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An useful article I discovered in August 2008’s copy of OTC was about a seminar given by Elizabeth Waterman from Jacqueline Webb and Company’s, about an introduction to different ways of working outside of the Statutory sector. For those of us practicing in the medico-legal field for Clinical Negligence Claims UK, Ms Waterman gave some extremely helpful information on improving report writing skills which are fundamental to this specialist field.

The company basically provides a service to solicitors and insurers and uses the assessment skills of its therapists to consider individuals who have been injured through no fault of their own and are claiming compensation. The holistic assessment encompasses past and future care needs, transport, equipment and housing needs.

What I found interesting about the seminar was that it looked at the course of action from the initial assessment of the injured individual through to being an expert witness at court.

Delegates were asked to take every chance to refine their report writing skills by looking for chances to practise and build up a professional written style, as extensive detailed reports need to be both factually correct as well as an interesting read. The main points flagged up by the seminar were logical presentation, use of language, structuring of the report and professional approach. If you would like to download the A-Z of report writing that was designed expressly for the seminar you can get it from Jacqueline Webb and Co’s website along with other fascinating facts about the consultancy role