Dr Fitzpatrick has been a consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine since 2017. He works in a full-time NHS clinical role within the University Hospitals Liverpool group.
Dr Fitzpatrick graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2007 and completed specialist training in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine in the Northwest of England. He has worked as a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at Liverpool University Hospitals since 2017.
Dr Fitzpatrick has significant senior leadership experience within the NHS, having held posts as both Divisional Medical Director with responsibility for pain services and as a Clinical Lead. He has extensive expertise in the assessment and management of a wide range of pain conditions, including back pain, sciatica, chronic primary pain, complex regional pain syndrome, chronic abdominal pain, alongside chronic post-surgical and post-traumatic pain. He has a subspecialist interest in the management of chronic pancreatitis and chronic abdominal pain.
He has given presentations at national conferences including Royal College of Anaesthetics, British Geriatrics Society. He has also given presentations in a medicolegal capacity for university hospital legal learning day and for Solicitors firm.
He is known for his approachable manner, diligence, and excellent communication skills, ensuring a clear and professional service.
Dr Graeme Fitzpatrick’s recent Insights article, Catastrophisation, ACEs, and ‘Disproportionate’ Pain: Rethinking Credibility in Chronic Pain Claims, examines how catastrophisation and adverse childhood experiences can produce pain presentations that appear disproportionate to injury findings without any implication of dishonesty.
In Imaging, Surgery and Analgesia as Poor Proxies for Pain Severity, he examines why scan findings, surgical outcomes and medication use each fail as standalone measures of pain severity in contested claims.
His article Cauda Equina Syndrome and Delayed Diagnosis: Medico-Legal Considerations sets out why CES is so frequently missed on atypical presentation, and why breach and causation must be tested as separate questions in delayed-diagnosis claims.
Our chambers team will review your instruction, and connect you with the consultant pain expert. We’ll arrange a short call to agree scope, timelines, and fees from the outset – so the evidence is first-time-right and compliant with CPR Part 35.
Every enquiry is handled in confidence and in line with GDPR.
Our chambers team will review your instruction, and connect you with the consultant pain expert. We’ll arrange a short call to agree scope, timelines, and fees from the outset – so the evidence is first-time-right and compliant with CPR Part 35.
Every enquiry is handled in confidence and in line with GDPR.