Francis Morris has been preparing medical negligence reports on all aspects of accident and emergency practice for 29 years and in total, he estimates that he has prepared over 4500 reports.
He has participated in multiple case conferences and has prepared many joint statements with other experts and given expert evidence in court most recently in June 2020.
He finds the preparation of medical both informative and educational.
Mr Morris has the expertise to comment on all aspects of care in Emergency Medicine though his area of special interest is the management of chest pain, the electrocardiogram, venous thromboembolic disease, scaphoid fractures, ischaemic limbs, back pain, and the cauda equina syndrome, and missed fractures.
He is registered with Action for Victims of Medical Accidents (AvMA)
Mr Morris has participated in several training courses on report writing and giving evidence in Court most recently in April 2022.
He has to date been instructed by claimant representatives (80%) and by defendant's representatives (20%).
The reports he has completed over the last 29 years include:
Most frequent
Scaphoid fractures
Missed fractures
Cauda equina/back pain
Heart attacks
Acute knee injuries Especially ACL rupture
Deep venous thrombosis
Achilles tendon rupture
Ischaemic limbs
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Sepsis
Frequently
Head injuries
Neck injuries
Septic arthritis
Soft-tissue infections Including necrotising fasciitis
Abdominal pain
Hernias
Bowel perforation
Bowel obstruction
Bowel cancer
Pulmonary embolism
Ectopic pregnancy
Less frequent
Bacterial endocarditis
Pneumonia
Pericarditis
Burns
Suicide
Deliberate self-harm
Drug side effects
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Tropical illness
Meningitis/Encephalitis
Alcohol-related problems
Needlestick injuries
Thromboprophylaxis and orthopaedic injuries