Nursing

Most health care is uneventful and has happy outcomes, but sadly things do go wrong occasionally and this can result in injury to a patient i.e. where an outcome is worse than had been anticipated. In such cases, investigation is required to establish whether any of the health care team involved was negligent in their duty of care and caused or contributed to the injury.

Our nursing experts are required to undertake that investigation on an independent basis, as an advisor to the legal teams, or possibly to give evidence as an expert witness when you will comment on “alleged breach of duty” i.e. the standard of nursing care, and providing opinion according to the relevant legal tests – mostly Bolam, Bolitho and Montgomery, all of which are covered in our training programme.

Some nursing experts are also required to write quantum reports on the care needs of people who have become disabled as a result of clinical negligence or injury. This is very different to the role described above and involves the comprehensive assessment of the injured party, analysis of needs, and detailed recommendations for future care with costs.

We are wanting to recruit experienced senior nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and paramedics from a range of specialities on a self-employed basis. You might have specific areas of specialist skill or knowledge such as manual handling, falls or pressure care.

Learn more from our existing nursing experts

Some of our existing nursing experts have written articles, sharing insights about their career path and what led them into expert witness work. You can find these inspiring articles below;

• Gemma Millen
• Alexandra Clark

For more information on becoming a nursing expert, click here.