Medico-Legal Magazine - Issue 29

Medico-Legal Magazine Issue 29 Contents:

Welcome to Issue 29 of the Medico-Legal Magazine, produced by SpecialistInfo and publishing partner Iconic Media Solutions Ltd.

This Conference issue of 2025 contains the following articles:

Dr Jeremy Platt, GP Partner and Expert Witness, discusses the General Practitioners’ Duty of Care; and

Francesca O'Neill, Barrister, Deka Chambers, describes the liability risks of AI in medicine; and

Dr Allan Perry, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Director of Clinical Services at PJ Care, discusses how new guidelines could improve care for patients with functional neurological disorders (FND); and

Dr Heidi Mounsey, Medical Protection, Medicolegal Consultant, advises medical professionals how their indemnity provider can help in Coronial inquests; and finally

Dr Claire Harrison, Medicolegal Consultant at Medical Protection, presents a Coronial case report.

In our Expert Witness Directory we showcase more featured experts, who are available for instruction now.

Once again, the magazine will be circulated to up to 40,000 people in the industry, including doctors, insurance companies, law firms and medico-legal agencies. It has a dedicated website www.medicolegalmagazine.co.uk and a page on the Medico-Legal Section of the Specialistinfo.com website, where all the back issues can be viewed. Printed copies can be ordered from Iconic Media.

Specialistinfo maintains a database of contact details for up to 90,000 UK consultants and GPs, including approximately 11,000 consultants and GPs who undertake medico-legal work. We also provide Medico-Legal courses for expert witnesses and promote the members of the Faculty of Expert Witnesses (the FEW).

We welcome feedback from our readers, so please contact us with any suggestions for areas you would like to see covered in future issues or share your news and experiences with us.

Lisa Cheyne
Specialistinfo
Medico-Legal Magazine
t: +44 (0)1423 727 721
e: magazine@specialistinfo.com
www.specialistinfo.com

Pg 4 SpecialistInfo Medico-Legal Courses 2025 By Lisa Cheyne

Pg 6 Coroner’s Inquests – Who’s in Your Corner? By Dr Heidi Mounsey

Pg 8 Introducing Premex

Pg 11 General Practitioners’ Duty of Care By Dr Jeremy Platt

Pg 14 New Guidelines For Long-term Conditions Could Transform Pathways and Funding for FND Care By Dr Allan Perry

Pg 16 Book Review: Transformative Reflection for Practising Physicians and Surgeons. Reclaiming professionalism, wisdom and moral agency By Dr G Spoto

Pg 19 AI and Medical Negligence: a Fine Line? By Francesca O'Neill

Pg 22 Case Report From the Medical Protection Files: How a Standard Knee Replacement Resulted in a Consultant Surgeon Being Called to Give Evidence at a Coroner’s Inquest By Dr Claire Harrison

Pg 24 Medico-Legal News By Lisa Cheyne

Pg 29 Expert Witness Directory