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Solicitor, John Hasson answers some frequently asked questions

Can I Claim the Costs of my Care?

If you have long term care needs, whether you are living in your own home or in a residential care home, you often require a mix of services provided by the local authority Social Services department and/or the National Health Service.

NHS continuing health care is a package of care that can be arranged and funded by the NHS to meet physical or mental health needs which have arisen because of illness.

Care home fees solicitor, John Hasson Explains

Under the NHS Continuing Health Funding Scheme the Primary Care Trust (PCT) will pick up the cost of a qualifying Resident’s healthcare costs, regardless of his or her financial circumstances. The costs that can be recovered include not just health care but also personal care, accommodation and board in a nursing home.

Solicitor, John Hasson Reviews the Coughlin Test and its Implications for People with Healthcare Needs

NHS Healthcare provision in the UK is, by law, free and financed out of general taxation. Nevertheless thousands of people in care homes have had their homes and their savings used up to pay for their care.

This seems very unfair since in most cases they were only in the care home in the first place because of their medical needs.

Solicitor, John Hasson explains how thousands of people may be entitled to recover care home fees.

If you or a relative are in long term nursing or residential care you may be paying more for that care than you need to.

Our specialist solicitors can assess if this is the case and assist in reclaiming any overpaid fees - even where the person receiving the care has since passed away.

Personal injury solicitor, John Hasson reviews the decision.

One of the advantages of travelling First Class on Virgin Atlantic is that passengers can make use of the airline’s Terminal 3 Clubhouse at Heathrow Airport.  I’ve never been fortunate enough to personally experience the delights of Virgin’s First Class Service but amongst the facilities on offer at the Clubhouse is the provision of Shiatsu massage treatments.

Personal injury solicitor, John Hasson, looks at what this means for people claiming compensation for asbestos related illness

All 7 judges in the linked Supreme Court cases of Sienkiewicz (Administratrix of the Estate of Enid Costello Deceased) v Greif (UK) LTD and Knowsley MBC v Willmore ruled that there was no minimum level of exposure to asbestos below which no liability would attach to the Defendants.

By John Hasson – Accident Claim Solicitor

John Hasson advises caution when interpreting the results of medical tests. John Hasson is a solicitor at Slee Blackwell.

The results of Waddell’s tests in a medico-legal report are always of interest to defendant personal injury practitioners. They hope that the tests will show the claimant to be a malingerer who is exaggerating their claim in the hope of a larger settlement.

The shocking news that a woman in Suffolk was this week killed by stampeding cattle whilst out walking her dog in field is a salutary lesson to us all to carefully observe our rights and obligations as members of the public and as landowners who have public footpaths crossing their land. This is an increasing concern to landowners following the Governments introduction of the so called “right to roam” legislation.