Dr Idranil Dey

Dr Indranil Dey is a Consultant Paediatrician and expert witness at Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust, where he also serves as Lead Clinician in Paediatric Epilepsy and Neurology. His principal areas of clinical expertise include paediatric epilepsy, neurology, developmental paediatrics, child safeguarding and the assessment and management of complex acute and long-term neurological conditions affecting infants, children and young people.

In his current practice, Dr Dey assesses, diagnoses and manages children from birth to 18 years of age with a broad spectrum of paediatric and neurological disorders. He has particular expertise in complex epilepsy, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, infantile seizures, West syndrome, headaches, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, meningitis, encephalitis and developmental conditions, alongside a wide range of general paediatric presentations. He works closely with tertiary paediatric neurology services to deliver specialist care for children with complex neurological needs and comorbidities.

Dr Dey has extensive experience in child safeguarding and protection, regularly contributing to multi-agency safeguarding processes and the assessment of vulnerable children. His leadership roles include as a serving Training Programme Director for Paediatric training in South West England, NHS Champion for Supported return to training Programme, Trust International Medical Graduate Lead, Educational and Clinical Supervisor, and Paediatric Tutor, reflecting his commitment to clinical excellence, education and service development. This combination of specialist neurological expertise, acute paediatric practice and safeguarding experience enables him to provide authoritative clinical opinion across a diverse range of complex paediatric conditions while maintaining a patient-centred approach to care.

Dr Indranil Dey has undertaken medico-legal practice since 2025, providing independent expert opinions in clinical negligence and family proceedings involving children and young people. He prepares breach of duty, causation, and condition and prognosis reports, utilising his specialist expertise in paediatric epilepsy, neurology and general paediatrics. His medico-legal work frequently involves complex neurological disorders, including epilepsy, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury and developmental disorders.

The other areas are around child safeguarding, and the assessment of infants and children with acute and long-term conditions. In addition to his independent expert witness practice, Dr Dey has extensive experience preparing child safeguarding reports for care proceedings and attending court, providing solicitors with clear, balanced and clinically robust opinions on complex paediatric matters. Dr Dey also maintains up-to-date training in expert witness medical practice and is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's National Medico-Legal Special Interest Group.

Dr Dey's day-to-day clinical practice centres on the assessment, investigation and management of infants, children and adolescents with complex neurological and general paediatric conditions. A substantial proportion of his work involves diagnosing and treating epilepsy and its associated comorbidities, including infantile seizures, infantile spasms, West syndrome and status epilepticus, while also managing children with headaches, movement disorders, developmental concerns and a wide range of neurological presentations.

He has particular expertise in caring for children with acquired and congenital neurological disorders, including hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, meningitis, meningoencephalitis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Alongside his neurological practice, he manages acute paediatric presentations, including respiratory, cardiac and abdominal conditions, providing comprehensive assessment and ongoing care for children with complex or multisystem health needs.

Child safeguarding forms an important part of Dr Dey's clinical practice. He works closely with multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies in the assessment and management of vulnerable children, applying his expertise to complex safeguarding and child protection concerns. His clinical work also includes health monitoring, developmental assessment and supporting children with long-term neurological conditions, combining specialist neurological knowledge with broad general paediatric expertise to deliver holistic, evidence-based care for children across a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.