Video Consultations

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

  • Video consultations are more cost effective, convenient for Claimants 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 below fact sheet).
  • Dr Neal has been successfully conducting telepsychiatry assessments on his private patients for the past 7 years.

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 admin@leighneal.co.uk  or telephone 01453 839309.

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