Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine 14 Annual Conference 2021
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Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine 14th Annual Conference 2021 Friday 07 May 2021 Raising Standards – a balancing act? Dr Alex J Gorton FFLM Assistant Registrar Chair: Friday Morning Session Alex qualified from University of Wales College of Medicine in 2002 and has had a varied portfolio career since. Originally training in general surgery he migrated to emergency medicine before spending several years working full time in the private sector as a forensic physician. In that role he has had a number of senior positions including medical director to one of the private providers. Throughout his career he has been passionate about standards and training and this has translated into his current role as Assistant Registrar for the FFLM. He has a solid understanding of legal aspects of medical practice having gained a Master of Laws from Cardiff Law School. Alex is active in writing national guidance for forensic and legal medicine as well as developing training modules for forensic and emergency trainees alike. He sits on a number of national committees including the NPCC Clinical Advice Panel and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (Wales) Council. He currently works part time as an Emergency Medicine Middle Grade at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend as well as regularly working within police custody suites across the UK. In addition to this he has recently been appointed as a Medical Examiner for South East Wales. Prof Margaret M Stark FFLM President Now and Beyond Margaret Stark is the current President of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (FFLM). She is Chair of the Forensic Science Sub-Committee and the Training and Education Sub-committee of the FFLM, Lead Facilitator for the Faculty’s course in General Forensic Medicine, and an educational advisor for the Faculty’s examinations. She has been a forensic physician for nearly 32 years, currently working with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). She was the first Medical Director of the Forensic Healthcare Service in London and was also the Director of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit for NSW Police, based in Sydney, from 2011 – 2014. She has a Master of Science in Medical Education from UCL, and a Master in Law from Cardiff. She was the Founding Academic Dean for the FFLM and was awarded the David Jenkins Professorship in Forensic and Legal Medicine 2011/12 and was an Adjunct Professor at Sydney University from 2012-2015. She is Editor of ‘Clinical Forensic Medicine’ A Physician’s Guide, the fourth edition published in 2020. She is an Honorary Professor of Teesside University. Prof Andrew Goddard President, Royal College of Physicians Challenges of leadership in the recent year Reflections and lessons learned from the challenges faced by the medical profession and the role of medical leadership during the pandemic. Professor Andrew Goddard is the president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), and a consultant physician and gastroenterologist at Royal Derby Hospital. After gaining an MD from Cambridge University, Professor Goddard trained in Nottingham and was appointed as a consultant physician and gastroenterologist in Derby in 2001. He was director of the RCP’s Medical Workforce Unit for 5 years until being appointed RCP registrar in 2014. In this role, he oversaw professional and clinical affairs, both in the UK and internationally. His main policy areas were workforce, healthcare funding, the future of general medicine, the medical registrar and ‘keeping medicine brilliant’. In 2018 he was elected the 121st RCP president, the youngest for 400 years and first from the East Midlands. His priorities for his term are ‘workforce, wellbeing and worldwide’ and these will feature strongly in the RCP strategy for the next 5 years. He is currently Chair of the MHRA expert advisory group on AI, software and Apps and has a keen interest in the use of innovative technologies in improving healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic Professor Goddard has been instrumental in influencing the national response and representing the fellowship and membership views. Prof Maggie Rae President, Faculty of Public Health Forensic and Legal Medicine: Protecting Health for All Maggie Rae is currently the President of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH). She has particular interests in health inequalities, sustainable development, workforce, education and standards setting for Public Health. She is Head of the South West Academy of Population and Public Health for Health Education England. She leads the South West Specialist Public Health Training Programme and is committed to helping develop the Public Health future workforce. Maggie is a Visiting Professor of Public Health, University of the West of England, and has extensive experience of working at all levels in public health. She has been a Director of Public Health – twice! She also led on Health Inequalities and Local Delivery at the Department of Health. In her role as President she works closely with the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges, Local Government Association and a wide range of partner agencies who have interests in Public Health. Maggie has recently joined the National Advisory Board for Population Health and Integrated Care Systems in England. She is committed to working with all 4 Nations of the UK and FPH members across the world. Mr Leslie Hamilton Chair of the Independent Review of Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Culpable Homicide Interaction of the criminal law with clinical practice – does it raise standards? The death of a 6 year old boy led to the conviction of a paediatric trainee for Gross Negligence Manslaughter and the erasure of her name from the Medical Register. I will explore how errors in clinical practice can lead to a criminal investigation and hopefully provide some reassurance to doctors at the “front line” of healthcare. As a young Consultant paediatric cardiac surgeon, Leslie gave evidence to the Bristol Inquiry. This stimulated an interest in the interaction of law and clinical practice and later prompted an LLM in Medical Law. Later, this opened a number of opportunities including appointment as Assistant Coroner. As a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Leslie was one of the authors of "Good Surgical Practice" and after the Montgomery case, he helped to write the College's guidance "Consent: supported decision making". He is a past President of SCTS (Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in GB+I). Having worked with Dame Clare Marx when she was President of the RCSE, he was invited to be part of her working group when the GMC asked her to undertake a Review of Gross Negligence Manslaughter. When she was appointed as the incoming Chair of the GMC, he was asked to take over as Chair of the Review. Dr Helena Thornton FFLM Registrar Chair - Friday Afternoon Session and Annual General Meeting I qualified in Birmingham University in 1978, and moved to Manchester in 1980, and joined General Practice as a principal in 1981. In 1995 I responded to an invitation to find out more about St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre, became inspired by Dr Raine Roberts and Dr Vicky Evans, and joined the team. I have worked there ever since. I retired from General Practice in 2017, but continue to work at St Mary’s Centre. I took the Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence in 1999, and was a Founder Member of the Faculty. I was an examiner for the DFCASA (Diploma in Forensic and Clinical aspects of sexual assault), run with the Society of Apothecaries, and then became an examiner for the Faculty exams in 2008. I was the Chief Examiner from 2013 to 2018, and became the Registrar in May 2020. I am involved in teaching and training in Manchester. I am passionate about providing excellent care to complainants of sexual assaults of all ages, and about maintaining standards in forensic medicine generally. I live in Saddleworth with my husband and 3 very spoilt cats, and when not working I am learning to play the saxophone. Professor Phillip Lumb David Jenkins Lecturer Sharp Force Deaths in the North West of England Philip Lumb has been a Home Office Pathologist since 2003 and now works within the Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and South Yorkshire areas, providing a forensic pathology service to the local police forces. He is the current President of the British Association in Forensic Medicine and was previously the Chair of the Association of Clinical Pathologists’ Forensic and Autopsy Pathology Specialty Group. Over the years, he has conducted a large number of autopsies on suspicious deaths and has developed interests in mass fatalities and the high risk autopsy. Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine 14th Annual Conference 2021 Raising Standards – A Balancing Act? Friday 07 May 2021 Morning Session chaired by Dr Alex Gorton, FFLM Assistant Registrar Faculty of Forensic 09:15 – 09:30 Now and Beyond & Legal Medicine Prof Margaret Stark, FFLM President of the Royal college of Physicians 09:30 – 10:15 Challenges of leadership in the recent year Prof Andrew Goddard, President of the Royal College of Physicians 10:15 – 10:30 Q+A 10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:30 Forensic and Legal Medicine: Protecting Health for All Prof Maggie Rae, President of the Faculty of Public Health 11:30 – 11:45 Q+A 11:45 – 12:30 Interaction of the criminal law with clinical practice - does it raise standards? Mr Leslie Hamilton, Chair of the Independent Review of Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Culpable Homicide 12:30 – 12:45 Q+A 12:45 – 13:30 Break for Lunch Afternoon Session chaired by Dr Helena Thornton, FFLM Registrar 13:30 – 14:30 David Jenkins Lecture: Sharp Force Deaths in the North West of England Prof Phillip Lumb 14:30 – 14:45 Q+A 14:45 – 15:00 Break 15:00 – 16:30 Annual General Meeting All details in this programme are subject to alteration without notice Development & Training Dates for 2021 FFLM Course in General Forensic Medicine Monday 12 to Friday 16 July Monday 18 to Friday 22 October Our five day Course in General Forensic Medicine (accredited by Teesside University) is for newly appointed or prospective forensic physicians, nurses and paramedics and leads to the University Certificate in Postgraduate Professional Development (UCPPD) in General Forensic Medicine.