Dr Paul Sigston
MBChB FRCP(Edin) FRCA FFICM
Consultant in Anaesthetics & Intensive Care
Dr Paul Sigston is a consultant in both Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. He was appointed to a consultant position in Tunbridge Wells in 1998 and works in the NHS and also the private sector locally. He qualified from Edinburgh University in 1987 and underwent training in Medicine, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care in both adults and paediatric practice.
In addition to clinical practice, Dr Sigston has held a number of senior leadership positions including Medical Director and Responsible Officer and in addition sits as a Royal College Advisor on Consultant Interview Panels. In his many years of senior medical leadership position, Dr Sigston has widespread experience of managing clinical negligence issues, civil claims and coroner’s court hearings.
He is conversant with the workings of the legal system and the needs of various parties. He was heavily involved in the defence of a corporate manslaughter case involving the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: this case was successfully defended with a dismissal of the case by the judge (R v Dr Errol Cornish and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust).
Dr Sigston has successfully undertaken medico legal training with Bond Solon and can act on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert.
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