Mr. Shaishav Bhagat F.R.C.S. (T&O) M.B.B.S., M.S. Orthopaedics, MRCS, FRCS (T&O), Eurospine Diplomate
Mr. Shaishav Bhagat is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the prestigious Ipswich Spinal Unit, Ipswich Hospital NHS trust (ESNEFT) and affiliated with the Nuffield Hospital, Ipswich, the Oaks Hospital, Colchester, and Pheonix Hospital, Chelmsford.
Mr. Bhagat’s primary expertise is in general Orthopaedics and Trauma, and he has special interest and extensive training in Spinal surgery. He underwent specialist fellowship training in the field of Spinal surgery at the centres of excellence like Cambridge, Cardiff and Norwich. He obtained further experience in various centres in Europe and India. His entire practice is now dedicated to the care of patients with Spinal disorders. He has extensive experience of dealing with a wide variety of Spinal conditions and often provides second opinion and medical reports. Mr Bhagat receives instructions from both claimants and defendants. Mr.Bhagat receives instructions from several national level personal injury law firms and agencies with regards to complex Spinal injuries cases. He enjoys working directly with local solicitors whenever possible.
Appointments are routinely offered within 1-2 weeks of instruction and can be accommodated sooner based on urgency. Expert reports are typically produced within 10 days depending on the complexity.
Mr. Bhagat has published a number of peer reviewed articles on various topics within the field of Trauma and Orthopaedics. His publications in European Spine Journal have been cited by a number of authors. He is currently a principle investigator for global multi centre study on minimally invasive techniques of lumbar spine fusion. He has been involved in preparation of a number of medico-legal reports relating to personal injury. He is experienced in providing opinion on complex spinal problems.
He has received extensive training in preparing medico-legal reports at Bond Solon courses. He is able to see clients at the Nuffield Hospital, Ipswich, the Oaks Hospital in Colchester and Pheonix Hospital, Chelmsford. The contact details of the secretaries are as under. Please note that if you are sending any information regarding the client in the form of a CD or hard copy of paperwork, than it must be sent to the Nuffield Hospital, Ipswich.
Mr. Shaishav Bhagat Email for medicolegal work: [email protected]
Nuffield Hospital, Foxhall road, Ipswich, IP4 5SW Nuffield – Secretary: Lynn Jones, Contact: 01473 279146, [email protected]
Oaks Hospital 120, Mile end road, Mile end, Colchester, CO4 5XR – Secretary: Laura Houghton, Contact: 07908447568, [email protected]
Pheonix Hospital W Hanningfield Rd, Great Baddow, Chelmsford CM2 8FR – Secretary: Laura Houghton, Contact: 07908447568, [email protected]
Medico-Legal Experience
- Mr Shaishav Bhagat is an Orthopaedics and Trauma Consultant with a special interest in spinal surgery. He is an Expert Witness with Bond Solon training and is instructed by Claimants and Defendants on cases of personal injury and clinical negligence.
- Mr Bhagat has been a medicolegal expert for 10 years and his ratio relating to reports are (PI 50%, Clinical Negligence 35% and Serious/Catastrophic Injury 25%). He has undertaken over 500 cases for both Claimant and Defendant.
- Dr Bhagat is experienced in all spinal conditions relating to:
- Cases relating to Clinical Negligence:
- MIS: Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery (keyhole surgery) including tubular discectomies and decompressions, fusions and stabilisation for Trauma and Tumours
- Adult spinal deformity (Scoliosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spondylosis and Kyphosis)
- Full range of discectomies, microsurgery and decompressions
- Disc replacements
- Disc extrusion/prolapse/herniation
- Lumbar, cervical and thoracic fusions
- Fusionless stabilisation
- Injections (nerve root blocks, facet injections, caudal epidurals)
- Spinal infection
- Spinal tumours
- Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty
- Nerve root compression/irritation
- Foot numbness/foot drop
- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- Cases relating to personal injury:
- Whiplash related injury (soft tissue injury)
- Accident at work (crush injury (back/leg/neck)/strain)) repetitive stress injury
- Pain relating to: Back, neck, arm(s) Chronic pain, Radicular pain, Complex spinal pain, Coccygeal pain
- Sciatica
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative signal change
- Cases relating to paediatrics
- Paediatric injury/spinal deformity
- Spinal surgery
- Second opinion
- Nerve pain
- Fractures
- Cases relating to Clinical Negligence:
Clinical Experience
- Dr Bhagat is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the prestigious Ipswich Spinal Unit, Ipswich Hospital NHS trust and is affiliated with the Nuffield Hospital, Ipswich and the Oaks Hospital, Colchester. He is highly experienced in all spinal conditions and has pioneered minimally invasive tubular lumbar discectomy and decompression, XLIF (extreme lateral interbody fusion) and scoliosis service.
- Furthermore, he has been extensively published in international journals such as European Spine Journal and he enjoys teaching and training medical students, registrars and para-medical staff.
- Four single-use guest passes per year
