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The Government has announced that lump sum payments to people with mesothelioma under the 2008 Mesothelioma Scheme will increase by around 40% from April.
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced that there will be no change to a Law Lords ruling preventing pleural plaques sufferers from claiming compensation.
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Plans for a "fund of last resort" that will compensate victims of long-term, work-related illnesses and injuries have been announced by the Government.
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A unique Macmillan Cancer Support funded team consisting of a dietician (Cheryl Percival), occupational therapist (Rachel Hill), physiotherapist (Helena Alvey) and a data manager has recently formally launched at Nottingham University Hospital.
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Experts have stated that key areas of lung cancer care are still “woefully inadequate”, in a report from the UK Lung Cancer Care Coalition.
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Every year asbestos sufferers fail to recover compensation because the employers and insurers had no system in place to record historical insurance policies.
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The Mesothelioma UK Study Day 2009 sponsored by Irwin Mitchell was held in Newcastle on the 2nd October at St. James’ Park.
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A response has been issued by the Government to the Daily Mirror's Asbestos Timebomb Campaign petition, submitted on the Number 10 website back in March (2009).