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Our A to Z guide to the websites of some of the country’s leading expert witnesses.
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Translations and Interpreting for the Legal Profession since 1997. Specialists in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence.
www.abc-translations.co.uk
Mr Ashok Bohra MS MPhil MFSTEd FRCSEd FRCS(GenSurg)
General & Laparoscopic Surgeon taking instructions on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert.
www.surgeonexpertwitness.co.uk
David Bunker Arbitrator & Mediator
Disposal & acquisition of businesses, management buyouts, shareholder & partnership disputes, employee disputes and taxation enquiries.
E: davidalbunker@outlook.com T: 07831 784006
Dr Thomas C M Carnwath
Consultant Psychiatrist and expert witness in medical negligence and personal injury cases.
www.tomcarnwath.co.uk
Dr Lars Davidsson MRCPsych MEWI
Consultant Psychiatrist and Accredited Mediator Reports within most areas of general adult psychiatry. Specialist in PTSD, anxiety disorders & mood disorders.
www.angloeuropeanclinic.co.uk
Chris Dawson MS FRCS LLDip
Consultant Urologist with over 17 years experience of medico legal report writing and expert witness work in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.
www.chrisdawson.org.uk
DentoLegal Ltd – Gary M Simon
DentoLegal specialises in the preparation of evidencebased Breach of Duty & Causation and Condition & Prognosis Dental Reports on the instruction of solicitors.
www.dentolegal.com
Emma Ferriman Ltd
Consultant Obstetrician and Fetal Medicine Specialist • Prenatal diagnosis • Obstetric ultrasound • First trimester screening • Multiple pregnancy and high risk obstetrics
www.emmaferriman.co.uk
FHDI - Kathryn Thorndycraft-Pope
Examining documents & handwriting • to determine authenticity • to expose forgery • to reveal aspects of origin. Electro Static Detection Apparatus and Mi-Scope used.
www.forensichandwriting.co.uk
Mr Kim Hakin FRCS FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Expert Witness on ophthalmological matters
www.kimhakin.com
Mr Chris Makin
• Chartered Accountant • Accredited Civil Mediator • Accredited Expert Determiner
www.chrismakin.co.uk
N-Able Services Ltd
• Chronic pain • Brain injury • Spinal injury • Children & young people • Neurological conditions • Amputations • Complex orthopaedic multi-trauma
www.nableservices.co.uk
Dr Gerry Robins MBBS FRCP MD PGCLTHE
Consultant Gastroenterologist Full medico legal service in all cases relating to gastroenterology
www.drgerryrobins.co.uk
Mr Sameer Singh MBBS BSc FRCS
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon • All aspects of trauma – soft tissue and bone injuries • Sports injuries • Upper and lower limb disorders and injuries • Whiplash injuries Clinic locations – London, Milton Keynes and Bedford www.orthopaedicexpertwitness.net
Dr Elizabeth J. Soilleux MA MB BChir PhD FRCPath PGDipMedEd
Expert Witness Pathologist with a particular interest in haematopathology. Short reports on specimens, full court compliant reports and expert biopsy reporting.
www.expertwitnesspathologist.co.uk
Mr Bernard Speculand MDS FDS FFD FRACDS (OMS)
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Personal injury and clinical negligence cases for claimant, defendant and as Single Joint Expert. Special interest is TMJ Surgery.
Yvette Young (Secretary) T: 0121 605 1884 E: info@medsecadmin.co.uk www.birminghamtmj.co.uk
T Clinic Dental Legal Experts
Professor Paul Tipton is a specialist in Prosthodontics and Professor of Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry and one of the UK’s leading dental expert witnesses.
MEDICAL NOTES
[IN AUTUMN, as the days began to shorten, it was the cue in many areas of the medical profession to take stock of what the year has meant and where we are heading. In almost all cases that has meant reflecting on unprecendented challenges. Two reports published in September highlighted the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on respective areas of medical provision.
A special feature in the Annual Report of the National Joint Registry brought home the number of joint replacements that had not been carried out as resources were diverted. The authors also offered an insight into the extra resources that will be needed to make up that deficit – even without taking into account future waves of COVID.
• Similarly, the numbers of people awaiting echocardiograms has soared in the past 12 months or so, according to figures from the British Heart Foundation. Again, the COVID pandemic has led to resources being diverted away from day-to-day activity. In the past few months great efforts have been put in to make up the deficit, but with waiting lists already too long, the inevitable toll will follow, experts predict.
• Even more recently, the results of ‘crowding’ in Emergency Departments have been revealed and they make grim reading. According to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, more than four-and-a-half thousand people died after waiting more that 12 hours in EDs in 2020-21, and the figure for this year could be even worse: October and September this year saw the highest numbers of people waiting 12 hours or more on record.
With concerns around a new variant of the virus, this winter could be a long one.
• Amid all the chaos and overstretching of resources, the GMC is attempting to put together a revised version of its core guidance for medical professionals, Good Medical Practice. The last revision took place in 2013 and the intervening years have seen many changes, not least the impending bringing under the GMC’s aegis of physician associates and anaesthesia associates.
The advisory forum has been announced, with Professor Emma Cave of Durham University as its chair. Part of the work will be a consultation exercise next spring. We can only wish Professor Cave and her team well in their endeavours.
• The picture for medical experts is not all bad, however. NHS Resolution’s Annual Report painted an improving picture in terms of both the number of claims against medical professionals and the provision it has had to make for the resolution of those claims. One of the major successes has been the drive to resolve claims out of the courts. Three quarters of claims were resolved without recourse to court action, the report revealed.
• Nevertheless, the amount being paid in compensation is still eyewatering, according to one of the main indemnity bodies for doctors. The Medical Defence Union has equated the annual bill to the extra tax that would be paid by 8.7 million people in the plans for National Insurance.
The BMA has its own resources for doctors to help them avoid litigation in the form of a suite of books on medical ethics.
• A book with a more widely spread appeal is due to be published in the coming year, celebrating and helping to fund research into hand surgery. The book will tell the story of a cohort of ‘miracle patients’ whose lives have been transformed by the work of hand surgeons. As one of them pointed out, we use our hands for almost every activity, and the surgeons’ use of their hands has helped them to reclaim their lives. q
