Legal help

[sallywl]

Im not sure where best to post this so appologise in advance if there is somewhere more suitbale for it to go..

I dont know what to do.. injured back over a month ago (still off work) when I slipped over at work due to something on the floor (bit of plastic tube) on 2 lots of pain killers and saw a private physio thanks to parents a fortnight ago, and she said i need physio as I have a sprained back and prob trapped nerve and stiff upper back and prob got whiplash as i fell, i asked work to help me out, so i can get back to work ASAP, they wont.

Been reffered for NHS physio but waiting list is long. I am getting v depressed at situation, and cant afford private treatment (the one i had was £50) as we are moving house and im not sure when my sickpay will go to SSP and how much it will be when it does.

EVERYONE i talk to says i should try to get some legal help to something back from company but im not really that kinda person....tho to be fair the room i work in is usually littered (the floor) and out of the 6 of us in there me and one other seem to be the only ones to tidy up. and the cleaners dont do their job in there.

It seems to be that i could get comp but i dont know how to go about it sensibly and cheaply i dont really want to use one of the tv ones as i dont really trust them...
any ideas what i should do :(

[AMO]

Ask the company to help you out with the private physio bills. If they don't then go the no win no fee companies.

AMO

[sallywl]

I have done.. they refused:mad:

[charb]

i would contact your local citizens advice beaureau. they will be able to advise you on all aspects

[Little John]

Dont bother with the ambulance chaseing comapanies just go to a local solicitor and see what they can offer you most do a no win no fee anyway.

Keep all records of treatment you receive any costs you incure, get the doctors reports ect they will look good rather than the usuall I have whiplash injuries looking for a couple of grand genuine cases get more normally than the whiplash and a single visit to a dodgy doctor does it hurt if I do this? with no response they ask again and you say yes.

[Harri2]

I've done this and my local solicitor has been great. Lots of communication and has organised insurance if it all goes pear shaped and I lose. Like previous person said keep records. i was reluctant because it was a relative who had the car crash that injued me and I was uncomfortable in effect sueing him but he said I should and it is the insurance company that i want to cough up. My chiroprctors fees and private MRI have set me back a good few hundred quid so i am hoping to get this back.

[Pink-winged]

Hi sallywl,

As you've started a new thread on the health board, I'll move this one across there so that they can be merged.

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