Since August 2021 I have provided expert Microbiology reports for a UK based medico-legal partnership which assists trusts in assessing claims regarding medical negligence & advising whether they are likely to be defensible in court.
I have provided 160 reports for them, of which 8 have been disclosable to the court, with the remainder being short reports to assist in settling out of court or as preliminary opinion before proceeding to disclosable reports.
I have also provided a disclosable report independently to a firm of solicitors in 2024.
I have provided opinions on how infections have been acquired or worsened, and on the optimal use of antimicrobials for a wide range of cases, particularly central nervous system viral and bacterial infections, prosthetic joint and surgical wound infections, selection of and side effects of antibiotics, and infections acquired from the hospital environment.