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Wonderful Wonderland theme park for those with disabilities
- 04.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- None
Morgan's Wonderland was opened in 2010 as the 'world's first ultra-accessible theme park' as a place where people with or without disabilities are free to play together. With specially designed rides for wheelchairs, the park allows disabled guests a chance to experience fairground rides just like anyone else.
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Stress levels in prison officers four times highers than average
- 01.08.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Prison officers are suffering from more stress in the workplace than the national average, according to recent figures which were revealed as a rise in the number of assaults and suicides were reported and are taking their toll on the staff at the prisons.
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Review into patients who are diverted from A&E departments
- 26.07.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A national review was launched by NHS England into schemes which divert patients away from A&E departments.
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NHS report to reduce number of patients who fall whilst in hospital
- 25.07.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
A new report commissioned by the NHS highlights the issue of patients falling and causing themselves harm whilst in hospital.
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Quick diagnosis of sepsis by hospital saves baby girl's life
- 24.07.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Baby girl rushed to hospital by worried dad is diagnosed with deadly infection of sepsis. Our Hannah Bottomley comments here...
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Charity hopes new identity cards will help brain injured people
- 20.07.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A new initiative will be launched by Headway, the brain injury charity, later today with their Brain Injury Identity Cards. Our Helen Shaw comments here...
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The Fallowfield Loop is a designated route for cyclists and pedestrians only, yet we caught on camera a motorbike travelling there at some speed
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Patients with genuine life-threatening conditions reached quicker due to new ambulance target times
- 14.07.2017
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
Ambulance target times will change affecting some conditions which would previously have been classified as “life-threatening” (requiring a response in eight minutes) to “emergency” (requiring a response in 18 minutes).
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Interview with Ray McBride, Chairman of Cumbria Wheelchair Sports Club
- 12.07.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
One of our personal injury lawyers, Helen Shaw, regularly plays at Cumbria Wheelchair Sports Club (CWSC), joining in with the wheelchair basketball offered by the club. After hearing that her wheelchair basketball coach went on to win gold with Team GB at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships, we wanted to find out more about the club.
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Hot on the heels of our recent accessibility campaign (watch the video below) this thought provoking video focuses on a radio presenter with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a condition which she describes as an invisible illness.
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