Mr Alex Swanton

I am a Consultant Gynaecologist at The Royal Berkshire NHS Hospital Trust, specialising in Reproductive Medicine and Laparoscopic Surgery for benign conditions. In my primary role, I have held the position of Medical Lead for Gynaecology for five years, along with seven years as the Clinical Governance Lead. I have a busy surgical practice both in the NHS and independent sector. Additionally, I am a Director of TFP Thames Valley Fertility, a busy IVF clinic seeing both NHS and private patients. I earned a Doctorate of Medicine in 2010 and became Fellow of The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 2015. I am involved in teaching and supervising medical students, Foundation Year Doctors and Specialist Gynaecology Trainees.

Medico-legal Training
• I attended Inspire MediLaw’s two-day Expert Witness Training which is accredited by the Royal Society of Medicine and covered:
- Expert Evidence: The law and practice
- Report Writing
- The process of a claim
- Data protection for medico-legal experts
- GMC workshop on ‘Acting as a witness in legal proceedings’
- Addressing the legal issues – breach of duty, causation, condition and prognosis, medical advice and consent
- The use of evidence in giving evidence
- Understanding the language lawyers use
- Expert Witness meetings – discussion of experts, joint meetings and conference with Counsel
- Court room skills

UCL and Oxford Deanery

MediLaw’s Expert Witness Training