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, consent issues and fitness to practice work for the GMC.

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.

I can act on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a single joint expert.

Dr Will Howe / Dr Robert William Howe