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Accident Adviceline
Help and advice for accident injury victims throughout the UK (England, Scotland & Wales). No cost and no risk service - no win, no fee.
Accident Claims Advice
Accident compensation and personal injury advice specialists offering a no win no fee service. If you've been injured in an accident in the UK such as a slip, trip or fall, car accident , or accident at work , you may be entitled to claim compensation. Their personal injury solicitors provide free legal advice on a no win no fee basis.
Action for Victims of Medical Accidents
AVMA is a charity supporting people injured by medical accidents. If you think you may have suffered injury or harm as a result of inappropriate medical care, poor treatment, or misdiagnosis/failure to diagnose, then contact AVMA for free practical help and advice.
Ashton Lake Solicitors
Personal injury and medical negligence specialist solicitors. They pursuecompensation on behalf of those who have suffered injury in a wide range ofcircumstances from minor road traffic accidents to medical negligenceresulting in permanent disability. Free legal advice and information and No win No Fee funding available. Members of Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Can I Claim?
The aim of this site is to ensure that, if you have suffered an injury, or been the victim of medical negligence, you are fully advised about your legal rights to claim compensation for those injuries, can find out how to go about making such a claim and what you can claim for, and can ask a specialist solicitor to assess your case for free.
Centre for Corporate Accountability
Provides advice and assistance to those bereaved and injured from work-related activities on how to ensure that the death or injury is subject to adequate criminal investigation and scrutiny by the prosecution bodies; undertakes research on the way the criminal justice system deals with harm resulting from corporate activities; presses for changes in law and practice in the area of law enforcement and corporate accountability.
Claims Connection
Provides a free personal injury compensation service in the UK, offering specialist phsyio and similar therapy programmes to aid recovery from accident related injuries.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
The CICA website is designed to provide information about the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and to help potential applicants apply for compensation and complete a personal injury or fatal injury application form.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Website
Aims to help people obtain compensation following personal injury sustained as a result of a criminal assault.
Dental Law Company Ltd
A nationwide clinical dental assessmentservice run by three dentists who are also legally qualified. In conjunctionwith the Dental Law Partnership, the Dental Law Company offers a no-win, no-fee claim service for dental patients who have suffered as theresult of negligent dental treatment.
Dental Lawyer
Free advice from a specialist solicitor dealingexclusively in dental negligence claims against dentists.
Dental Law Partnership (The)
Specialist dental solicitors' firm helping dental patients incases of dental negligence. The firm is run by solicitors who are alsoqualified dentists. All aspects of dental negligence are coveredfrom restorative work, implants, root canal treatment, gum disease tocrowns and bridgework. Free advice avaialable.
Dental Law Specialists
PI Specialists in dental negligence.
Families against corporate killers (fack)
A national campaigning network which will campaign to stop workers and others being killed in preventable incidents and will direct bereaved families to sources of legal help and emotional support.
Gadsby Wicks Solicitors
Specialise in medical negligence cases, clinical negligence and medical accidents.
Generation Youth Issues
A site for young people, parents and carers with sections on children's rights, youth and crime, free play, bullying and education.
Health Law
Materials relating to the UK National Health Service and the provision of health care. All major Acts of Parliament relating to health since 1988 are listed, and important statutory instruments since 1987. From the Socialist Health Association
JMW Clinical Negligence Solicitors
Advice from specialist solicitors on clinical negligence compensation claims
Law on the Web
Free legal information, guidance and advice website for individuals devised, built and maintained by a UK solicitor.
Law Society (The)
Information on legal matters including how to choose a solicitor. May be able to advise on solicitors specialising in mental health, family matters and child matters. Runs a free accident helpline which helps determine if you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries and loss of earnings.
Legal Advice Helpline Ltd
An independent community orientated service providing free, impartial advice about claiming compensation for personal injury and clinical negligence.
Legal Resources in the UK and Ireland
The site is completely independent and is simply a set of links to useful legal resources, designed to be of use to the legal community principally in the UK and Ireland.
Legal Services Commission
Administers the following two schemes in England and Wales: The Community Legal Service, which replaces the old civil scheme of legal aid, bringing together networks of funders (eg Local Authorities) and suppliers into partnerships to provide the widest possible access to information and advice and the Criminal Defence Service which (from April 2001) replaces the old system of criminal legal aid and provides criminal services to people accused of crimes.
Medical Accidents UK
Legal advice for victims of clinical negligence. On line advice and facility to put you through to an expert solicitor in your locality.
Medical Negligence Solicitors
A national network of medical negligence solicitors who deal with clinical compensation claims. They are all members of The Law Society panel of medical negligence experts.
Medical Negligence UK
Advice on medical negligence compensation claims from specialist solicitors.
National Accident Helpline
Links accident victims with specialist solicitors. The site has lots of useful information on the subject including about claiming compensation for injuries in accidents.
National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC)
Child Contact Centres are neutral venues where the children of separated families can enjoy contact with one (or both) parents, and sometimes other family members, in a comfortable and safe environment when there is no viable alternative. The NACCC site includes information inlcuding a listing of member Child Contact Centres.
National Family Mediation
Network of over 60 local not-for-profit Family Mediation Services in England and Wales offering help to couples, married or unmarried who are in the process of separation and divorce. Committed to providing mediation to everyone who needs it in all communities.
Online legal advice
This website provides you with useful legal information and puts you in touch with solicitors who are ready to help with your case.
Safeclaims
A company specialising in accident injury compensation. Deals with all types of personal injury claims with the exception of medical negligence.
Scottish Law Online
Links to thousands of legal websites of interest toScottish, UK and many International visitors.
UK Legal
Lots of legal resources including resident websites, UK legal directory and World Wide Web legal resources.
Victim Support
The independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime. Provides free and confidential support and information to help you deal with your experience. Also aims to promote and advance the rights of victims and witnesses in all aspects of criminal justice and social policy.
Victim Support Scotland
For victims of crime. Victim Support provides: free and confidential independent help when you need it, emotional support, practical help, information about compensation, crime prevention and criminal justice procedures, help when attending court.
Youclaim.co.uk
Provide free legal advice and assistance to people who have suffered a personal injury in an accident that wasn't their fault. Works on a no-win-no-fee basis.
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Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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