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Medical Negligence

In cases where alleged medical negligence has caused harm to a client, an HKA expert witness is uniquely qualified to assess the psychological impact and wider implications.

Medical negligence refers to a preventable mistake or substandard care by healthcare professionals that causes or worsens a condition. In cases where alleged medical error has caused harm to a patient – whether that is a misdiagnosed condition or a mistake made by hospital staff during surgery – HKA’s clinical psychologist will assess the psychological impact and its wider implications. In producing the medico legal report, careful distinction will be made between the possible effects of the original medical intervention and the effects of the alleged negligence that subsequently took place.

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The HKA Process

Introducing our streamlined four-step approach to medico legal services

  • 1. You instruct HKA

  • 2. We arrange expert witness appointment

  • 3. Expert witness produces psychological/orthopaedic report

  • 4. We send you the psychological/orthopaedic report

HKA Process and Benefits

The HKA Charter

Serving you, serving justice

HKA understands the time pressures and personal concerns involved in the medico legal process. Our highly trained in-house staff, independent expert psychologists and orthopaedic surgeons are dedicated to streamlined service and high-quality psychological and orthopaedic assessments, helping solicitors, agencies and individuals towards the right result.

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The HKA Quality Guarantee

  • A dynamic in-house staff of 26, dedicated to personal service
  • Medico legal instructions processed in-house within 24 hours
  • Clinical psychologist and orthopaedic appointments confirmed within five days
  • Clients typically seen by expert witness within 4-6 weeks of instruction
  • Select an independent expert witness from our register of 42 experts
  • Experts assessments performed at 130 UK clinics in England and Wales.
  • Every clinical psychologist held to the highest HCPC/BPS standards
  • Our orthopaedic surgeon held to the highest GMC standards
  • Orthopaedic and psychological reports delivered two weeks after appointment

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