according to the first large-scale study to explore surgical outcomes across Europe, led by Queen Mary, University of London. The study has generated new estimates using a snap-shot of death after surgery in more than 46,000 patients from 500 hospitals in 28 European countries. […]
Lawyers welcome rethink on compensation cuts
Campaigners have welcomed a decision by the Government to rethink its proposals to cut compensation payments for victims of crime. Karl Tonks, president of the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) said: “This decision will surely be of great relief to many victims of crime who have been injured through no fault of their […]
APIL reveals new whiplash research
An independent survey, commissioned by the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), has found that almost 40% of people who have suffered a whiplash injury have never claimed compensation for it. The new information “injects some sanity into a national debate characterised by overblown and inaccurate rhetoric,” said APIL president Karl Tonks. The research […]