A group of doctors with long covid are preparing to launch a class action for compensation after contracting SARS-CoV-2 at work.
The campaign and advocacy group Long Covid Doctors for Action (LCD4A) has engaged the law firm Bond Turner to bring claims for any physical injuries and financial losses sustained by frontline workers who were not properly protected at work.
On 25 January Bond Turner, which specialises in negligence cases, complex litigation, and group actions, launched a call to action inviting doctors and other healthcare workers in England and Wales to make contact if they believe that they contracted covid-19 as a result of occupational exposure.1
Sara Stanger, the firm’s director and head of clinical negligence and serious injury claims, said that the ultimate aim was to achieve “legal accountability and justice for those injured.”
She told The BMJ , “I’ve spoken to hundreds …
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Samantha Jones was appointed as Boris Johnson s health advisor earlier this month.
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