A CAMPAIGN group says a compensation ‘safety net’ is need for people suffering from abestos-related cancer.
Figures obtained by not-for-profit campaign group the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) show that the death rate in Luton from mesothelioma is higher than the national average.
From 2006 to the end of 2010, mesothelioma, a terminal cancer of the lung wall, was recorded as the underlying cause of 29 deaths in the area.
It is the equivalent to three deaths in 100,000 people. The average for England and Wales during the same period was 2.5.
APIL president David Bott said: “What many people don’t realise is that hundreds of sufferers across the UK cannot get the compensation they need to help them through the last days of their life.