Is the opioid crisis coming to the UK and what impact could it have on medical negligence claims?
Opioids are natural and synthetic substances that activate opioid neuroreceptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems and include morphine, codeine, fentanyl, tramadol, methadone, oxycodone and hydrocodone (1–3). Despite a lack of evidence of their…
Read more The use of surveillance in personal injury cases
Dr Chris Jenner In this article Dr Chris Jenner discusses the use of surveillance in personal injury cases. Covert surveillance is increasingly used by defendants where a claim involves ongoing pain without an apparent organic…
Read more Spinal Surgery Case Study: An Unexpected Complication
In the second in a series of three case reviews, Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez LMS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, Expert Witness and Consultant in Pain Medicine with a sub-specialty in spinal surgery, discusses how complications can develop into chronic pain…
Read more Case study: Phantom limb pain and how engaging the right pain expert had a significant impact on the claimant's quality of life
This article explores a case of phantom limb pain and clearly demonstrates how engaging the right pain expert had a significant and positive impact on quality of life for the claimant. Dr Chris Jenner MB…
Read more The medicolegal challenges associated with pelvic mesh complications
Research published in October 2018 showed that 3.3% of mesh implants used for urinary incontinence cause complications requiring reversal operations. In this article, Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez LMS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, Consultant in Pain Medicine and expert…
Read more Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS) and its medico legal challenges
Dr Chris Jenner MB BS, FRCA FFPMRCA, Consultant in Pain Medicine, explores post-mastectomy pain syndrome in this article. He describes the symptoms of this painful condition and also explores the medico legal challenges of establishing…
Read more Spinal Surgery Case Study: Wrong Patient Selection
In the first of a series of three case reviews, Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez LMS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, Expert Witness and Consultant in Pain Medicine with a sub-specialty in spinal surgery, discusses how complications can develop into chronic…
Read more Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Challenges of diagnosis and building a medico legal case
Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez, Consultant in Pain Medicine, explores the condition of CRPS in more detail and explains the challenges of diagnosis and proving causation, as well as discussing the subjectivity of assessment. Find out more…
Read more 2019 Calendar of clinic dates now available
We run weekly clinics in London and Reading, however if you have clients suffering from CRPS, fibromyalgia or other pain conditions for whom travel is difficult, our pain experts Dr Jenner and Dr Ramos-Galvez run…
Read more The challenges of CRPS in a medicolegal context
Dr Chris Jenner has recently produced a series of short videos about CRPS and some of the challenges that come with a CRPS diagnosis in a medicolegal context. Part I - Introduction to Dr Chris JennerPart…
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