Expert Witness – Mr Nick Phillips
Consultant Neurosurgeon

Mr Phillips has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 1999. Mr Phillips studied Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of London before gaining a MBChB from the University of Edinburgh. He has the old style FRCS in General Surgery and the intercollegiate exam in Surgical Neurology (FRCS(SN)). He is council member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Society of British Neurosurgeons. Mr Phillips is also the lead for the National Neurosurgical Audit Programme and a member of the Invited Review Mechanism of the Royal College of Surgeons. He is the Expert Working Group (EWG) member for the Neurosurgery Case mix service of NHS Digital and Neurosurgery Advisor to HRG Development. Mr Phillips has worked extensively to further quality improvement in neurosurgical care nationally and internationally.

His clinical interests are in endoscopic skull base surgery, cranial neurosurgery, particularly pituitary surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and radiosurgery. He has also contributed to national policy in radiosurgery.

He has previously worked as a Clinical Director for seven years.

Mr Phillips publishes neurosurgical literature with a particular interest in surgeon outcome measures, and endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery. He is interested in quality improvement and outcomes, the reporting of outcomes, and has published in this field.

Mr Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Leeds with an interest in surgical simulation.

Mr Phillips has been an expert witness in Neurosurgery for a number of years. He has undergone his expert witness training. Mr Phillips enjoys a full medico-legal practice representing both claimants and defendants in personal injury and clinical negligence actions. Mr Phillips holds his medico-legal clinics in Leeds. His claimant/defendant ratio is 40:60 and he can usually turnaround reports within 6-8 weeks, sooner if required.