Video Consultations

Dr Neal is now advocating the use of video consultations in medico-legal assessments for the following reasons:

• At the present time the coronavirus is making face to face consultations dangerous for patients and doctors.
• Video consultations are more cost effective, convenient for Claimant’s and easier to arrange.
• There is ample scientific evidence that telepsychiatry assessments are as reliable as face-to-face assessments and there is sufficient evidence of this to persuade a court (see the attached fact sheet).
• Dr Neal has been successfully conducting telepsychiatry assessments on his patients for the past 5 years.

In order to set up a video consultation we require the Claimant’s email address and telephone number (preferably a mobile number).

If you have any questions about video consultations please contact Dr Neal’s PA Louise Naylor at louise.naylor@btconnect.com  or telephone 01453 839309

Please download our fact sheet on the evidence for the reliability of tele-psychiatry assessments.