Rehabilitation
HCML vows to ensure long-term care for Alton Towers crash victims
Rehabilitation provider HCML is preparing to work alongside the NHS to ensure those injured in the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash last month can return home to a “supported environment”.
Alton Towers victims receive insurance payouts for rehab
Insurers have started paying out to the victims of the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash.
Case managers guide to be published alongside rehab code this summer
Proposed changes instigated as part of a revised rehabilitation code will include a separate process for lower-value injuries and the introduction of an accompanying guide for case managers.
Neuro-rehabilitation: Fit for purpose
With changes afoot for the Rehabilitation Code, it is vital that all parties go back to basics and understand how best to navigate the issue
HCML calls for rehab code to promote early intervention
HCML is calling for the insurance industry working party to the rehabilitation code consultation to tackle delays in assessments, treatment and care which increase costs to insurers.
Interview: Nick Parsons: Stepping into the limelight
After six years as vice-president at the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Nick Parsons has assumed the role of president. He tells Post why he will not be a one-man band and shares his plans for the association
Revised rehab code to be published by end of Q2 2015
A revised rehabilitation code will be published by the end of the second quarter of 2015 after the International Underwriting Association-Association of British Insurers Rehabilitation Working Party reported an “unprecedented” response for views on a…
Case managers to seek chartered status
UK case managers are planning to seek accreditation and, ultimately, chartered status in order to get recognition of the practice as a distinct set of competencies and skills.
Rehabilitation: Rehab rethink
With the personal injury landscape now unrecognisable from the environment in which the Rehabilitation Code was introduced 15 years ago, a much-needed update to the code is on the way. So what can the insurance industry expect?
Rehabilitation Awards 2014: The winners
Today, rehabilitation professionals gathered at Le Meridien, London, for the tenth annual Post Rehabilitation First Awards to celebrate their achievements over the past year.
Poor practice from insurers is to blame for rise in rehabilitation fraud
Absolute Partnership investigators discover ‘surprisingly high defect rate’
Rehab: Looking to Europe
Despite being received with enthusiasm, rehabilitation in the UK is being accused of having stalled - but why has it fallen so far behind similar models across Europe?
Comment - Rewriting the Rehabilitation Code
The Rehabilitation Code, which is 15 years old this year, is to be extensively reviewed. Mark Baylis, chair of the International Underwriting Association-Association of British Insurers Rehabilitation Working Party, says the views of practitioners will…
Rehab code to be reviewed amid personal injury developments
The changing personal injury landscape has triggered the first review of the rehabilitation code in more than seven years.
Aviva seeks consultation on cashless compensation for minor motor injuries
Claimant lobbyists dismiss proposals in insurer’s report as ‘ludicrous’
Video: Claims edition – Rehabilitation
As Post approaches the 10th anniversary of its Rehabilitation First Awards, the brand remembers how it has long been a supporter of the principle of early intervention in the claims process for those needing rehabilitation to return them to the position…
Rehab Awards 2014: Finalists announced
The shortlist for Post’s Rehabilitation First Awards 2014 has been announced. The awards reward excellence across the market - from employers to insurers, practitioners to claimant solicitors.
Cunningham Lindsey agrees to sell Corpore to The Treatment Network
Cunningham Lindsey has agreed to sell its rehabilitation and absence management business, Corpore, to independent rehabilitation group The Treatment Network for an undisclosed fee.
C-Suite - Insurer: Putting the brakes on whiplash
The industry must ensure it goes all out to discourage dishonest whiplash claims
Legal Update: Occupational Disease: Collins provides limitation law guidance
Lung cancer case provides helpful guidance that will assist defendants in occupational disease cases. Nick Pargeter and Malcolm Keen report
Aviva data shows crash for cash incidents up 51% last year
Aviva is calling for stronger deterrents for crash for cash gangs after claims fraud data from the insurer revealed there had been a 51% increase in fraudulent slam-ons last year.
PPO injury research to help insurers with future risk
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has developed a new categorisation for serious spinal and brain injuries aimed at helping insurers better estimate future liabilities.
HCML unveils catastrophic injury service
Rehabilitation firm HCML has re-launched its catastrophic injury case management service after hiring additional specialist case mangers across a range of clinical disciplines.
What if Michael Schumacher had someone in England to blame for his accident?
by Malcolm Henkè, head of the Catastrophic Injury Group and senior partner at Greenwoods Solicitors (part of Parabis Law LLP)