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"Meet" Mr Pundrique Sharma - watch his introductory video

Mr Pundrique Sharma, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, is new to the Medicolegal Partners’ expert witness team. Find out more about him in his own words in this short introductory video.

Categories : News, Plastic Surgery
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The Medicolegal Challenges of Chronic Pain

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) describes pain as ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage’(1). Although the association…
Categories : Articles, Defence, Pain, Thought Leadership
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Medicolegal challenges in cardiovascular-related claims

Cardiovascular medicine is concerned with all conditions of the circulatory system, while cardiologists specialise in diseases and abnormalities of the heart. Compared to other specialties, negligence claims in cardiovascular medicine are relatively rare and make…
Categories : Articles, Cardiology
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The Medicolegal Implications of Failure to Diagnose and Delayed Diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancer

Head and neck cancers (HNC) are relatively uncommon, accounting for less than 5% of all cancers, and are generally associated with longstanding tobacco and alcohol use. However, the epidemiology of HNC is changing, which is…
Categories : Articles, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Thought Leadership
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Expressing and owning an opinion

In medicolegal cases, it is rare for the legal teams involved to have sufficient specialist knowledge to make a judgement on the medical issues raised by a case. Therefore, they rely on medical experts to…
Categories : Articles, Cardiology, Defence, Intensive care, Neuroradiology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pain, Plastic Surgery, Spinal surgery, Trauma and orthopaedics
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Case Study: Compartment Syndrome

Mr Ash Vasireddy, Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, discusses the case of a fracture that leads to compartment syndrome, a limb-threatening condition. He explores the medicolegal implications and the long-term outcomes, including a high risk of…
Categories : News, Trauma and orthopaedics, Updates
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Now booking face-to-face medical consultations

Medicolegal Partners’ medical experts are able to perform face-to-face medical consultations with claimants from the start of July. Our experts and the clinics will be following government guidelines about social distancing and each clinic will…
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The Medicolegal Challenges of Assessing Patients with Dental, Cranial or Facial Conditions

In line with most fields of medicine, litigation involving oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is increasing, as is the amount paid out in compensation (1), although OMFS claims result, on average, in the lowest amount…
Categories : Articles, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Dr Ramos-Galvez resumes face-to-face consultations

Following government guidelines, we are pleased to announce that Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez is once again able to see claimants in face-to-face consultations. He is available with immediate effect in Reading at the Circle Hospital, or…
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Consultant Plastic Surgeon joins the team

We are pleased to announce that Mr Pundrique Sharma, BSc, MBBS, FRCS (Plast), PhD, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, has joined the Medicolegal Partners team. Mr Sharma is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Alder Hey Children's…
Categories : News, Plastic Surgery, Updates
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