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What is independent?

Loyal followers of this blog (if any) must surely have given up hope of another entry after more than a year of silence. I have continued to be fully occupied with my medicolegal practice and sitting on mental health tribunals: today is one of those rare occasions...

And here I am again

Yes, I know, it's been nearly 6 months since I last contributed. All I can say in my defence is that happily my medicolegal practice has continued to keep me busy. Since I last wrote my career has taken a rather unexpected turn: for reasons which are not clear even to...

Still here

So much for my good intentions, of keeping the blog up-to-date. But I have been fairly busy, so that's my excuse. Writing a blog has not been a high priority compared to preparing medicolegal reports, which sometimes have a tight timescale. And which often involve...

Welcome to Dr Lester Sireling’s Blog

At last I've truly arrived in the 21st century, with a blog of my own. As this is a professional website I will try to limit myself to posts relevant to this area. Readers will seek in vain for digressions into Gilbert and Sullivan, dining out, medical ethics and...

About the author

I am a Consultant Psychiatrist with several decades of experience in the NHS and the private sector. Because I have had consultant responsibility for inpatients and outpatients as well as for various multidisciplinary teams, I am able to provide psychiatric reports about adults regarding alleged clinical negligence in most mental health settings.

This website is intended to assist solicitors and coroners, as my practice is now exclusively medicolegal.

To discuss potential cases, to give instructions or for any queries please contact me. I try to respond within two working days.