http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Edinburgh tram track injuries cost NHS more than £1m en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:02:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17524#post-244975 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:15:52 +0000 gibbo 244975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm a little curious about the 61 who weren't cyclists. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17524#post-244973 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:35:14 +0000 redmist 244973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good grief ! And those are just the people who have been injured enough to go to hospital. There must be hundreds who "just" fell off but were able to walk away.<br /> Has anyone ever sued ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17524#post-244972 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:23:47 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 244972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CEC should hang their heads in shame</p> <p>Good comments from the consultant:</p> <p>Prof Oliver said: "We deal with thousands of fractures a year in the Royal and it's become a new work steam for us.<br /> "It's not the £1m cost to the NHS, the problem is the suffering caused by the accidents and people having time off work, often ending up with some chronic disability with reduced function in a wrist or a shoulder and perhaps not getting back to sport, not being inclined to get back to cycling.<br /> "These are more significant things that are less tangible to measure."</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39305038" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39305038</a> </p>