Guide to credit control for medical experts
Agreeing to clear payment terms is essential to establishing an effective credit control system and improving cash flow. In all…
Why asking the right questions of your MRO could save your organisation millions in a post-GDPR world
Almost a year on from the GDPR deadline, David Stothard, managing director of MAPS Medical Reporting and a former personal injury…
The importance of brain injury rehabilitation for your clients
Serious and catastrophic brain injuries will have immediate and long-lasting effects on an injured person and their family. If your…
A guide to medical evidence in clinical negligence cases
Successful medical or clinical negligence cases are made against doctors or other clinical practitioners who have negligently caused an injury…
Obtaining the best medical evidence to support serious and catastrophic injury claims
Serious and catastrophic injuries have immediate and long-lasting effects on the injured person and their family. If your client has…
GPs angered by medical record demands
In recent news, it has been revealed that General Practice (GP) surgeries are under pressure to produce and provide lawyers with…
Mesh claims and medical evidence
Hundreds of thousands of people have had a mesh implant in the UK. It is estimated that more than 100,000…
Communication is a two-way street: why doctors are encouraged to speak a language everyone can understand
Dr Bina Parmar, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Medical Adviser to MAPS Medical Reporting, discusses why doctors should change their communication…
Civil Liability Bill running a year behind schedule
The UK Government has announced that reforms to the Civil Liability Bill will be delayed from 2019 to April 2020, putting plans…
The Civil Liability Bill has systemic errors, warn medico legal reporting experts
On 27 June 2018, the Civil Liability Bill underwent its third reading in the House of Lords, meaning it has now been…
Why you should consider switching your medico-legal report supplier
David Stothard, managing director of MAPS Medical Reporting discusses why a review of your medico-legal supplier could save you money,…
A co-ordinated approach to the physical and mental consequences of chronic back pain
Across the world, millions of individuals are affected by chronic musculoskeletal back pain (defined as back pain that lasts longer…
Exercise can be used as an alternative to those in pain
The importance of physical activity to general health is well documented, but a new area of research provides insight into the…
MAPS publishes open letter to NHS medical records providers on the provision of medical records post-GDPR
MAPS Medical Reporting has published an open letter to provide an explanation of an issue that has recently been raised…
The need to research expert witnesses
Following consideration of the High Court’s decision in the case of Kimathi and others v Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Colm Nugent, barrister…