I am currently a locum GP and GP Expert Witness having worked as a GP partner full time at Lostwithiel Medical Practice, Cornwall, for 28 years from 1995 to 2023.

Lostwithiel Medical Practice provides general medical services for 5000 patients in a rural setting in south east Cornwall. There are a range of clinical staff employed and there is a dispensary. We were inspected by the CQC in 2018 and rated as outstanding.

I am able to accept instructions in medicolegal matters that require a GP expert witness.

This may include medical negligence work (Claimant or Defendant), reports for a Coroner, comment on general practice structure and administration and how this may affect a case involving a GP.

I have expertise in the long term use of the antibiotic nitrofurantoin in general practice in England.

I have written reports on delayed diagnosis, failure to refer, delayed diagnosis of cancer, cauda equina syndrome, nitrofurantoin, diabetic foot, general practice urology and consent issues.

I was working as a full time GP during the Coronavirus pandemic and have written reports on clinical cases that took place during the national lockdowns.

Dr Will Howe / Dr Robert William Howe