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Our Partners

We are grateful to partner organisations, past and present, and hugely value these partnerships. They are contributing to making a real impact for families, locally and nationally, and enable the organisations to achieve their corporate social responsibility objectives.

Our thanks go to:

Enable Law

Enable Law are the largest medical negligence firm in the South West, having launched in May 2017 as a separate business entity within the Foot Anstey Group.

When we place our health and wellbeing in the hands of others, things sometimes happen that are beyond our control, leaving us feeling powerless. This is when we need genuine, supportive people we can turn to for help. At a time like this we need someone to advise and support us; someone to campaign on our behalf who will give us a voice; someone we know will help fight our corner. Enable Law help put people back in control of their own lives. We don’t just listen, we hear and we understand.  And we make sure others hear too. Our team of over 90 experienced, sympathetic medical law, serious injury and mental capacity specialists work hard for you and your family to get the answers, care and compensation you deserve. We are in your corner.

We work for clients across the UK and have offices in seven locations across the South West, South Coast and London. Members of our team are accredited by the Law Society, Action against Medical Accidents, STEP and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and we are recognised as leaders in our field by legal directories and commentators.

www.enablelaw.com

Leigh Day

Leigh Day is a specialist law firm acting exclusively for claimants who have been injured or treated unfairly by others. We offer a comprehensive range of services and have offices in London, Manchester and Liverpool.

Leigh Day has one of the largest and most experienced teams of specialist medical negligence injury lawyers in the country. We have unrivalled experience in running complex and challenging medical negligence cases, and are consistently ranked by legal directories as national leaders in the field of medical negligence.

We have been successfully securing settlements for our clients and campaigning for access to justice and patient safety issues since the firm was started in 1987.

www.leighday.co.uk

The Doctors Laboratory

The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) is the largest independent provider of clinical laboratory diagnostic services in the UK, and is CPA/UKAS accredited in all departments and laboratories. Their two hub laboratories in London and Manchester support their national network of laboratories throughout the UK. Pathology Services are extended to hospitals, laboratories and clinical practice of every discipline in both the independent and NHS sectors.

TDL’s commitment is to excellence, and to the doctors and their patients who request their pathology services.

www.tdlpathology.com

Zapier

Zapier is an automation tool that can integrate data from different web applications tools together.

Zapier kindly provide free use of their Starter plan. This saves our staff having to manually re-enter data, so they can spend more time raising awareness and supporting families affected by GBS.

www.zapier.com

Progression Accountancy

We work with established businesses who are using Xero for their business finances, but are spending far too much time on Xero each day, and are stuck with errors & don’t know how to fix them.

If you’re fed up of feeling overwhelmed with Xero & are BEYOND ready to:

  • get your Xero up to date,
  • save lots of time each day,
  • know how to deal with things correctly, and
  • be super clear on your finances…

… then we can help!

During & after all of our Xero Training sessions, you’ll:

  • gain all the knowledge you need to enable you to run your finances in Xero properly & quickly – no more wasting time or leaving things unresolved;
  • learn how to deal with your transactions properly (including the more complex ones) – so your Xero is kept up to date & correct; and
  • know how to fix common issues for you if they crop up again – so you’re no longer stuck.
  • regain the confidence in what Xero is saying about your business, and
  • love using Xero again!

We understand how it feels when you’re not getting the support you crucially need. It can be tough & overwhelming, because you’re spending too much time trying to fix your Xero, and not having enough time for anything else.

But it doesn’t have to be this way

With our bespoke Xero Training & Xero Set Up, you’ll save time each day, get up to date, and be super clear on your finances!

You can then focus on growing your business & enjoying your ideal life…

To find out more, or to book a Xero Training session, please visit us here: https://www.progressionaccountancy.co.uk/

JMW

JMW is a full-service law firm providing legal services and advice for both businesses and individuals. For more than 40 years, we have been fighting to achieve a positive outcome for our clients to get them the results they deserve.

With three offices in the UK, our head office in Manchester, a full-service office in London and one of our specialist family law teams in Liverpool, we can help clients across the country no matter who you are and what you require.

The specialist clinical negligence team at JMW are greatly experienced in helping people to successfully make a claim, providing professional, considered guidance throughout the process. We are friendly and approachable, and are happy to have a free, no-obligation conversation to help you better understand your position and the next steps you should take.

In the last decade JMW has obtained millions in compensation for our clients, including £22 million for a child who suffered brain damage at birth, and have been able to provide answers as to why their medical treatment has gone wrong.

Our team have a high rating on independent review site Trust Pilot and are ranked highly in Legal Directories Chambers and Partners 2021 and Legal 500 2021.

www.jmw.co.uk/london/clinical-negligence

Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell is the largest full service law firm in the UK with offices covering Bristol, Birmingham, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, Cambridge and Southampton. The firm employs over 2,100 staff, with 202 members and partners. Since 1912 Irwin Mitchell has helped over 1 million clients with their legal needs and continues to help thousands of people every year. Irwin Mitchell has experts in everything from personal injury claims and family law to real estate and corporate law.

Irwin Mitchell has the largest, dedicated medical negligence department in the UK and is one of the only law firms in the country that can offer legal aid for certain birth injury claims. The firm is ranked in the top tier by leading independent legal directories and the firm has a longstanding reputation for achieving successful outcomes for our clients on complex and challenging cases. Irwin Mitchell is committed to campaigning for improvements in patient safety and works closely with medical experts, support organisations and rehabilitation providers across the country.

www.irwinmitchell.com

Tozers

Tozers LLP is a leading firm of solicitors. We are based in based in Devon but with clients across the UK, our lawyers are always willing to travel to see clients no matter where they live.

Our team of medical negligence and inquest specialists is consistently rated highly by legal directories and is proud to achieve a very high success rate in claims. At Tozers we focus on the areas of medical negligence in which we have excelled for many years, particularly birth and infection claims which account for around three-quarters of our caseload. We have been handling group B Strep cases for around 15 years, both in civil claims and Coroners’ inquests.

Three of our team’s Partners are accredited by the Law Society for this work.

www.tozers.co.uk

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