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Pleural plaque cases from 2004, in alphabetical order (by name of patient).

Includes list of OEDA clients marked 'Pleural plaques notes sent 2005, 2006, 2007' (at front of file). The remainder is mainly information requests from individuals affected by pleural plaques (including from Germany), press coverage naming pleural plaques sufferers, solicitors' correspondence.

At the time a pleural plaque compensation claim (in England and Wales) had to be brought within 3 years from the date of diagnosis (OEDA pleural plaques note, 8 March 2006).

Correspondence and papers re compensation / industrial disablement benefits claims for pleural plaques.

Papers include press coverage, scientific papers, case information, also copy of judgement Grieves v. F T Everard & Sons (2005). Includes feedback on Nancy Tait's latest pleural placques note, given to solicitors at John Pickering & Partners, 2005.

Correspondence and papers re compensation of British Coal workers for respiratory diseases, vibration white finger (VWF), hearing loss, etc. Includes

• correspondence with prospective claimants' solicitors, occasionally also with MPs and with union representatives, 1988-2004
• press coverage to 2007
• details of National Coal Board (Co. Durham) employees, copy of opinion in Doris Livsey v. British Coal Corporation (1995), statement by a mesothelioma sufferer who had worked at Moston Colliery for the National Coal Board as a boilerhouse stoker (1989)

Further includes

• copy of statement by three commissioners (21 October 2002) 'Decisions of the Tribunal of Social Security Commissioners' discussing issues the four appeals in question raise in respect of PDD1 (pneumoconiosis) for coal workers
• copy of IIAC (Industrial Injuries Advisory Council) position paper 11 ‘Lung function assessment: industrial injuries disablement benefit prescribed disease D12 (chronic bronchitis and emphysema in underground coalminers)’ (n.d., c. 2000)
• judgment of Mr Justice Turner on The British Coal Respiratory Disease Litigation (summary, 23 January 1998)
• copy of Sallie Booth, Irwin Mitchell solicitors (1997) 'Chest disease - legal view'
• copy of 'Social Security Act 1975: bronchitis and emphysema' (1988)
• DTI press notices and news releases 1998-2002

Enquiries re occupational and environmental diseases unrelated to asbestos or unlikely to relate to asbestos and referred to solicitors and/or occupational and environmental health expertise outside OEDA. In alphabetical order by surname.

Response to a request for information from Mr B Zapata, 1987.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda), notes and papers. In alphabetical order by name of individual or organisation; this could be a victim of industrial disease or family member, or a social worker, nurse, case worker in a charity, asbestos activist (etc.). Normally filed by enquirer / occasionally by name mentioned in press coverage.

Papers include victim's work history, inquest reports and death certificates, clinician's notes. There is some overlap with solicitor's correspondence.

Notes suggest that some queries were 'diaried', i.e. they received a review date. Other notes suggest that occasionally content from 'Q'-files was removed to a case file. Notes also suggest that while in Q-state, the information stayed with SPAID / OEDA staff, rather than with Nancy Tait.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda), notes and papers. In alphabetical order by name of the enquirer (affected individual, family member, social worker, asbestos activist, organisation) or name mentioned in press coverage.

Contains detailed medical and legal information, also ephemera including Christmas cards and correspondence relating to donations. Includes copies of death certificates. Also photocopies of literature sent.

Unlike the earlier Q-files series, includes also enquiries from students in health & safety-related fields, concerned members of the public in general (and so forth). Prior to c.2000, these had been handled in a separate series, listed unter OEDA/C/1/4.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda), notes and papers. In alphabetical order by name of the enquirer (affected individual, family member, social worker, asbestos activist, organisation) or name mentioned in press coverage.

Contains both detailed medical and legal information, and ephemera including Christmas cards and correspondence relating to donations. Includes copies of death certificates. Also photocopies of literature sent.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) and papers re enquiries from individuals affected by asbestos ('Z-files' No 1-555). In reverse chronological order. Includes

• instructions on new OEDA office procedures for processing 'First reports' to 'Z-cases'
• printout of listing Z4 to Z292, dated March 1999
• colour photograph of asbestos victim at Z264

Telephone memoranda (OEDA form marked 'First incoming calls - asbestos', also referred to as 'First reports', No 1-296) capturing contact details and type of information request from individuals seeking information on asbestos. In reverse numerical (and reverse chronological) order.

'First reports' were part of a new workflow in the OEDA office for managing information requests (and billing), implemented in May 1999. OEDA charged for information on risk (occupational, bystander, buildings, environmental), but sent out for free its notes for patients or family of patients diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease.

Responses to enquiries predominantly about occupational and environmental health issues relating to asbestos, from students in health & safety-related fields, concerned members of the public, welfare professionals and medical professionals (including coroners), health & safety advisors, libraries, councils, newspapers and broadcasting organisations.

In alphabetical order by surname / name of organisation / place name.

Prefixed with information: “this is for general inquiries not restricted to a single subject for which we hold a file specifically” and “Organised alphabetically by surname of addressee if the inquiry is made by an individual or by the name of the organization if we do not already have a file for them”, “as on 19 August 1997”.

Mainly correspondence (including telephone memoranda) re asbestos-related queries. Very occasionally the information flows in the opposite direction i.e. SPAID / OEDA asks questions.

Front matter includes material on access to medical records and how long hospitals keep records.

Mainly correspondence (including telephone memoranda) re asbestos-related queries from 'Social services, clinics, health centres etc.' filed 'alphabetically under name of clinic etc. where applicable - otherwise name of enquirer'.

Telephone memoranda and correspondence in response to enquiries on a wide range of occupational and environmental health issues. In reverse chronological order.

Front matter includes SPAID/OEDA guidance sheets ‘Caring for mesothelioma’ and ‘Worried because you have handled asbestos?’, several versions.

Correspondence in response to enquiries resulting from the London Weekend Television (LWT) Help Programme, 16 April 1984. In alphabetical order.