Description
Litigation, both civil and criminal, against doctors is increasing, but so are the costs involved, potentially even crippling the NHS, but not always benefitting patient safety as it should.
In this conference we explore what happens when things go wrong, in the medical world, and with patients, and the current, correct legal meaning, definitions, interpretation and consequences in the UK of Consent, Negligence vs. Gross Negligence, and Manslaughter.
Delegates will look at the issues at stake, and at the highest level, bringing together authorities, healthcare and legal professionals, regulators, the media, patients and their representatives.
key international speakers:
Professor Alan Forbes Merry, Head of the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland
Professor Merry practises anaesthesia and chronic pain management at Auckland City Hospital, and is Head of the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland. He is a former Councillor of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, and Chair of the Board of the NZ Health Quality and Safety Commission.
Professor Merry is also on the Board of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, and of Lifebox, an international charitable initiative to improve standards of surgery and anaesthesia in low income areas of the world.
Professor Sir Norman Williams, Chair of the Professor Sir Williams Review
Sir Norman Stanley Williams FRCS FRCP FRCPE FMedSci is a British surgeon and former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours.
Professor Sir Williams is now the Chair in reviewing issues relating to gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare. The Professor Sir Williams Review was set up to conduct rapid policy reviews surronding these situations.
Dr David Sellu, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, St Marks’ Hospital London
As seen in recent news, Dr Sellu is the Consultant Surgeon who went to prison for gross negligence manslaughter, and whose sentence was overturned on appeal.
Dr Sellu’s ordeal with the media and courts, has opened the public’s and clinician’s eyes to the reality of when things go wrong in healthcare, and the implications for those involved.
To here more about Dr Sellu’s story, click here.
topics include:
‘When things go wrong’ from different perspectives
How things can go wrong so they can be prevented in the future
The possibility of complaints and how to deal with them
The implications of when things go wrong, including possible inquests and media attention.
rates
RSM members: £39 – £84
Non-members: £65 – £140
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agenda
8.15 am
Registration, tea and coffee
09.00 am
Welcome and introduction
When things go wrong – Setting the Scene
Dr David Bogod, Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
09.10 am
A personal, but positive account
Ruth Poole
09.30 am
The rising tide of litigation in the NHS
Niall Dickson CBE Chief executive, NHS Confederation and Former Chief Executive and Registrar of the GMC
09.50 am
The Law & the Legal perspective for Clinicians
Giles Eyre, Barrister, Associate member, Chambers of Andrew Ritchie
10.10 am
Getting it right – Negligence vs. Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Clinical practice
Dr Oliver Quick, Reader in Law, University of Bristol Law School
10.30 am
Tea and coffee break
When things go wrong – Errors, Medicine and the Law
Professor R E Ferner, Honorary Professor of Clinical, Institute of Clinical Services
10.50 am
Errors, Medicine and the Law – Towards a better International approach
Professor Alan Merry, Head of School of Medicine, University of Auckland and Board Member and Honorary Treasurer – WFSA
11.10 am
Equipment failure – How to deal with it?
Dr Tom Clutton-Brock, NIHR Trauma Management MedTech Cooperative, Director, ERDF Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre, Deputy Director, Institute of Translational Medicine, Birmingham and Chair, NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee
11.30 am
Freedom to speak up – Why does it matter?
Dr David Nicholl, Clinical Lead for Neurology, City Hospital, Birmingham
11.50 am
Panel discussion
12.30 pm
Lunch
Dealing with Complaints and Complications
Dr Andrew Hartle, Consultant Anaesthetist, Imperial College and Dr Anne Maria Rollin, Trustee of Patients Association
1.20 pm
Know what you are doing – An issue of Consent
Mr Bertie Leigh, Consultant, Chairman NCEPOD – National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death
1.40 pm
The patient’s perspective
Lucy Watson, Chair, The Patients Association
2.00 pm
The Medical Directors’ Perspective
Professor Justin A. Vale, Deputy Medical Director, Imperial College Healthcare Trust
2.20 pm
The Inquest
Dr Karen Henderson, HM Coroner, South East England – London Coroners Group
2.40 pm
Supporting the Second Victim
Ian Barker, Senior Criminal Solicitor, MDU
3.00 pm
Tea and coffee break
Dealing with the Authorities, the Regulators and the Press
Dr Libby Haxby, President Elect, Patient Safety Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Rodger Kirby, Chairman of Academic Board, Royal Society of Medicine
3.20 pm
Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare – A Rapid Policy Review
Professor Sir Norman Williams, Senior Clinical Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care
3.40 pm
GMC Perspective
Speaker to be confirmed
4.00 pm
The press, media and Medicine: Noblesse oblige
Dr David Sellu, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, St Marks’ Hospital London
4.20 pm
Panel discussion
5.00 pm
Concluding remarks
5.10 pm
Close of meeting