Injury File

After an accident, only what you wrote down still counts. How much pain were you in on 12 June? How many hours of work did you miss that month? Who did your shopping, and how often? Where is the receipt from the physiotherapist? A year later, nobody remembers. And that is exactly when it has to go on the table. DIARY One minute each evening. Scores out of ten for pain, mood, energy and sleep. What you could not do: work, lifting, driving, sleeping, concentrating. Hours of work missed, help from other people, treatment and medication. And room to write in your own words how the day went. COSTS Every expense with the receipt beside it, photographed at the time. Travel costs are worked out from the mileage rate you set yourself. Advance payments you have received are listed separately, so you can always see what is still outstanding. REPORT One PDF for your solicitor or insurer: your…