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Mr David Machin
MB ChB (Hons), FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, fellowship-trained foot and ankle sub-specialist
- Based in
- Chester, United Kingdom (travels nationwide)
- Has reported on
- Personal injury claims
Clinical negligence claims
Serious and complex high-value injuries
Biography
Mr David Machin is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon and fellowship-trained foot and ankle sub-specialist at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He takes part in the unselected orthopaedic on-call take and runs a fracture clinic with a predominance of complex foot and ankle trauma, alongside a weekly sub-specialist foot and ankle clinic. His foot and ankle practice covers fractures of every level of complexity, crush, tendon and ligament injuries, deformity and flat foot or cavus reconstruction, arthritis, and diabetic and rheumatoid foot and ankle disease.
From 2014 to 2023 he was a consultant at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he was Orthopaedic Trauma Lead, Clinical Director of Orthopaedics and then Associate Medical Director for the Surgery & Cancer division, and founded a senior foot and ankle fellowship. He graduated with honours from the University of Liverpool in 2003, trained in trauma and orthopaedics on the Mersey rotation, was awarded the FRCS (Tr & Orth) in 2012 and completed a senior fellowship in complex foot and ankle trauma and reconstruction at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals. He also practises privately at the Spire Yale, Spire Abergele, Grosvenor Nuffield and Grange Clinic in Chester.
Areas of expertise
- Foot and ankle fractures of all levels of complexity
- Crush, tendon and ligament injuries of the foot and ankle
- General orthopaedic trauma: upper and lower limb
- Soft tissue injuries to the spine
- Foot and ankle deformity and reconstruction
- Diabetic and rheumatoid foot and ankle
Typical instructions
- Foot and ankle clinical negligence claims
- Standard and complex foot and ankle injury claims
- Serious and high-value orthopaedic injuries
- Upper and lower limb fractures and soft tissue injuries
Expert witness experience
Mr Machin has been an orthopaedic medico-legal expert since 2013 and has produced more than 3,700 reports for personal injury cases. He currently prepares around 100 personal injury and negligence reports a year, about half of them on serious or complex high-value injuries, and welcomes instructions from claimants and defendants. He has attended court as an orthopaedic expert witness. He sees clients across the North West, the Midlands, Wales and Scotland, travels nationwide or abroad, and will see clients at home or in prison.
Qualifications
- MB ChB with Honours, University of Liverpool (2003)
- MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2006)
- FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) (2012)
- Senior fellowship in complex foot and ankle trauma and reconstruction, Wirral (2013-2014)
Registration and memberships
- General Medical Council, full registration (GMC 6070929)
- British Foot and Ankle Society
- European Foot and Ankle Society
- Merseyside Medico Legal Society
- UK Register of Expert Witnesses
- British Medical Association
FAQ
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Can Mr Machin see a client at home or in prison?
Yes. He is happy to see clients at home or on a prison visit, and travels nationwide.
Does Mr Machin owe a duty to the court?
Yes. Like every expert instructed through us, his overriding duty is to the court, not to the party paying for the report.
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