Mr. Shyam A J Kumar

NHS Practice:

Mr Shyam Kumar has worked as a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust) since 2011.

He has a special interest in upper limb surgery and is also involved in all aspects of orthopaedic trauma care, as part of the orthopaedic trauma on-call service.

His other roles include being an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a member of the Appointments Advisory Committee for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, overseeing consultant appointments in Trauma & Orthopaedics. He is also a Performance Assessor for the General Medical Council (GMC).

Medico-legal Practice:

Mr Kumar has been writing medicolegal reports since 2012. He accepts instruction from solicitors for both claimant and defendant, for personal injury and clinical negligence cases. 

Mr Kumar has undergone extensive training and has completed an LLM in Medical law and Ethics and provides high quality, unbiased reports, within accepted timeframes. Clinic venues are available in Bolton, Nelson, Manchester, Lancaster and Lytham. Home visits can be arranged, on a case-by-case basis.

Private Practice:

Mr Kumar has had a private practice at the Lancaster Hospital, Meadowside, Lancaster, LA1 3RH since 2011. He accepts referrals from NHS and Private GPs, and self-referral by patients. He is a provider approved by all the major health insurers.

For further information please download his full C.V.

Causation and Case Law update- Bond Solon /Medco- 16th September 2024.
Civil Law and Procedure rules Part 1- Bond Solon /Medco- 16th September 2024.
Civil Law and Procedure rules Part 1 and 2 (Medcom and atory training) - 24th June 2023.
Bond Solon-Legal Update for Expert Witnesses 2020 - 22nd Jan 2021.
AvMA (Action Against Medical Accidents) clinical negligence training - 30th/31st January 2020.
Premex Plus Clinical Negligence Conference - 28th November 2019, Birmingham.
Completed LLM in Medical Law & Ethics from DeMontfort University, Leicester, December 2018.
BondSolon - Clinical Negligence Training (organised by PremexPlus) - 18/19th October 2018, Birmingham.
Medicolegal Expert Witness: clinical negligence course by Barrister, Jonathan Dingle - (CPD approved by Royal College of Physicians – RCP no. 108830), Manchester, 17th November 2016.
NCAS Lead Assessor or Just In Time Training, 28th July 2017, London.
NCAS Lead Assessor Training, 18th to 20th October 2016, London.
Bond Solon Part 1 of the Certificate of Medical Reporting: The Civil Procedure Rules Expert Witness Certificate, March 2014.

British Orthopaedic Association.
British Elbow and Shoulder Society.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, RCS Edinburgh.