The term 'personal injury' covers a broad range of injury and accident types - from whiplash sustained from a road traffic accident, to a broken ankle from a trip or slip on a pavement or even illness caused through medical negligence. A personal injury can be physical or psychological, and can have long or short term effects.
Personal injury compensation claims can be rather time consuming and at times complicated, but with the help of specialist personal injury solicitors, the process can be made much easier, simple and considerably quicker. Claim Compensation Now
A list of organisations which provide personal injury advice and may be able to give you personal injury guidence following an accident at work, Road Traffic Accident or personal injury.
- A government organisation that can pay money (compensation) to people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the innocent victim of a violent crime.
- is actively involved in the promotion of safety and the prevention of accidents in all areas of life - at work, in the home, and on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on (or near) water.
- is a National Road Safety Charity. Their aims are to 1) prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for Government improvements to road safety. 2) care for people who are bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services, including a helpline and literature distributed through police officers.
- compensate the victims of negligent uninsured and untraced motorists.
- if you need to report a non-emergency road accident to your local police force, you can find contact details here. Obviously, in cases of emergency you should dial 999.
- if you have a complaint about your motor insurer which you have been unable to resolve directly with them, you can contact the ombudsman for impartial assistance.
- the Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from nearly 3,400 locations, and by influencing policymakers.
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) is a compensation scheme for all members of the Regular and Reserve Forces. It provides compensation for all injuries, ill-health and deaths that are mainly due (attributable) to service, the main cause of which occurred on...