Bolam and Bolitho standard

Question 1

Explain the Bolam/Bolitho standard

Answer 1

Did the doctor perform to a reasonable standard of care as expected of someone with a similar experience? –> Need to confer with a panel of medical experts

Issue: Bolam test is believed to demand too little by way of encouraging higher standards of care

Bolitho: Would the doctor have acted the same way if he/she was not allegedly negligent? (is the medical body of opinion based on sound logic?)