Elizabeth Thomas
Healthcare litigation, healthcare advisory, Hempsons
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Work Department
Healthcare Litigation, Healthcare Advisory
Position
Elizabeth is in the main a litigator with broad experience of advising NHS trusts, NHS Resolution and MDOs on complex and high value clinical negligence matters. Elizabeth is the firm lead for assisting Trusts and NHS Resolution in the Early Notification Scheme initiative and had a key role in setting up the firm’s Covid-19 portal in response to the recent pandemic.Aside from litigation, Elizabeth works with individual healthcare professionals, students and Royal Colleges in regulatory and advisory matters.
While being part of the London office, Elizabeth has worked remotely for the past six years gaining experience that has been called upon in the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. She is based in the Channel Islands.
Elizabeth has an academic background in healthcare ethics having studied it at Yale University, during her Masters degree at Manchester University and during her undergraduate degree at Cambridge University. She is an active member of Guernsey’s Princess Elizabeth Hospital Ethics Committee as well as being a Trustee of the UK Clinical Ethics Network.
Elizabeth’s undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences (Pembroke College) Cambridge enables her to get to grips with the science of healthcare claims and to relate to the professionals she advises and supports.
Elizabeth is married to a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and has two sons.
Education
Elizabeth’s undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences (Pembroke College) Cambridge enables her to get to grips with the science of healthcare claims and to relate to the professionals she advises and supports.