Medical reports for clinical negligence claims
Independent medical evidence for clinical negligence claims, from experts in the same field as the treating clinician and written to CPR Part 35 standards, with opinions on breach of duty, causation, and condition and prognosis.
Expert Medical Examination is an independent medical reporting organisation. In a clinical negligence claim, often called medical negligence, the question is whether the care given fell below a reasonable standard and whether that failing caused avoidable harm, and both points have to be answered by an appropriately qualified medical expert rather than assumed. We source an expert in the same field as the treating clinician, from the GMC's Specialist Register or, for GP care, its GP Register. We arrange access to the medical records, and the expert sets out an independent opinion on breach of duty, causation, and condition and prognosis. We provide the medical evidence; we do not give legal advice or run the claim.
Before proceedings are issued, a clinical negligence claim follows the Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes. The standard of care in diagnosis and treatment is assessed on the Bolam test as refined by Bolitho, while advice about the risks of treatment is judged under Montgomery. Every report is written to CPR Part 35 and Practice Direction 35, with the expert's overriding duty to the court. If you are a solicitor looking for a medical reporting organisation (MRO) for a clinical negligence claim, we match the instruction to the right specialism and arrange medical evidence prepared to the standard the court expects.
Breach of duty and causation expertise
Clinical negligence turns on breach of duty and causation. The expert considers whether the care fell below the standard of a reasonable body of practitioners, applying the Bolam test as refined by Bolitho, and whether that failing caused the harm, matched to an expert in the same field as the treating clinician.
Independent and CPR Part 35 compliant
Every report complies with CPR Part 35 and Practice Direction 35, carrying the declarations and statement of truth the court requires. The expert's overriding duty is to the court, not to the instructing party, so the opinion on liability and causation stands on the medical evidence and is reviewed for compliance before delivery.
Condition and prognosis assessed
Where a claim needs the effect on the patient set out, the expert prepares a condition and prognosis report describing the current injury, the treatment required and the likely recovery. Each instruction is allocated to an expert in the relevant discipline, on the GMC's Specialist or GP Register, or registered with the HCPC where appropriate.
Independent medical evidence for clinical negligence claims
Clinical negligence claims stand or fall on the quality of the medical evidence. We provide clear, independent reports that address the standard of care, whether any failing caused avoidable harm, and the effect on the patient, so solicitors can assess the claim on sound expert opinion rather than assumption.
- Breach of duty reports on the standard of care
- Causation reports on avoidable harm
- Condition and prognosis reports
- Second opinion reports on existing medical evidence
- Delayed and missed diagnosis reports
- Surgical and treatment error reports
- Birth injury and obstetric negligence reports
- GP and primary care negligence reports
- Dental negligence reports
- Responses to Part 35 questions
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