Aberdeen Personal Injury Blog

Compensation conditions to be broadened for psychiatric injuries

Posted: March 5, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Personal Injury 

Personal injury lawyers are currently pressing to broaden the conditions under which psychiatric patients are compensated. It is widely believed that the current test is far too restrictive, and that those suffering with mental injury are not fairly supported. A campaign has been launched to widen the legal definition as we see the run-up to the […]

Investment allows positive improvements in NHS

Posted: March 3, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Following concerns about how the NHS was coping with the additional pressure of winter, newly released figures have found some positive improvements. Figures have revealed a large drop in the amount of time patients have to spend in A&E. This follows a major investment of £50m, which was injected into NHS Scotland in an attempt to improve […]

Scottish health staff under immense pressure

Posted: February 27, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A leading medic has warned that Scotland’s health staff are under “almost intolerable pressure” as a result of cuts in hospital beds, extreme staff shortages and ever-increasing hospital admissions. Health secretary Alex Neil defended this, saying that even though hospital staff are facing increasing pressure, that it’s not all “doom and gloom”. The president of the […]

Childminder banned following baby head injury

Posted: February 14, 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Personal Injury 

Police are currently investigating an accident whereby a 14-month-old boy was found with severe head injuries at the Edinburgh home of his childminder. Halima Nassif, from Limefield, has had an “emergency condition” placed on her by the Care Inspectorate, which will remain until the police investigation has closed. The boy is currently being treated for his head […]

Glasgow pothole problems reduced significantly

Posted: February 10, 2014

Posted in: Pothole Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

A recent report by Glasgow City Council has found that the number of complaints made by the public concerning potholes is currently the lowest it has been in years. Over the last year alone, Glasgow City Council has injected a total of £5.3m into pothole repairs, with the number of compensation claims falling by 36%. Claims […]

Seven E.coli cases linked to burgers served at the Glasgow Hydro

Posted: January 31, 2014

Posted in: Food Poisoning 

Seven people have fallen ill with the potentially fatal ‘E.coli O157’ infection, which health officials believe could be linked to the food served at The Hydro. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said that an investigation is currently underway, but recognise that the burgers sold at The Hydro seem to be the common source. All those infected […]

Drop in compensation claims within teaching profession

Posted: January 26, 2014

Posted in: School Accidents Workplace Injuries 

Scotland’s largest teaching union has recognised a decline in workplace compensation claims made by those in the teaching profession in 2013. With numerous accidents occurring in the teaching profession every year, the Educational Institute of Scotland saw £300,000 worth of compensation claims made in 2013, compared with £1.5 million in 2012. This has highlighted that health and […]

Cairngorms hillwalker survives 800ft fall

Posted: January 20, 2014

Posted in: Hand Injuries Personal Injury 

A 25-year-old hillwalker has survived a fall of around 800ft from a cliff edge in the Cairngorms. Ollie Daniel had been trekking in the Coire Sputan Dearg area on Sunday when he fell through the snow off a steep cliff. He and two other men, including his father, had been navigating in “near zero visibility in […]

Super Puma that killed sixteen in accident “fell like a torpedo”

Posted: January 7, 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence Faulty Work Equipment Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death 

An accident inquiry has been launched after sixteen men died in a helicopter crash in the North Sea. One eyewitness of the accident said that the Super Puma helicopter “fell like a torpedo” through the sky, with the rotor blades coming down several seconds after the fuselage of the helicopter. The crash occurred in 2009, but […]

Patient Contracts Hepatitis C at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Posted: December 30, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A patient contracted Hepatitis C through cross-contamination at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s accident and emergency department earlier this year. NHS Lothian have apologised for “failings” that allowed the contamination to occur, and have followed up with 34 patients who were treated in the A&E department at the same time. Investigations found that the patient most likely […]