Following road traffic accident’s many people expect to experience the common symptoms of a whiplash type injury. Neck pain, back pain and the associated symptoms are common place but many people are not familiar with the psychological effects a road traffic accident can have on them.

The most common psychological symptom experienced is that of travel anxiety. Effects can be very debilitating on a person’s lifestyle and can last for many months post accident. We shall explore the symptoms experienced and how they can be treated.
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The Health Minister Edwina Hart has condemned as ‘highly inappropriate’ NHS leaflets which feature advertisements offering help to claim compensation through personal injury lawyers. According to the BBC, the leaflets were still being used at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, leading the Cardiff and Vale NHS trust to claim the leaflets were distributed by mistake.
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Three men have been imprisoned after they beat a man into a coma over a cigarette. Mr Martin Brammall was attacked in Stockport in August 2008 after he was asked if he had a cigarette, as he was about to get in to a taxi. According to the court prosecutor, Mr Brammall stated that he did not smoke, to which one of the defendants responded that he was lying and shoved him. Following this all three men began to repeatedly punch and kick the victim, leaving him near to death.
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Okay, you’ve had an accident and you’ve been injured, and you’re now in the process of looking to make a personal injury claim for compensation but how do you select the right injury lawyer to deal with your case? To help you, we’ve published a few top tips to help make your decision a little easier!

Injury lawyers experience

Always dig a little deeper and find out how experienced your proposed injury lawyer actually is! Don’t just look at how many years practice he/she have under their belt but see if you can find out about their track record in the court room.
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Over 500 people who ate at Heston Blumental’s flagship restaurant suffered food poisoning. A report into the outbreak which occurred at the Fat Duck by the Health Protection Agency, a Michelin- starred restaurant in Berkshire, has indicated that source of the food poisoning was the raw shellfish served was contaminated with human sewage.
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‘Compensation Culture‘ has been the catchphrase of the personal injury world for many years now with beliefs growing that you can claim for anything and everything with very little effort or evidence!

The so called compensation culture according to the press is be behind all of Society’s problems! The newspapers continually tell us that everyone is at it – claiming compensation that is!
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A nursery has been closed for investigation while it undergoes an enquiry following three children who attended suffering fractured limbs. As a result, two people have been arrested by police and a further three are being questioned.

The Rocking Horse Nursery, Plumtree, Nottinghamshire has had its licence suspended while Ofsted look in to the injuries, which have yet to be explained.
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Third party capture is a growing problem and you might be at risk.

What is third party capture?

Third party capture is where an insurance company for the other party involved in a claim contact the injured party directly to settle their claim. What’s the problem with that you might think? Well, in contacting the injured party early it means the insurers can get to them before they get legal advice and as a result this can mean that the victims of accidents can under settle their claim. It is understandable that following an injury a victim will be anxious to get compensation.
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Had an accident a while ago? Were you too apprehensive about making a claim in the immediate aftermath of the accident?

This scenario is fairly typical example for many people who have suffered injuries as a result of a road traffic accident, a trip or slip in a public place or an accident at work as many injured victims are too nervous and apprehensive to make a claim for personal injury following an accident. In my opinion this is especially the position with accidents at work against, possibly because employees are scared of claiming against an Employer even though Employers have Compulsory Insurance cover. I find it can be some months or even years before Clients even make that first call to lawyers to discuss the possibility of making a claim, despite misleading press reports about there being a ‘compensation culture’.
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Bad news today for the NHS. According to The Guardian, a report by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has revealed that the number of medication errors made by staff has doubled over the last 2 years. The report identified the rise as “significant”.

The number of incidents reported in 2005 stood at 36,335 with the figure for 2007 listed as 86, 085.
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