An innovative approach to medico legal work.
We offer a collaborative approach to case discussions and reports. Our forensic analysis evaluates whether the standard of care was met according to the Bolam principle and other relevant legal tests. We understand the importance of early sound advice and are committed to making quality improvements in practice.
With over forty years combined experience in the NHS, we understand it’s pressures, IT systems, modern ways of working and factors that can lead to errors in care.
Dr Mairead McIntyre
MB BCh BAO MRCGP DMH DRCOG DFSRH
Mairead graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2002. She has almost twenty years of experience in general practice, eleven of these in Devon working as a Partner, salaried GP and sessional GP. She has a wealth of knowledge and exposure to different systems and approaches by individual GPs and primary care teams.
She is an educator, delivering a professionalism module for medical students at Plymouth University and she has an interest in research, studying a fellowship into health inequalities.
Dr Emily Clapham
MBBCh DIPPALMED MRCGP
Emily is an Associate GP Partner working in South Devon with a Practice list of 27,000 patients. She completed GP training in 2012 and has worked in General Practice, out of hours and hospice settings, gaining extensive experience in General Practice and Palliative Medicine.
She is Chair of the Torbay and South Devon End of Life Board, member of the Rowcroft Hospice Dementia Expert Advisory Group and member of NHS Devon End of Life Steering Group.
As a GP she trains students, foundation doctors and GP Registrars in evidence-based General Practice using local and national guidance. She is a member of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum.
About Us
Trained
Mairead and Emily have formal medico-legal training via Inspire Medilaw and are in the process of studying for a certificate in expert witness training from Strathclyde University, both have had very positive feedback from experienced legal and medical professionals. They are members of Inspire Medilaw and registered on their directory.
Experienced
All aspects of medico-legal work are undertaken accepting instructions form claimant and defendant solicitors.
“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.” – Oscar Wilde.
The same is true for medical expert reporting.
Specialists
Emily and Mairead met in 2015 working as Macmillan GP Facilitators for Devon. Their work focuses on early diagnosis of cancer through to end of life care in a strategic and educational role. They promote quality improvement in all aspects of cancer care, delivering numerous teaching events, significant event investigation, audit and have collaborated on cancer referral pathways and Devon wide guidance and policy. They advocate for awareness of legal aspects of capacity and advance care planning to enable a considered approach to end of life support.