Dr Gerald CoakleyVerifiedFounding Member

I am a Consultant Rheumatologist. I have expertise in inflammatory rheumatic diseases including rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis and connective tissue diseases such as lupus, scleroderma, Sjögren's syndrome and myositis. I chaired the British Society for Rheumatology National Guideline group on the hot swollen joint including septic arthritis. I have had an interest in fibromyalgia and ME/ chronic fatigue syndrome for a number of years. In August 2007, I set up The Fatigue Clinic, at Keats House, London Bridge. My colleagues include occupational therapists and psychologists, and we offer treatment along the lines advocated by the 2021 NICE guidelines on management of ME/CFS. My role is to confirm or refute the diagnosis, and discuss therapeutic options. I have worked purely in private practice since September 2023, focussing on the management of ME/CFS. I have been assessing medicolegal personal injury cases since 2005, and currently assess slightly more defendants than claimants. I am happy to see claimants at my rooms in London, or where appropriate at the claimant’s home or a nearby hotel anywhere in GB for those unwilling or unable to travel to London, or by video where suitable. I have assessed over 600 personal injury cases affecting claimants with various sorts of inflammatory arthritis, as well as those relating to fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, spinal pain, post fracture pain and various other chronic pain syndromes, as well as ME/CFS Since 2019, I have been preparing clinical negligence medicolegal reports in the same areas as well as in septic arthritis. I prepare claimant / defendant / joint reports in a ratio of roughly 20/70/10.