Consultant Physician, Acute Medicine & General Medicine
MBChB, MRCP, PGCert
Greater London, UK and Ireland
Phil is based at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He provides clinical negligence reports covering all aspects of acute and general medicine including preliminary and full causation and liability, condition & prognosis and life expectancy reports. He attends conferences with counsel, provides joint expert statements, and has given evidence as an expert in coroner's court. He has nine years of medico-legal experience and has provided around 300 expert opinions. His work ratio is 50:50 defendant:claimant.
Specialist interests include ambulatory emergency care, acute kidney injury, sepsis, DVT/pulmonary embolism and life expectancy reports.
Phil is an independent medical examiner at the Royal Free London. The role involves the scrutiny of medical records to establish cause of death, liaising with the clinical team involved with the care of the deceased, and the deceased's family. Coroner referrals are made when necessary and clinical governance/organisational learning issues are also highlighted as and when appropriate.
University of Liverpool, Royal College of Physicians, University of Leeds
RSM/BPP Expert witness skills masterclass - how to avoid the pitfalls
Royal College of Physicians, Society for Acute Medicine, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
