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Dr Claxton’s holds the Cardiff University Bond Solon (CUBS) Expert Witness Civil Certificate (2021), and has successfully completed the ‘Pain Experts’ course, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the Civil Procedure Rules Part 35, further solidifying his credentials in the expert witness field.
Over the past four years, Dr Claxton has diligently handled over 300 reports, encompassing a diverse range of personal injury and medical negligence scenarios, accepting instructions for claimant, defendant and joint report cases, and offering a responsive, timely, and forensic approach to his medical reports.
Throughout his time as an expert witness, Dr Claxton has completed approximately 70 clinical negligence related reports annually, looking at breach of duty, condition and prognosis, causation and liability. His scope of expertise extends across various facets of adult chronic pain management, encompassing conditions such as chronic pain syndromes, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), spinal pain, and musculoskeletal pain presentations. His wealth of experience positions him as a sought after authority for opinion on medical negligence within chronic pain management and personal injury cases.
Dr Claxton has experience in Court and has been praised in judgements whereby he has excelled in his opinion, forensic and evidentiary report writing.
Dr Claxton has extensive experience in cases associated with:
Personal injury relating to:
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Specific cases relating to pain:
Dr Claxton’s appointment availability is from 2-4 weeks and he has a report turnaround time of 4-6 weeks.
Dr Claxton is a highly experienced and respected Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine. He graduated from Aberdeen University Medical School in 1994 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1999. His academic achievements include his Masters in Medical Science in 2002 and he was awarded Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine in 2014.
Since 2002 Dr Claxton held a consultant post at Bradford NHS Trust initially specialising in anaesthesia and later expanding his practice to include pain management in 2014. Within the NHS his practice has involved four outpatient clinics and two theatre based interventional procedure lists per month, alongside two consultant delivered sessions for acute pain management. In the private sector he offers comprehensive pain management services, conducting four outpatient clinics and four theatre lists monthly.
Dr Claxton has extensive expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of chronic pain conditions, including back pain, sciatica, whiplash, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and pain following trauma or surgery. He has a particular interest in knee pain and is highly skilled in neuromodulation techniques, including the implantation of spinal cord stimulators for patients with persistent pain following spinal surgery in accordance with NICE guidance.
In addition to his clinical work Dr Claxton is committed to medical education and training. He serves as an educational supervisor and clinically supervises advanced pain trainees. His previous leadership roles include Foundation Training Programme Director, Associate Postgraduate Dean, Interim Deputy Postgraduate Dean and Head of School for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Health Education England in Yorkshire and the Humber. He also served as Clinical Lead for Pain Services at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for five years.
Dr Claxton continues to be active in professional education and regularly contributes to conferences and training initiatives in anaesthesia and pain medicine.
Yes, Dr Claxton is happy to take on these cases.
Dr Claxton does 50+ serious/complex injury cases per annum.
Yes, if there is a pain component to their presentation in addition to their FND.
Yes, Dr Claxton sees these patients regularly in his NHS and private clinics.
No, Dr Claxton cannot help with this case.
Alveolar recruitment strategy improves arterial oxygenation after cardiopulmonary bypass, March 2003, Anaesthesia 58(2):111-6, DOI:10.1186/cc1438, Source – PubMed.
No response to trigger agents in a malignant hyperthermia-susceptible patient, July 2002, BJA British Journal of Anaesthesia 88(6):870-3, DOI:10.1093/bja/88.6.870, Source – PubMed.
1115-1200 Dr Bret Claxton, Chronic Back Pain – NICE guidelines.
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