The Law Society of Scotland - Directory of Expert Witnesses entry for Mrs Sally-Ann Dickinson
 










 Mrs Sally-Ann Dickinson
 

Registered General Nurse
Briar House
5 St Giles Close
Holme
Peterborough
PE7 3QZ
Tel: 01487 830288
Email: sally@prizm.demon.co.uk

Specialist areas of work

MUSCULO-SKELETAL INJURY/DISEASES
  orthopaedics/fractures
  orthopaedic surgery
  spine/neck injury/surgery

NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERY
  head/brain/spinal cord disease/injury
  neurological problems

PAEDIATRICS/NEONATAL MEDICINE
  paediatric medicine
  neurodevelopmental disorders (paediatrics)
  child health (paediatrics)

SURGERY: OTHER SPECIALISATIONS
  general surgery
  accident/trauma surgery

PSYCHIATRY

PSYCHIATRY

PSYCHIATRY
  post-traumatic stress disorder (psychiatry)
  bereavement (psychiatry)
  personality disorders/psychoses
  violence/self harm/suicide
  epilepsy/automatism (psychiatry)

NURSING CARE SERVICES
  nursing management
  nursing competence
  children's nursing
  nursing home registration/inspection
  nursing home standards of care

DISABLED PEOPLE
  disability rights/discrimination
  blind/partially sighted people
  deaf/partially hearing people
  physically disabled people
  communication disability

PERSONAL INJURY/FATAL ACCIDENT
  personal injury causes
  road traffic accidents (personal injury)
  personal injury rehabilitation

COST OF INJURY/DISABILITY/DEATH
  care/housing/equipment requirements/costs
  care needs analysis/quantification
  personal care/housekeeping needs
  medical/nursing care requirements
  equipment requirements
  rehabilitation assessment/costing
  dependency assessment (support needs)
  rehabilitation in the home/community (care in the community)
  case management (disability)

Experience of
Personal injury, Giving evidence in court (as verified by referee)

Types of work - instructions/reports/court appearances
Average number of instructions per year: 200 plus
Number of reports in the last three years: 400 plus

Trained
In the legal aspects of report writing and giving evidence in court

Geographical areas of work
Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, worldwide

Professional qualifications and accredited experience
Registered General Nurse (1985)

Membership of other professional bodies
Royal College of Nursing

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Sally-Ann has specific skills in individual client assessment, co-ordination of care packages and multi-disciplinary liaison for client programmes.

She was a member of the Addenbrookes and Huntingdon School of Nursing examination board.

Sally-Ann has worked in senior management roles managing multi-disciplinary teams of up to 80 members.

Sally-Ann lectures at the International University of Nursing in clinical protocols, mental health needs and nursing care generally to licensure and registration standard.