£5 MILLION JACKPOT

[bill]

£5,000,000

The amount that actress Leslie Ash has received in compensation from the NHS for catching a strain of MRSA while she was a patient in the Chelsea and Westminster hospital.

Paratrooper Ben Parkinson has been offered £152,000 for injuries received in Afghanistan.

He lost both legs, suffered severe fractures all over his body including to his skull, spine, arms and pelvis, while brain damage left him unable to speak and with no memory of the past three years.


Lance corporal Martin Edwards a 25-year-old from Leeds was left brain-damaged by a roadside bomb in Iraq but has been offered only £114,000 compensation by the Ministry of Defence because he has been classed as suffering a 'single' injury.


A civilian RAF typist who sued after developing a repetitive strain injury in her hand has been awarded £484,000



SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.! !

[Malky]

Yup, the world is all screwed up

Malky

[general jack o'niell]

her future earnings were taken into account, so if she was in line for a job in a soap and stayed in it for 60 years then she might have earned £5,000,000?

who do we sue for the stress of trying to raise the standard of the forum everytime we post?

it really can be quite taxing sometimes

sodjers could be said to have been in a job where they knew the risks when they signed up, she wasn't, doesn't make it right, certainly doesn't make it fair, forces should get a full pension based on the rank they may well have reached at the time of retiring after 25 yrs service. compensation is another matter, but this single injury clause is a cop out

[Hadrians hiring!]

Heard on radio during the week that in San Francisco MRSA is now in the general populace for the first time and not just in hospitals.
Much like Aids in the 80's - were all doomed .

[general jack o'niell]

sorry, it was funny but could be enterprated as being in bad taste at best and grossly homophobic at worst. the woman probably has never even seen a strap on

[bill]

sorry, it was funny but could be enterprated as being in bad taste at best and grossly homophobic at worst. the woman probably has never even seen a strap on

Have I missed something ? ?

[Sheik Yir Erse]

I believe the issue with Lesley Ash was she contracted MSSA where the red S which means 'Sensitive', as opposed to the R in MRSA which means 'Resistant'. Essentially she could, and should, have been quite easily treated by antibiotics thereby leaving her with a career, and not facing the rest of her life walking with aid of a stick.

It's not her fault she earns alot of money, from my understanding of the situation the Trust knew they had made an @rse of it, and were quite 'relieved' to get away with £5m for her lost earnings, hence the out-of-court settlement.

Not sure if that's where you were going Bill(?) but I believe they're all worth £5m. However as the General said, when you take a job with the MoD, you should fully expect to be well looked after UNTIL the slightest thing goes wrong, whereupon you should fully expect to be treated like a piece of sh1t on the bottom of someone's shoe. This has been the case with the armed forces for hundreds of years, unfortunately I don't think it's going to change any time soon

[ionnsaigh]

Couldn't agree more. I see former PM Blair has had his portrait unveiled. A deep red poppy adds interest - to an otherwise - bog standard attempt at reproduction - my wee camera would have captured a better image.
However I have refused to wear a poppy - in part due to the absence of care evident for hundreds of years.
What I found disturbing on the forum was the romantic attachment - of some - to the regiments of the British Army
Particularly the Argyll regiment. I wonder how some can find pride - in the history of The Black Watch for example - the tartan proves to be a popular choice - weddings new year etc. I wonder how some members of my own family - either choose to ignore - or remain blissfully ignorant of fact. The fact that these so called Scottish regiments within the brit army - have committed atrocities throughout the world - What I find even more repulsive is the acts of genocide against the Celtic race by fellow Celts - acting under orders from an english Whitehall.
Two wars under a socialist administration - for Two products - oil and surprisingly enough the poppy.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Curious what your view is of communist atrocities...

[bill]

Curious what your view is of communist atrocities...

Communist atrocities ! - surely - not - Bobbie.

[ionnsaigh]

Curious what your view is of communist atrocities...

Hand on heart. I'm totally unaware of any atrocities carried out by Scottish communists - either here or abroad.
Try keeping things within their context - dear.

[hugh]

Thought communism was an international movement?

[Hadrians hiring!]

Curious what your view is of communist atrocities...

Hand on heart. I'm totally unaware of any atrocities carried out by Scottish communists - either here or abroad.
Try keeping things within their context - dear.

without thinking too hard ------------- Spainish civil war.

So what??? EVERYSIDE does commit attrocities ( even down to the yanks who back the occasional bombing in Cuba oer the years)

[Sheik Yir Erse]

Don't you just love this forum.

Lesley Ash to the Spanish Civil War (via The Black Watch) in 12 posts

Absolutely brilliant

[ionnsaigh]

Hadrians hiring,

Admittedly - I considered the Spanish Civil War - as one example of a Scottish communist army - however I don't believe there was a Scottish Battalion. ( I may be wrong here) . My main point, was the heinous crime of genocide committed by Scottish regiments - in Scotland against their own people .