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Clinical negligence claims have also seen a sharp rise,
jumping from 14,918 in 2023 to 16,540 in 2024,
possibly reflecting challenges in the NHS.
Mr Carl Hardwidge
Neurosurgeon
BM FRCSGlas
“All claims, with the exception of clinical negligence,
are down since 2018, reflecting a society where injured
people increasingly cannot expect to be supported
after they have an accident,” Maxwell Scott concluded.
While the overall trend in personal injury claims is
downward, the rise in public liability and clinical
negligence cases suggests a changing landscape in
compensation claims.
Update. Mr Carl Hardwidge is available for video consultation
where appropriate and remote hearings for trial by video links.
I was appointed consultant in 1992 and remain in the same unit. I have had a very
broad experience in all aspects of adult neurosurgery but have developed interest
and expertise in Skull Base surgery, including the management of acoustic
neuromas; trigeminal, glossopharyngeal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm; Chiari
Malformation and syringomyelia from all causes; intradural spinal tumours;
degenerative spinal surgery and training and examining. I have served as President
of the British and European Skull Base Societies and presented at many national
and international meetings.
Author
Josie Geistfeld
I was an examiner for the Intercollegiate exam board in Neurosurgery for 15
years serving as the Hon Secretary for the exam board and as exam assessor.
I am now an international Neurosurgical FRCS Examiner. From the training side
Josie Geistfeld Josie is an editor for Claims Media. She
welcomes feedback, comments, and opinion at
josie.geistfeld@barkerbrooks.co.uk
I chaired the regional training committee for more than 10 years and I am
currently the Regional Training Program Director. I became Clinical Director of
Neuroscience Stroke Rehabilitation and Spinal surgery within my Trust in 2012
which I stepped down from in November 2018. I continue in a full time NHS
consultant post.
As a newly qualified consultant I undertook report personal injury work for the
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first 5 years or so. Attending court on a number of occasions mainly related to
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Having stepped down from a major management Role in my Trust I have restarted
undertaking Medico legal work. I have undertaken a training course through the
Royal Society of Medicine and Bond Solon. I received the Cardiff University Bond
Solon certificate in Civil Law in January 2024. I have written reports for both
defendants and claimants. Have also worked for the coroner as her expert in a
jury case. I am now looking to expand my medico-legal practice.
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