Consultant in Emergency Medicine
FRCEM, PhD, MRCS, DRCOG, MB ChB, BSc.
London & South East England
Dr Benjamin Bloom is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, with current senior clinical practice in a major acute Emergency Department and major trauma centre. He has been a Consultant since 2015. His clinical work includes assessment and management of the full range of emergency presentations, including major trauma, head injury and traumatic brain injury, sepsis, shock, chest pain, acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary embolism, abdominal pain, musculoskeletal injury, acute infection, clinical deterioration, resuscitation, emergency diagnostics, risk assessment, triage, escalation, admission and discharge decision-making.
Dr Bloom has prepared more than 40 SFR2 / MG22C reports and has completed Bond Solon expert witness report writing training. He accepts medico-legal instructions within his competence as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine, including criminal injury reports, personal injury, clinical negligence, inquest and coronial matters, Emergency Department standard of care, breach of duty, causation, condition and prognosis, delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment, triage, escalation, clinical deterioration, resuscitation and emergency department systems.
His wider experience includes roles as Emergency Department Clinical Governance Lead, Emergency Department Sepsis Lead, Research Lead for the Emergency Departments at Barts Health NHS Trust, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, Associate Editor of the European Journal of Emergency Medicine, and former national Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Advisor to NHS England. His PhD and research profile are in traumatic brain injury, emergency care data, population health, emergency diagnostics and Emergency Department systems.
Dr Bloom provides independent, objective opinion for legal audiences and does not act as an advocate for any party.
Bond Solon Expert Witness Report Writing training. ATLS and ALS instructor.
GMC Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine.
