cancer
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April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, supported by Bowel Cancer UK as an opportunity to raise the profile of bowel cancer and the work that the charity does to support...
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Michele Benjamin has obtained a settlement for a man who experienced severe pain after an injection was mistakenly administered into muscle rather than subcutaneous tissue. Mr R was diagnosed with...
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A GP has been struck off for failing to spot a patient’s lung cancer and then falsifying medical records several months later in an attempt to conceal this. Dr Adilya...
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Two thirds of people urgently referred to a trust with suspected cancer are not being seen within the national two-week target, NHS figures show. Universities Hospital Birmingham (UHB) is one...
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Martyn Hayward, a solicitor specialising in asbestos-related disease claims at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for the estate of Mr T, who sadly died in 2019 after a short...
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Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £25,000 settlement for Mr T after his cancerous growth was mistaken for a benign cyst resulting in delayed...
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The widow of a popular member of a works football team makes a final appeal to former teammates, to find out how he came into contact with the asbestos that...
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According to the recently published Royal College of Physicians National Mesothelioma Audit Report 2020, there were 876 cases of mesothelioma diagnosed in the East of England during 2016-2018, over 400...
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The widow of a Bury St Edmunds man who died recently from an asbestos-related cancer is making a final appeal to former workmates, for information on how he contracted the...
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The grieving widow of an Arnold man who died of an asbestos-related cancer is seeking answers as to how he came to contract the deadly disease. Derek Blatherwick, aged 49...
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Ashtons Legal has recently obtained a compensation settlement for the family of a Norfolk man in his 70s who died after a relatively short battle with asbestos-related lung cancer. By...
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An inquest has begun into the death of a woman who died of cervical cancer, despite being given the all-clear from a smear test. Julie O’Connor, 49, died in February...
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