Dr Yameen Qureshi — Consultant Psychiatrist and Civil Expert Witness
Dr Yameen Qureshi is a Consultant Psychiatrist based in Glasgow, dually accredited in General Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry, and an accredited civil and family expert witness preparing medico-legal reports for solicitors across Scotland. He is on the specialist register held by the General Medical Council.
Lead Clinician for General Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry, Priory Hospital Glasgow
Qualifications
- MBBS, University of London
- 2001
- MRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 2005
- MSc Alcohol and Drug Addiction
- 2010
- FRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 2021
Current roles
- Lead Clinician for General Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry at the Priory Hospital Glasgow
- Health Examiner and Medical Supervisor to the General Medical Council
- Medical Advisor to the General Dental Council
Previous and advisory appointments
- Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Lanarkshire (2010–2022)
- Specialist Advisor to the Care Quality Commission (England)
- Substance Misuse Advisor, NHS Lanarkshire Drug and Therapeutics Committee
- External Advisor to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland
- Undergraduate Medical Examiner, Royal Free Medical School, University of London
Registration numbers
- General Medical Council
- 4771627
- MPS (Medical Protection Society)
- 255122
- ICO registration (Insight Medicolegal Ltd)
- ZB830807
Medico-legal experience
Dr Qureshi is regularly instructed to carry out medico-legal assessments. He has undertaken medico-legal training through the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has passed all University of Aberdeen–Bond Solon expert witness training modules, holding the Certificate of Accreditation as a Civil Expert Witness awarded in 2021. He holds the Family Expert Witness Accreditation, Cardiff University (2024). He is listed in the Law Society of Scotland Expert Witness Directory.
He has provided reports and given oral evidence to courts, tribunals and statutory regulatory bodies. He regularly consults with counsel prior to proof, and prepares reports for the insurance industry, occupational health services and professional regulators.
His clinical experience covers all aspects of adult psychiatry, with a particular interest in psychiatric injury, alcohol problems and substance misuse. That clinical work underpins the medico-legal opinion offered across the practice's areas of expertise, and the practical arrangements for assessment are set out under instructing and locations.