Mrs Lisa Taylor

Lisa Taylor is a Community Flow Manager with Trafford NHS Local Care Organisation, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and an expert witness. She is a Registered Adult Nurse with more than 30 years’ experience.

Her principal areas of clinical expertise include community nursing, complex care and case management, hospital discharge planning, Continuing Healthcare (CHC), chronic disease management, safeguarding and the assessment of care and support needs.

Lisa has extensive experience assessing adults with complex health and care needs, considering the impact of illness, injury and disability on functional ability, independence and activities of daily living. Her practice encompasses personal care, mobility, cognition and safety, as well as the contribution of formal and informal care arrangements. She is experienced in identifying current and anticipated support requirements, including additional care, supervision, equipment, adaptations and community-based services.

Her wider clinical background spans urgent care, intensive and cardiothoracic nursing, end-of-life and palliative care, tissue viability and community IV therapy. She holds a Level 7 postgraduate qualification in Assessment and Management of Minor Illness and has developed advanced clinical assessment and autonomous decision-making skills across her nursing career. In senior community healthcare roles, she has also developed extensive experience coordinating complex packages of care and working across NHS, local authority, primary care and community services.

Lisa Taylor commenced her medico-legal practice in 2026 and accepts instructions from both Claimants and Defendants. Her practice encompasses Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Coroner’s Inquests, Professional Regulatory / Fitness to Practise matters and Continuing Healthcare (CHC) disputes.

Her medico-legal expertise includes cases concerning care and assistance needs, community nursing provision, hospital discharge planning, CHC eligibility and funding, chronic disease management and safeguarding. She also provides opinion on current and future care requirements, formal and informal care provision, equipment and adaptations, and the assessment of community-based care packages. In addition, her urgent care and minor illness experience supports Clinical Negligence and breach of duty instructions involving primary care triage, walk-in and urgent care assessments, delayed diagnosis and safety-netting failures. Lisa can also assist in matters involving vulnerable adults and allegations of neglect or abuse where community nursing, care provision, safeguarding processes or healthcare coordination are relevant to the issues in dispute.

Lisa’s clinical interests centre on the assessment and management of adults with complex health and care needs in community settings. Her day-to-day practice involves evaluating how illness, injury and disability affect an individual’s functional ability, independence and activities of daily living, with particular consideration given to personal care, mobility, cognition and safety.

A significant focus of her practice is safe hospital discharge and patient flow, including the coordination of complex packages of care and Continuing Healthcare (CHC) processes. She assesses current and anticipated care requirements and considers whether additional supervision, equipment, adaptations or community-based support may be required. Her practice also encompasses chronic disease management, safeguarding and risk management, end-of-life and palliative care, tissue viability and community IV therapy.

Lisa applies her advanced clinical assessment and autonomous decision-making skills across community and urgent care practice. Her clinical interests include minor illness assessment, recognition of acute illness, triage and appropriate escalation, alongside ensuring that care arrangements support safe, sustainable care within the community.