Paediatric medico-legal reports

Condition and Prognosis Reports

We provide independent condition and prognosis reports describing a child’s current condition and their likely future. You see the expert’s CV before you instruct. The report is written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court. We act for instructing solicitors on either side.

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  • Same-working-day quotation
  • CVs before you instruct
  • An expert allocated within 48 hours
Claim contextPersonal injury, clinical negligence and family proceedings
Central questionThe child’s current condition and likely future
Report coversDiagnosis, current function, treatment to date, prognosis
ExpertsThe relevant paediatric specialist for the condition

Overview

What a condition and prognosis report is

A condition and prognosis report is a description of the child’s current condition and an evidence-based view of how it is expected to develop.

Paediatric records of the kind reviewed when describing a child's current condition and likely future
Condition and prognosis are assessed from the clinical records alongside the child’s treatment history to date.

Why it matters legally

When a condition and prognosis report is commissioned

It is commissioned in personal injury, clinical negligence and family proceedings, and often before quantum where the future picture drives value.

What the report covers

The ground a condition and prognosis report covers

Diagnosis The child’s diagnosis on the available evidence.
Current function How the condition affects the child now.
Treatment to date The care and treatment the child has received so far.
Prognosis The likely course, with the caveat that a child’s outcome may only become clear over time.

Who produces it

The relevant paediatric specialist for the condition

The report is produced by the relevant paediatric specialist for the condition. Depending on the case, that is a consultant paediatrician, a paediatric neurologist, a child and adolescent psychiatrist or a child psychologist.

Consultant paediatricians The overall clinical picture and prognosis. View experts Paediatric neurologists Neurological conditions and their trajectory. View experts Child and adolescent psychiatrists Mental health diagnosis, function and prognosis. View experts Child psychologists Cognitive, developmental and behavioural presentation. View experts

Where it is used

Claims that rely on this report

Condition and prognosis reports support autism, ADHD and neurodevelopmental conditions and child personal injury claims, and often precede a quantum, care and needs report where the future picture drives value.

Consultant paediatrician reviewing clinical records for an independent condition and prognosis report
Every report is written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court, for instructing solicitors on either side.

FAQ

Condition and prognosis reports: common questions

Where the outcome is not yet settled, the expert sets out the range and, if needed, recommends review at a later age.

Diagnosis, current function, treatment to date, and prognosis, with the caveat that a child’s outcome may only become clear over time.

In personal injury, clinical negligence and family proceedings, and often before quantum where the future picture drives value.

Yes. Where the parties agree, our experts can act as a single joint expert; otherwise as a party-appointed expert. Either way, the duty is to the court.

Within 48 hours of your enquiry, with the CV sent for review before you instruct.

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Autism, ADHD and neurodevelopmental conditions Child personal injury claims Quantum, care and needs reports Consultant paediatrician expert witnesses
Condition and prognosis reports

Instructing on a condition and prognosis report?

Send your case details and we will allocate the right specialist within 48 hours, with a same-working-day quotation and the CV before you instruct.

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