Cancer misdiagnosis: expert witnesses
The claim usually turns on what the delay changed: stage at diagnosis, the treatment required and the prospects that remain. That evidence is oncological, built on how the referral, imaging or histology should have been read.
The evidence
The disciplines this matter instructs
The register should be searched by the question a practitioner is asked to answer, not by a generic medical title.
Select the relevant disciplines, then agree scope, fees and availability directly with the practitioner.
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The context behind the instruction
Clinical negligence procedure differs between England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, including how expert evidence is exchanged. The clinical questions of staging and causation are the same in each.
These claims are a form of clinical negligence. For nation-specific context, see expert evidence across the UK nations. The register does not determine legal issues or provide legal advice.
Report routes
Reports commonly considered
breach and causation reports and condition and prognosis reports address separate questions: whether the diagnosis should have been made earlier, and what the delay now means for treatment and outlook. Their scope should follow the issues, available records and the questions put to the expert.
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