Medicolegal Plastic Surgeon Lancaster

Richard Wain – Medicolegal Plastic Surgeon Lancaster

Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

MBChB MRCS(Eng.) MSc PGCert FRCS(Plast.) PhD

Clinical information

Mr Richard Wain, FRCS(Plast.) PhD

Mr Wain completed his medical degree at the University of Manchester in 2006. Since then, Mr Wain has trained across the North of England in several of the regions prestigious Plastic Surgery Units. He completed his Plastic Surgery Training in 2021 and is on the GMC Specialist Register. Mr Wain also completed Specialist Fellowships in Mohs Micrographic Surgery in Liverpool, and Sarcoma & Lower Limb Microsurgery in Leeds. Mr Wain also completed an Aesthetics placement during training, to acquire specialist experience in a range of aesthetic surgeries.

Mr Wain now works as a Substantive Consultant at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he established the first Plastics Mohs Surgery unit in Lancashire & South Cumbria. Mr Wain is the Chair of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Mohs Specialist Interest and Advisory group, and a member of the British Society for Mohs Surgery. He forms part of the Regional Sarcoma Service and is the Trust Specialty Training Lead for Plastic Surgery Trainees. Mr Wain also has a longstanding interest in research within plastic surgery.

Medicolegal Experience

Mr Wain is a medicolegal plastic surgeon in Lancaster. Mr Wain offers medicolegal examinations in Lancaster regularly holding clinics at this location. From 2022, Mr Wain commenced Medico-legal report writing and provides plastic surgery opinion on Personal Injury matters. Mr Wain also became an affiliate member of the Expert Witness Institute in 2026. As a medicolegal Expert Witness, Mr Wain provides CPR compliant medical reports in Personal Injury cases. He has also completed the Bond Solon Excellence in Report Writing and Courtroom Skills, as part of his Expert Witness training. Working within the NHS as a plastic surgeon, Mr Wain is mindful of the impact which skin disfigurements and scarring can have on patients and their lives. He understands that certain scars may be suitable for surgical intervention, whilst certain injuries and scarring require non-surgical scar management, which may also be recommended in a plastic surgery medicolegal report.

Duties – Medicolegal Plastic Surgeon Lancaster

A Plastic Surgeon Expert Witness, Mr Wain has an overriding Duty to the Court: Evidence must be objective, unbiased, and uninfluenced by the pressures of litigation. Duties include document review, a clinical examination, to conduct physical or psychological assessments of the claimant to evaluate the extent of injuries, prognosis and future care needs, if applicable. As a medicolegal plastic surgeon, Mr Wain can receive requests to attend Conferences and provide Testimony and to participate in joint discussions with opposing experts to narrow down issues. He may also be asked to attend court or tribunals to provide oral testimony under cross-examination. The duties include supplying impartial, evidence-based opinions on medical issues to assist the Court in understanding complex plastic surgery cases, such as those involving injury or cosmetic procedures.

Responsibilities – Medicolegal Plastic Surgeon Lancaster

• Undertake Medicolegal l examinations, performing medical examinations on the claimant to assess injuries sustained
• Supply Plastic Surgeon opinion and prognosis in the form of a CPR report

• Remain within plastic surgery expertise, providing opinions on matters that fall within their specialized area as a Plastic Surgeon
• Liaise with legal teams, including Solicitors and Barristers to guide and assist them in understanding the medical aspects of injuries and the case
• Provide testimony if summoned and to appear in Court to provide evidence, explain their expert opinion and possibly to be cross-examined.
• Follow an evidence-based approach, basing opinions on approved medical practice and scientific evidence

Mr Wain – Expertise

Mr Richard medicolegal plastic surgeon Lancaster wain has expertise in the following subjects:

General plastic surgery, burns, scar revision surgery, facial plastic surgery, Mohs micrographic surgery, reconstructive surgery, sarcoma surgery, skin cancer, skin trauma. Mr also Wain manages hand injuries routinely in his practice and regularly provides medicolegal reports on hand injuries.

Clinical interests

An interest in reconstructive surgery for oncological and traumatic defects.

Memberships & Professional bodies

• General Medical Council (GMC)
• Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS)
• British Association of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)
• British Sarcoma Group (BSG)
• BAPRAS Mohs Specialist Interest and Advisory Group
• BAPRAS Sarcoma Specialist Interest and Advisory Group
• Expert Witness Institute (EWI) 

Medicolegal examinations – Lancaster

Mr Wain offers Medicolegal examination in Lancaster, which offers an accessible examination venue location to patients in Lancaster, south Cumbria and Scotland.  Mr Wain is happy to accept instructions from Solicitor, Medico-legal agencies and Insurance companies.

Examination locations

Medicolegal examinations are available in Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester.

LOCATIONS: Bolton | Lancaster | Warrington | Wigan

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