Pain management: assessment, diagnosis & prognosis of all pain syndromes • Pain following injury • Work-related pain disorders • Persistent & unexplained pain • Pain management programmes • Complications of analgesic management • Postoperative nerve problems • Chronic pain syndromes • Myofascial pain syndromes • Fibromyalgia • Pain in terminal disease • Spinal cord stimulation • Anaesthesia: general & regional anaesthesia • Epidural & spinal injections • Complications of postoperative analgesia • Acute pain & its consequences • Complex...

Anaesthesia • Obstetric anaesthesia • Labour analgesia • Awareness under anaesthesia • Regional anaesthesia • Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery • Anaesthesia for spinal surgery • Emergency anaesthesia • Anaesthesia for airway surgery and other ENT procedures • Anaesthesia for lung surgery • Anaesthesia for gynaecological surgery • Anaesthesia for general surgery • Cell salvage and blood conservation during surgery • Clinical negligence • Ethical issues with COVID • Clinical governance and management of adverse events

Dr Ashworth administers cardiothoracic anaesthesia, anaesthesia for heart and lung transplantation, and general and regional anaesthesia. He also administers care to the critically ill, including life support, invasive monitoring techniques, resuscitation and end-of-life care. He has a special interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).

Intensive care medicine: • Particular interests: • General intensive care • Acute kidney injury • Sepsis • Prescribing in intensive care medicine • Trauma • Airway care • Metabolic and endocrine disorders • Cardiovascular optimisation Anaesthesia: • Particular interests: • Anaesthesia for breast surgery • Breast reconstructive surgery • Endocrine surgery, orthopaedics and trauma • Emergency surgery and pre-operative assessment • Clinical ethics Please contact by email in first instance Correspondence address: Bronte House, Rock Road,...

Obstetric anaesthesia & analgesia • Complications of epidural & spinal techniques • Anaesthesia for plastic & cosmetic surgery • Hypotensive anaesthesia • Risk management

Consultant in pain management and anaesthesia since 2004. Current NHS practice including a multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach to pain management and general and regional anaesthesia for surgery, trauma and orthopaedics. Preparing 100 reports per year since 2018, 70% claimant. Feedback from advocates and solicitors quoted on website. Interests in chronic pain following injury and operation, functional, somatoform and psychological pain conditions, CRPS and fibromyalgia.

Dr Cain has specialist clinical interests in the following areas: • Critical care medicine • Anaesthesia • Sepsis • Perioperative medicine • Echocardiography • Intubation • Line insertion • Bronchoscopy • Percutaneous tracheostomy • Organ donation • End of life care • Infection control • Transfer medicine • Airway management

Anaesthesia administration & monitoring • General anaesthesia for surgery • Regional anaesthesia techniques • Sedation for medical procedures • Perioperative pain management • Management of anaesthetic complications • Critical care medicine & intensive care units (ICU) • Anaesthetic management in special populations (e.g. paediatrics, geriatrics) • Anaesthetic pharmacology & drug interactions All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

Anaesthesia and critical care medicine • Cardiac anaesthesia • Emergency medicine • NHS cases All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

Intensive care • Anaesthesia • Critical care • Pain medicine All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

Anaesthesia • Critical care medicine • Major trauma • Emergency medicine • Orthopaedics and trauma anaesthesia • Penetrating trauma All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

Anaesthesia for all surgical procedures except cardiac surgery & obstetrics • Airway management & intubation • Resuscitation • Awareness • Anaphylaxis • Preoperative assessment • Postoperative care & complications • Cardiac arrest • Spinal/epidural & regional anaesthesia • Nerve blocks • Anaesthetic equipment & monitoring • Central venous catheterisation • Arterial cannulae • Management of haemorrhage • Human factors in anaesthesia

Anaesthesia (general, spinal, epidural & local) • Awareness during anaesthesia • Injury & complications during anaesthesia • Patient safety • Problems with tracheal intubation • Pre-operative assessment & preparation • Post-operative care & complications • Medical negligence involving anaesthesia • Research involving anaesthesia • Anaesthetic equipment • Regional (nerve block) anaesthesia • Nerve injuries in the perioperative period • Allergic reactions during anaesthesia • Standard of care in anaesthesia

General anaesthesia • Cardiac anaesthesia • Critical care medicine • Peri-operative care • Peri-operative risk management

Personal injury • Chronic pain • Whiplash-associated disorder • Whiplash injury • Medical negligence • CRPS • Widespread pain • Back pain • Neck pain • Spinal pain • Surgical pain • Fibromyalgia • Pelvic pain • Nerve pain

Pain management & assessment following injury • Interventional techniques: epidural steroid injections; neurolytic blockade; radio frequency lesioning; cryotherapy; intrathecal drug delivery systems; dorsal column stimulation • Regional anaesthesia: epidural; spinal; peripheral nerve; plexus blockade • General anaesthesia: total intravenous & inhalational (excluding specialist paediatric & cardiac anaesthesia) • Clinical negligence Also consulting at: 25 Harley Street, London , W1G 9QY. Tel: 020 7079 2100