Clinical Advisory Board
A Clinical Advisory Board who support our experts and customers alike
Front and centre to ensuring clinical governance and quality runs seamlessly throughout the company are our in-house Clinical Advisory Board. The CAB are tasked with developing and promoting the vision, values and culture of clinical governance, quality, safety and clinical standards across the group. With the key focus to assist Speed Medical to achieve, maintain and improve upon clinical quality standards.
Made up of some of the most eminent and experienced medical experts in their field, our Clinical Advisory Board are a fundamental and integral part of Speed Medical. Created to support our panel of medical experts and customers, to advise and support us in the development of new services and arguably most importantly to promote clinical leadership and engagement in the continuous development and delivery of Speed Medical’s clinical governance strategy.
Meet our Clinical Advisory Board Members
Andrew V. Cuff
Consultant Physiotherapist
Andrew V. Cuff
Consultant Physiotherapist
DipMSKMed BSc (Hons) MSc DFSEM (UK) MMACP MCSP
Andrew has been a Consultant Physiotherapist since 2019 and is renowned nationally and internationally as an expert in the field of Musculoskeletal medicine. Alongside clinical practice, Andrew has consistently published research in the field and is regularly invited to present his work at national and international conferences.
Having held various leadership positions at regional, national, and international level within and outside the NHS, Andrew is well versed with the various tenants of good clinical governance. He previously sat on the board of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Rehabilitation (EUSSER) stepping down recently to instead join the Executive of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP).
With the patient at the centre of the journey and all decisions, his core focus is on always delivering best clinical practice guided by evidence.
Miriam Edwards
Head of Industry Learning and Development
Miriam Edwards
Head of Industry Learning and Development
Miriam joins us as Head of Industry Learning and Development and will also serve on our Clinical Advisory Board.
A former Partner at Slater & Gordon, Miriam brings exceptional experience in catastrophic injury, brain injury, chronic pain, and psychiatric injury cases. Her distinguished legal career included leading a team of catastrophic injury lawyers handling some of the most complex and high-value cases in the UK, including landmark cases that set important legal precedents.
Recognised in both The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, Miriam has also served as a Trustee and Company Secretary of Headway Hertfordshire, a member of the Vocational Rehabilitation Forum for the East of England, and one of only ten solicitors nationwide appointed by the Law Society as an Assessor for their Catastrophic Injury Accreditation Scheme.
Over the past decade, she has focused on supporting, training and mentoring expert witnesses, developing and delivering training programmes on all aspects of expert work, from report writing to joint statements and trial preparation.
Dr Nicholas Todd
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dr Nicholas Todd
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Nicholas is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years’ experience of medico-legal assessment of psychological injury in personal injury and clinical negligence claims. He is instructed by both claimants and defendants and has substantial experience in the preparation of CPR Part 35 compliant medico-legal reports. His work addresses the key medico-legal issues required by the Court, including diagnosis, causation, attribution, prognosis, the functional impact of psychological injury, and recommendations for treatment and rehabilitation. He has provided oral expert evidence on multiple occasions, including in the High Court, where the Judge described him as “A credible and impressive witness.” He has extensive experience in the assessment and diagnosis of trauma-related conditions, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) alongside pre-existing vulnerability and comorbidity.
In his substantive consultant post, he specialises in complex clinical presentations, including cases involving neurodevelopmental conditions such as Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), cooccurring with severe and enduring mental health problems.
In addition to his personal injury and clinical negligence work, Nicholas has a broader medico-legal practice spanning Criminal and Court of Protection proceedings. This includes the assessment of offending behaviour, risk, and mental capacity, particularly in cases involving neurological, neurodevelopmental and neurogenerative disorders, as well as severe and enduring mental health problems.
Professor Paul Marks
Neurosurgeon and Medico-Legal Expert
Professor Paul Marks
Neurosurgeon and Medico-Legal Expert
BA, LLM, MD, FRCS, FFFLM, FCS(ECSA), RCPathME
Professor Paul Marks brings extensive clinical, legal and medico-legal experience to Speed Medical’s Clinical Advisory Board, including more than 20 years’ experience as an expert witness in complex personal injury and clinical negligence cases.
Having completed more than 5,000 expert reports for the Court, Paul is routinely instructed by both Claimants and Defendants in cases of the utmost severity. He has extensive experience across all stages of the litigation process, including giving evidence at trial.
Professor Marks' clinical career spans more than 30 years in neurosurgery and includes positions in Cambridge, Auckland and Leeds. He has also held senior coronial positions and is Honorary Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Hull York Medical School.
Alongside his clinical and medico-legal work, Professor Marks has an extensive research and publication record, with more than 90 research papers and articles published throughout his career. He has a particular interest in cauda equina syndrome and is co-editor of Cauda Equina Syndrome – The Essentials for Doctors and Lawyers.
Professor Marks also has a long-standing commitment to ensuring expert evidence meets the highest standards and the requirements of the Court. His interest in peer mentoring and supporting new expert witnesses closely aligns with Speed Medical’s focus on quality, training and best practice across its expert panel.
