Seroxat withdrawal – Court set deadline for compensation claims

Have you had difficulties withdrawing from the anti-depressant drug Seroxat? Have you found it impossible to withdraw from it? Are you having difficulties in withdrawing from Seroxat now?

The High Court made a Group Litigation Order in relation to the Group Action brought by around 500 individuals alleging harm from problems withdrawing from Seroxat.

On 19 May 2009 the High Court ordered that any individual who wishes to pursue a compensation claim must join the Group Action before 15 January 2010.

All individuals must have their claim investigated before they can join the action and so they need to come forward ASAP.

Register your interest now, call the Seroxat team at Hugh James, designated as lead solicitors for the purposes of the Group Litigation order, on 029 20 785 971 or go to www.hughjames.com/seroxat

The Group Register will close on 15 January 2010 and any individuals who have not joined at that date may lose their opportunity to be part of the litigation.

You should not stop taking medication without consulting your doctor.

For more information go to www.hughjames.com/seroxat

Time running out for care home fees claims

The Welsh Assembly Government has announced that its scheme to reimburse wrongly paid care home fees prior to April 2003 will be coming to an end on the 4 December 2009.

The scheme was established following the Health Ombudsman report which advised Local Health Boards to review cases from April 1996 to date. If a person has been contributing towards their care fees from 1996, they may be entitled to a reimbursement of their fees. This is the case even if the person who was cared for has since died.

The scheme which is managed by Powys Local Health Board has paid out over £18 million pounds to over 500 Welsh families since 2004 in wrongly paid nursing home fees.

It is important that people are aware of this new deadline. This is their last chance to ask the Local Health Board for a review of care home fees paid before April 2003.