Medicine
Geriatric medicine expert witnesses
Listed geriatric medicine expert witnesses address frailty, falls, delirium, polypharmacy and the management of multiple long-term conditions. Capacity and discharge planning frequently form part of the same instruction.
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The evidence
What a geriatric medicine expert witness is asked to determine
Older patients present with several interacting problems, and the standard applied has to reflect that. Falls assessments, medication reviews, cognitive testing and discharge documentation usually carry the substance of the evidence.
- Whether falls risk was assessed and the measures recorded were proportionate to it.
- Whether delirium or cognitive change was recognised, investigated and managed.
- Whether medication review addressed the interactions and adverse effects the records disclose.
- Whether pressure damage, hydration and nutrition were monitored during the admission.
- Whether discharge planning reflected the assessed needs and the support available.
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 geriatric medicine evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Clinical negligence claims
Assessment, medication and discharge decisions in the care of older patients.
View claim type → 02Court of Protection matters
Capacity and best interests questions arising in later life.
View claim type → 03Personal injury claims
Injury and functional decline in an older claimant.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
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Reports prepared
Falls assessments, medication reviews and discharge documents support a records review report. A breach and causation report then addresses the injury or deterioration alleged.
Where continuing support is in issue, a care needs assessment may be instructed. Each report page records what that assessment must contain.
Geriatric medicine expert witness evidence
A geriatrician expert witness assesses the whole admission rather than a single problem, and identifies which decisions the records actually support.
Listings can be filtered by discipline and by location before contact is made. See guidance from British Geriatrics Society alongside the case material.
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Geriatric Medicine Expert Witness Cases & Claims
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Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Geriatric 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 Geriatric 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 Geriatric 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 Geriatric 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.