Medicine
General medicine expert witnesses
Listed general medicine expert witnesses address the assessment, investigation and management of adults admitted under a general physician. The evidence commonly concerns the working diagnosis and what the records show was done about it.
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The evidence
What a general medicine expert witness is asked to determine
General medical admissions often involve several problems at once and more than one team. The opinion should identify which clinician held responsibility at each point, and what the observations, results and reviews recorded at that time supported.
- Whether the history, examination and investigations undertaken were adequate to the presentation.
- Whether the working diagnosis and differential recorded were reasonable on the information then available.
- Whether abnormal results were reviewed and acted upon within an appropriate period.
- Whether specialty referral, escalation or transfer was sought when the records indicated it.
- Whether discharge planning and follow-up reflected the clinical picture documented.
Practitioners are listed across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Location can be narrowed in the register’s location listings before an instruction is made.
Claim contexts
Claims that instruct this discipline
These links describe the question general medicine evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Clinical negligence claims
Diagnosis, investigation and management on a general medical admission.
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General medical evidence where a death is being investigated.
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Systemic disease evidence where occupational exposure is alleged.
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Reports prepared
The admission record supports a records review report covering observations, results and reviews. A breach and causation report separates the criticism from its consequence.
Sub-specialty evidence is frequently required alongside a general medical opinion. The applicable requirements are held on the report pages.
General medicine expert witness evidence
A general physician expert witness reconstructs the admission from the contemporaneous record and identifies where a sub-specialty opinion becomes necessary.
Practitioners are listed by discipline and can be filtered by location. See guidance from Royal College of Physicians alongside the case material.
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Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a General Medicine expert witness respond to Part 35 questions?
Yes - CPR 35.6 entitles the parties to put written questions on a report, and answering them is part of the expert's duty to the court. A General Medicine report prepared for proceedings in England and Wales carries the Part 35 statement of truth, with equivalent duties applying in the other UK jurisdictions.
Can a General Medicine expert act as a single joint expert?
Where the court directs a single joint expert under CPR 35.7, the instruction is agreed between the parties and put jointly - a routine basis of instruction in this field. Whether a particular practitioner accepts SJE appointments is confirmed with the practitioner at the enquiry stage.
Will the expert attend joint discussions or give evidence at trial?
Where the court directs discussions between experts under CPR 35.12, they meet and produce a joint statement of what is agreed and what is disputed; attendance at trial - in person or by video link - is likewise a matter of court direction. These commitments are confirmed with the practitioner at instruction.
Can I choose a General Medicine expert of a specific gender, or one who assesses remotely?
Yes on both counts. Every listing displays the practitioner's gender, consulting locations and assessment types - face to face, remote or both - so sensitive-instruction preferences can be applied at the shortlisting stage, before any contact is made.