The latest edition of the Compensation for Coalminers newsletter is available on the Department of Energy and Climate Change website at http://decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/consumers/coal_health/publications/publications.aspx
The newsletter focuses on the current situation with the Vibration White Finger and Respiratory Disease Compensation Schemes. It also provides an update on current litigation against British Coal, the work of the Legal Complaints Service and details of where former miners with osteoarthritis of the knee meeting certain employment related criteria can make a claim for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.