Markose v Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust

[2005] Lloyd's Rep Med 334

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and His Honour Judge HARRIS

Spinal surgery — Option of conservative treatment — Extent to which options required to be discussed during consent procedure — Whether proper for consultant to recommend a particular course to the patient — Extent to which consultant must facilitate obtaining of a second opinion — Causation — Whether even assuming breach could be established, there was a causative link between surgery and neurological injury