13th March 2020
A Tribunal has held that the dietary treatment for patients with phenylketonuria is a therapy for the purposes of Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare metabolic condition that affects the body’s ability to digest phenylalanine, an amino acid contained in protein. If undigested, this amino acid is extremely toxic to the brain….
26th September 2019
On 18th July 2019, NHS England published its decisioni, that it would not fund Sapropteriniii for people with Phenylketonuriaiii iv This was a devastating blow for hundreds of people in England with PKU who would be responsive to Kuvan and have their lives transformed by it, especially those unable to successfully manage their condition through…
15th July 2019
The new personal injury discount rate has been revealed after months of deliberations and has been welcomed by lawyers. The rate – used to work out personal injury compensation settlements – was changed from -0.75 per cent to -0.25 per cent. The announcement means personal injury clients will get slightly less from August 5, but…
15th July 2019
A woman who had a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer developed another form of the disease from a breast implant. Joanne Saunders, 53, was desperate to have an implant after her mastectomy in 2005 to replicate what she had lost. But the mum-of-one was left fearing for her life again when she was…
13th June 2019
Hodge Jones & Allen has appointed Leticia Williams as the new head of the firm’s personal injury department. Leticia, who has been at HJA for ten years is a Partner in the personal injury department. Leticia’s promotion follows quickly after her expertise was recognised when she was elected onto the executive committee of The Association…
