Medico Legal Reports
Milligan & Hill recognise that may be some reluctance on the part of lawyers to depart from established practices of always seeking a medico legal report from an Orthopaedic Surgeon or on occasions a GP. However, Chartered Physiotherapists are fully qualified to produce medico-legal reports on clients’ injuries and in many cases are in a stronger position to do so (see scope of conditions listed above under Physiotherapy Treatment).
Physiotherapists see a great deal of soft tissue and musculo-skeletal injuries and generally spend more time with the patient than many other health professionals.
Reports produced by Milligan & Hill physiotherapists are comprehensive, including history, examination, prognosis and treatment regime recommendations, and can cover the following aspects of a patient’s injury:
- The normality/abnormality of the locomotor system
- The degree of functional disability of a patient, and the expected prognosis with particular reference to work and leisure activities
- How this has changed, and is likely to change in the future, as a result of rehabilitation
- Whether further rehabilitation would be likely to have a positive effect
- Where relevant, the degree of pain currently being suffered and likely to be suffered during the rehabilitation programme
- The amount of time and effort that the patient is having to devote to the recovery programme
Our usual practice would be to see your client within one week of receiving instructions and to produce a report within two weeks after that.
Medico-legal reports from Milligan & Hill are a cost-effective option compared to reports from other experts and would be charged at £200 per report.
We would be willing for the charges for this service to be held over until completion of the case subject to regular communication regarding the progress of case being maintained. |
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