Pulmonary embolus claims analysis

Beverley Ward MDU medico-legal adviser
Dr Beverley Ward and Dr Simon Watkin review MDU cases involving pulmonary embolus.
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The most common working diagnosis was of chest infection in almost one third of cases, followed by asthma or COPD.

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Dr Beverley Ward
Medico-legal adviser

Beverley is a former GP and has been a medico-legal adviser at the MDU since 2008. She provides advice and assistance to members of all specialties on ethical and legal matters arising from their care of patients.

Dr Simon Watkin
BSc Hon (Physiol.) MB ChB MD FRCP(UK) FRCP(Edin.)

Dr. Simon W Watkin is a consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine. He qualified in 1983 from the University of Liverpool and trained there, obtaining his MD Thesis in lung cancer research. In 1994 he was appointed as a consultant in respiratory medicine to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and was clinical director from 1995-2006 and deputy medical director from 2000. In 2008 he moved to the Borders General Hospital in Melrose and was head of medicine for five years. Having now retired from clinical practice, he is a member of the council and cases committee of the MDU and a non-executive director.