Dr Pravir Sharma

My Mental Health Care, which operates alongside Sutton Medical Consulting, is the medico-legal and clinical practice of Dr Pravir Sharma, a Consultant Psychiatrist based in the United Kingdom. The practice has been named Clinical Negligence Report Provider of the Year in the United Kingdom at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, recognising the quality and reliability of the psychiatric reports Dr Sharma prepares for use in legal proceedings.

Dr Sharma is a well-credentialed psychiatrist, holding MBBS, MSc and DPM qualifications and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and he is an approved doctor under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act. With more than seventeen years of consultant experience in the National Health Service, he brings substantial clinical authority to his medico-legal work, ensuring that the opinions set out in his reports are grounded in extensive frontline practice as well as formal expertise.

At the heart of the award is Dr Sharma's provision of clinical negligence and expert witness reports. His medico-legal instructions span a wide range of matters, including road traffic and workplace accidents, employment tribunal reports, and assessments of mental capacity for the Court of Protection and in connection with powers of attorney. He also undertakes testamentary capacity assessments, evaluations of fitness to plead or stand trial, and reports in the immigration and asylum context, offering solicitors and courts a single source of carefully reasoned psychiatric opinion across a broad spectrum of cases.

Clinical negligence reporting in psychiatry demands both rigorous clinical judgement and a clear understanding of the standards expected of an expert witness. Reports must be objective, thorough and capable of withstanding scrutiny, while remaining accessible to the lawyers and courts that rely upon them. Dr Sharma's combination of long NHS consultant experience and recognised academic and professional qualifications equips him to meet those demands, providing instructing parties with reports they can depend on in high-stakes proceedings. Psychiatric evidence often plays a decisive role in litigation, whether the question is the psychological impact of an accident, a person's capacity to make decisions or manage their affairs, or their fitness to take part in legal proceedings. The reliability of such evidence depends heavily on the standing and objectivity of the expert providing it, and courts place great weight on the experience, qualifications and independence of the reporting clinician. Dr Sharma's long service as an NHS consultant, together with his approval under the Mental Health Act and his standing within the Royal College of Psychiatrists, gives instructing solicitors confidence in the authority of his opinion across a wide spectrum of cases.

Beyond his medico-legal work, Dr Sharma's clinical expertise includes old age psychiatry, the diagnosis and management of dementia, the treatment of depression and comprehensive psychiatric assessment, offered through a holistic, individualised approach developed in partnership with patients and their doctors. That clinical foundation informs and strengthens his expert reporting. His recognition as Clinical Negligence Report Provider of the Year in the United Kingdom at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 reflects the trust that the legal profession places in his psychiatric reports and in the standards he maintains across his medico-legal practice.