SARAG - Yorkshire and Humberside Asbestos Support Group
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Many asbestos related Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit payments, including lump sum awards made under the Pneumoconiosis Workers’ Compensation Act 1979, are only just being made by the DWP. In some cases this is over a year after the original claim was submitted and, according to the DWP, this is a result of not being able […]
One of the jobs of our team of specialist advisors is to make sure that people are fully informed of their rights and remedies. One of these remedies is the possibility of bringing a legal claim. We understand that this seems a scary thing to do, particularly if you are feeling vulnerable and exposed by […]
After a national selection process, a team of researchers at the University of Sheffield were awarded funding to establish the first Mesothelioma UK Research Centre (MURC). The team is based in the Division of Nursing and Midwifery at the Health Sciences School and is led by Dr Clare Gardiner and Professor Angela Tod. The Mesothelioma […]
From Simon Bolton, Mesothelioma Nurse Specialist for the West and North Yorkshire region. I have worked as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma for 16 years. I developed a special interest in Mesothelioma which led me to join the National ‘Mesothelioma Nurse Action Team‘ that would later become the Mesothelioma UK […]
High Court hears legal challenge from Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK A new law called the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force in 2013. It had a dramatic impact on the provision of Legal Aid and how legal costs are paid in a wide range of cases […]
SARAG had organised an event at Sheffield Cathedral to mark Action Mesothelioma Day for Friday the 3rd of July 2020 but, due to the circumstances around Covid19, this year’s event had to be cancelled as we felt that holding the event would put too many people at risk. Our staff members joined a number of […]
We arrange different support events throughout the year and also have monthly meetings, that everyone is most welcome to attend. This year’s events have been cancelled or postponed, but we aim to have these back up and running as soon as it is considered safe to do so. Many of our clients are often isolated […]
No IIDB medicals have been held since the government announced lockdown, and we have around 50 clients with asbestosis and pleural thickening awaiting assessment. With our colleagues in the UK Asbestos Support Groups Forum we have been alerting clients’ individual MPs to this problem, as we feel it is unfair. We are also concerned about […]
