Paediatric General Surgery Expert Witnesses

Paediatric general surgery involves the surgical assessment and management of conditions affecting infants, children and young people. It can include both planned and emergency surgery for a wide range of childhood conditions.

Cases involving children’s surgical care can raise complex medico-legal questions. These may relate to diagnosis, investigations, consent, clinical decision-making, timing of intervention, surgical procedures and subsequent outcomes.

Our paediatric general surgery expert witnesses can provide independent, evidence-based medico-legal opinions and reports. Experts may review medical records, imaging, operative documentation and other relevant evidence. They can provide an opinion on matters within their specialist area of expertise.