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News items on 'Whiplash Injury'
Doctors report surge in fraudulent injury claims
(The Scotsman 07/08/2009)
THE number of people faking injury to claim compensation is on the rise, a survey of GPs shows. The most common way of trying it on is to claim a whiplash injury from a car accident, the survey found. Nearly all GPs said they had seen a patient they thought was exaggerating an injury to get compensation and 65% had seen an increase in fakers over the past ten years. A quarter of the doctors polled said there had been a surge in people fraudulently claiming injuries since the recession began.
Joint Clinic: Kristian Wood on neck injuries
(Telegraph 24/11/2008)
Q: Last year I suffered what doctors diagnosed as 'whiplash' after a road accident, and I have suffered from lower neck, upper back and chest pain since. I had intensive physiotherapy for six months and have tried other therapies. They helped a little but the pain persists. What else can I do?
Warning over whiplash 'epidemic'
(BBC 15/11/2008)
Claims for whiplash injuries following road accidents are soaring. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) says that its members receive almost 1,200 claims of this type every day, worth £2bn a year. The injuries cost the NHS an estimated £8m a year, it says. The AA said drivers could reduce the risk of whiplash injuries by adjusting car head restraints to the right height.
Women 'face raised whiplash risk'
(BBC 18/05/2008)
Women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer whiplash injuries in a crash, Swedish researchers say.
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