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Conclusion
Kidney-related negligence claims often revolve
around missed opportunities: opportunities to
monitor, diagnose, intervene, or refer in time. The
kidneys provide measurable markers (creatinine,
eGFR, urine output), and there are well-established
clinical guidelines for their protection. When these
are ignored, preventable harm can occur—making
kidney problems central to medical negligence
litigation.
Professor Adnan Sharif
Consultant Nephrologist
and Transplant Physician
MD FRCP MBChB
Prof. Adnan Sharif is a Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician at the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2002 and underwent his medical and
nephrology training in Cardiff and Birmingham respectively, including an observership post
at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, USA) before starting his Consultant role in 2011.
He retains an active research focus and has >190 peer-reviewed scientific publications and
numerous book chapters. He is currently Chief Investigator on a number of prospective
For legal practitioners, the most common issues
include acute kidney injury, progression of chronic
kidney disease, drug-induced nephrotoxicity,
obstructive uropathy, dialysis errors, transplant
failures, and mismanagement of diabetes or
hypertension. Each carries serious, often life-altering
consequences, and each o昀昀ers a clear pathway for
establishing whether negligence occurred.
cohort and randomized clinical trials related to dialysis and kidney transplantation.
He
currently serves as Co-Director of the UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research
Network.
He is on the Board of Trustees for Give A Kidney and the Global Kidney Foundation, and
is a long-term member of the National BAME Transplantation Alliance. Prof. Sharif has
represented Transplant Nephrology on the British Transplantation Society Council for
2020-2023 and currently serves as Councillor for EDI. He currently sits on the DESCaRTES
working group for the European Renal Association and is the Chair of the Organ Trade
and Trafficking working groups for ELPAT (an official section of the European Society for
Organ Transplantation).
Prof. Sharif is an expert speaker for national and international meetings. He supports
educational courses including the Advanced Nephrology course (UK Kidney Association),
Kidney-related complications stand out in medical
negligence cases because they are common,
measurable, and often preventable. Their
consequences are profound, and expert nephrology
input is indispensable in assessing liability and
damages. For both plainti昀昀s and defence teams,
careful evaluation of kidney function and related
care is a critical step in achieving just outcomes.
Transplant Live (European Society of Organ Transplantation) and the International
Transplant Network (Turkish Transplant Foundation).
In addition to his clinical and research interests, he is the secretary of the non-Government
Organization Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) which campaigns
against illegal and unethical organ procurement around the globe. The group was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, 2017 & 2024 and received the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice in 2019.
Tel: 0121 371 8130
Email:
- Mobile: 07967 017240
consult@adnansharif.co.uk;
adnan.sharif@uhb.nhs.uk;
a.sharif@bham.ac.uk
Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2WB
Area of work: Midlands & Nationwide
Dr John Collins
Consultant Physician
MD, FRCP
Dr Collins is a Consultant Physician who qualified from Guy’s
Dr William Kenyon
Hospital Dental and Medical Schools. Throughout his NHS
Consultant career, he held full time posts as a Consultant Physician
BA, MB Bch, MRCGP, Dip Occ
in general internal medicine and respiratory medicine. Dr Collins has
Consultant Physician and Medico legal expert in the
been active in undergraduate and post graduate teaching throughout
provision of primary care in the community NHS
his career.
setting, the custodial (prison) setting and the Armed
Dr Collins has a special interest in respiratory medicine, asthma,
Forces setting
COPD, heart-lung interaction, bronchiectasis, lung fibroses. He was
former chairman of the Clinical Standards Committee Royal College
Dr Will Kenyon is a medico legal expert in the provision of General Practice
of Physicians of London. Dr Collins has over 20 years medico-legal
(primary care) in the community NHS setting, the custodial (prison) setting
experience in the UK and USA. He has prepared 25 reports in the
and the Armed Forces setting. He has extensive experience across a number
past year and his split of work is 40% claimant and 60% defendant.
of primary healthcare settings and can provide reports which consider care
afforded in community general practice, the custodial (or prison) setting and
the Armed Forces setting. For his work in the custodial setting Dr Kenyon
has been recognised at a regional and national level.
Dr Kenyon has worked as a medico-legal expert for 8 years. He provides
reports for both Claimant and Defendant; increasingly however, he is being
instructed by the Defendant with a 70:30 split. He currently undertakes
between 40-45 reports a year. Reports are usually completed within 3 weeks
of receipt of notes and instructions. Since 2018 he has been a Parliamentary
and Health Service Ombudsman Expert Adviser.
Areas of expertise covered include:
General Practice in the community, custodial or military setting.
Contact: Miss Hayley Mitchell
Dr Kenyon is a member of the Armed Forces Reserve.
Tel: 07787 515937
Contact: Dr Will Kenyon
Email: john.collins@hcaconsultant.co.uk
Tel: 0207-118-1134
Alternate Email: hayley.mitchell@hcahealthcare.co.uk
Area of work: Nationwide
The Lister Hospital, Chelsea Bridge Rd, London, SW1W 8RH
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