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:

maplegirl2011

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.

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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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