Pages On: Armed Forces Injuries
Whilst many would believe an injury serving in the UK’s armed forces comes with the territory, the truth is that most of these workplace injuries occur in bases and during training. As accidents in these places of work fall under employer negligence, military personnel have every right to claim compensation, where injury is preventable.
War veteran calls for change regarding compensation
Posted: 2 March 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A 90-year-old war veteran has called for something to be done for injured servicemen and women who are being forced to pay for social care through their military compensation package. Thomas King, a Second World War veteran who fought in Burma serving the Queen’s Royal Regiment, recently raised the issue, saying: “I think it is absolutely shocking that veterans have to pay for their own social care”. Mr King said that 88% of local councils in Britain use their compensation packages to cover social care costs. Government guidelines state that…
Read MoreInjured veteran’s care costs to be reviewed
Posted: 11 February 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
After Keith Clarke injured his spine from falling through a hatch on a Royal Navy submarine fifteen years ago, the policy of charging injured service veterans for post-injury care is to be reviewed by Norfolk County Council. 43-year-old Keith Clarke suffered the injury while fighting a fire on board the submarine. He was ordered to pay £100 a week from his service pension for care after a review of his case in September, which he refused. Norfolk’s director of adult social services, Harold Bodmer, said that he was going to examine…
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