Airborne - Edition archive

A record of all editions of Airborne - An RWK Goodman publication dedicated to asbestos awareness and advice.

Edition 13.

Spring 2025

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Assisted dying: where do we stand now on the path to legalisation?
  • Silicosis: A new wave of respiratory disease caused by engineered stone
  • Clinical trials in the treatment of mesothelioma: an update
  • Tribute to Helen Bone: a reminder that mesothelioma can affect anyone
  • “Cape Must Pay”: what is the campaign about?
  • Recovering the cost of care for dependants
  • Inspirational client story: David Reed
  • Settlement news
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Edition 12.

Spring 2024

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • SWASAG – Our story
  • Inspirational client: a celebration of life
  • Asbestos in public buildings – Where are we now?
  • Current and future treatment options for mesothelioma, including a review of The ATOMIC-Meso Trial
  • The cost of bringing a claim
  • Euthanasia – both sides of the argument
  • Should I get a second opinion?
  • US talc claims
  • Settlement news
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Edition 11.

Spring 2023

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • HASAG – Our Story
  • Peritoneal Mesothelioma and White Asbestos
  • Alice – A Fight for Life: 40 years on
  • Government Rejects Progressive Asbestos Removal Plan
  • The incidence and treatment for abdominal mesothelioma
  • NICE approval of new treatment for mesothelioma
  • A Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme is launched in Guernsey
  • Asbestos in the home
  • Asbestos contaminated talc: Where are we now?
  • Johnson & Johnson discontinue baby powder worldwide
  • Claims involving asbestos exposure in school
  • My War with The Devil’s Dust
  • How mesothelioma and lung cancer claims are compensated differently
  • The Turner & Newall Asbestos Trust
  • Supporting our charity partners
  • Settlement news
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Edition 10.

September 2020

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Hospice Care Week – This is What it Takes
  • Changing perceptions: Hospices are for living, not just places to die
  • Recoverability of hospice costs in an asbestos claim
  • Volunteering: A lifeline for Hospices
  • Back to the Future with Erase Meso
  • East Kent welcomes new mesothelioma nurse
  • Mavis Nye Foundation flies high in a Spitfire
  • Our team get involved to help UK charities
  • Action Mesothelioma Day 2020
  • Settlement news
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Edition 9.

January 2020

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Why should your patients make a compensation claim?
  • How can you look after your wellbeing when you have an emotionally difficult job?
  • Government benefits for asbestos disease patients explained
  • The dangers of exposure to asbestos – let’s raise awareness!
  • Update from Meso Warrior, Mavis Nye Wittenoom: A town wiped out by asbestos
  • Jen presents on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis and CBD oil at the Mesothelioma UK Patient & Carer Day and Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group (MAVS)
  • 20th anniversary annual conference sees a rebranding of The National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses to Lung Cancer Nursing UK
  • Settlement news
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Edition 8.

October 2019

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Women & mesothelioma
  • What can be recovered in a legal claim?
  • Action Mesothelioma Day
  • Lawyers walk through fire to help local mesothelioma sufferers
  • Delays for non-smokers in diagnosing lung cancer
  • Jennifer is appointed as a Trustee for Swindon charity Prospect Hospice
  • Meso Warriors: The story of the Mavis Nye Foundation
  • Erase Meso
  • Mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestos disease education day in Swindon
  • The Gendered Experience of Mesothelioma Study (GEMS): can you help?
  • Update: Asbestos contaminated talc
  • Settlement news
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Edition 7.

May 2019

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • The History of Asbestos: should we have appreciated the danger sooner?
  • The launch of Mesothelioma UK’s Gendered Experience of Mesothelioma Study (GEMS) on International Womens Day
  • BTOG annual conference and BTOG Mesothelioma essential update 2019
  • Helen Childs appointed as trustee of national charity Mesothelioma UK
  • Mumford Bailey & Preston employee contracts malignant mesothelioma
  • Cannabis oil – is it a pain control option for mesothelioma sufferers?
  • Update: Claire’s – asbestos in make up
  • Grenfell: the disaster continues
  • Action Mesothelioma Day 2019
  • Settlement news
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Edition 6.

January 2019

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Toys contaminated with asbestos: Are your children at risk?
  • 10 tips for communicating a diagnosis of mesothelioma
  • £5 million on heath screening for Grenfell survivors: Is there any point?
  • Did you know soil can be contaminated with asbestos?
  • Mesothelioma UK Patient and Carer Day 2018
  • National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses Annual Conference 2018 – Telford
  • New support group in the south west to help asbestos disease sufferers
  • Settlement news
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Edition 5.

October 2018

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Firefighters: Asbestos – the hidden risk
  • Asbestos contaminated talcum powder
  • World Lung Cancer Conference
  • Asbestos in vintage products
  • A spotlight on immunotherapy and other non-NHS funded treatment
  • Action Mesothelioma Day 2018
  • Settlement news
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Edition 4.

July 2018

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Periodical payments order for immunotherapy treatment in a mesothelioma claim
  • Why do women get mesothelioma?
  • Asbestos in makeup – more questions than answers
  • Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme – fit for purpose?
  • Settlement news
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Edition 3.

January 2018

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Bereavement and compensation payments: Rachel James comments on the recent decision of Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses Conference – Gateshead – 10-11 November 2017
  • The importance of support groups for asbestos disease sufferers
  • Asbestos and old buildings – are we at risk?
  • Settlement news

 

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Edition 2.

November 2017

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Asbestos in schools: manage or remove?
  • Action Mesothelioma Day – July 2017
  • Mesothelioma in Great Britain – Helen Childs provides an analysis of this years HSE publication
  • British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) 2017
  • Jennifer Seavor achieves Occupational Disease and Asbestos Specialist Accreditation
  • Mesothelioma and lung cancer education day – 6 October 2017
  • Swindon drop in clinics and Swindon and Wiltshire Asbestos Support Group (SWASG)
  • Settlement news

 

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Edition 1.

November 2016

Articles included in this edition of Airborne:

  • Widow of Swansea welder wins High Court battle: Lloyd v Humphreys & Glasgow [2015] EWHC 525 (QB)
  • Terrorism: The asbestos deaths caused decades later
  • Action Mesothelioma Day 2016
  • Free asbestos drop in clinic and Swindon Asbestos Support Group
  • Settlement news
  • Is your patient’s lung cancer connected to asbestos exposure?

 

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