Medical reports for medical negligence claims
Independent medical evidence for clinical negligence claims, prepared by experts on the GMC Specialist Register 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, 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 on the GMC Specialist Register in the same field as the treating clinician, arrange access to the medical records, and produce a report that 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.
Clinical negligence work is governed by the Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes, and the standard of care is assessed on the Bolam test as refined by Bolitho. 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 prepare the medical evidence 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 a specialist on the GMC Specialist Register in the relevant discipline, or HCPC-registered 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 within agreed timescales
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