Ms. Ruth Mason

Ruth Mason

Ruth Mason is as Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Worthing Hospital and has special expertise in Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal medicine. She undertook registrar training in the Wessex Deanery before joining Western Sussex as Consultant Obstetrician and Labour Ward Lead in 2010.

Ruth started preparing medico-legal reports for PMS in 2016 and has prepared 80 reports on clinical negligence in Obstetrics, as well as giving evidence in court on 5 occasions. She currently prepares 60 reports per year, including coroner’s inquests and fitness to practise cases.

She has specific experience working as an expert witness for HM Coroner in Surrey on a series of cases of Neonatal deaths which have all involved appearances in the Coroners Court to give evidence.

She reviewed all the recent maternity protocols in order to obtain CNST Level 3 in 2013. The maternity unit was also designated "outstanding" by the CQC.

Ruth has extensive experience of root cause analysis of patient safety incident in the maternity unit as well as preparing serious untoward incident reports. Her main interests are in complex pregnancies and the management of labouring mums. Ruth also runs the specialist multiple-birth clinic in Worthing and also looks after mums with significant mental health illnesses during their pregnancies.

View Ruth’s CV here

Bond Solon Expert Witness Training completed 2017 Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate

G.M.C. Registration No. 4325480 Revalidation - March 2021 Medical Defence Union BMFMS – British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society BSPOGA – British Society Psychosomatic Obstetrics Gynaecology & Andrology (Executive Committee Member)