FACULTY OF FORENSIC & LEGAL MEDICINE

12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LE

Conference Programme

Thursday 10 May 2018

Session chaired by Dr Margaret Stark

13.15 – 13.45 Registration

13.45 – 14.00 Welcome

Professor Carol Seymour, FFLM President

14.00 – 14.45 Deaths in custody and prison, an overview

His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft QC, Chief Coroner of England and Wales

14.45 – 15.30 Sex robots for dummies: the ethical and legal implications of sexbots

Professor Susan Bewley, Professor of Women's Health, King’s College London

Dr Chantal Cox-George, Academic Foundation Year 2 Doctor, St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust

15.30 – 16.00 Refreshments

16.00 – 16.30 Mental Health adjudication in Scotland, a better way?

Judge Kenneth Kirkwood, Tribunal Judge and Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland Convener

16.30 – 17.00 Managing Mental Health detainees in England – the role of the Mental Health Tribunal

Judge James Michael Jerman, First-tier Tribunal Judge

17.00 End of Afternoon Session

Friday 11 May 2018

Morning session chaired by Dr Jason Payne-James

08.15 – 08.45 Registration

08.45 – 09.00 Opening remarks from Professor Carol Seymour, FFLM President

09.00 – 09.30 Women in Medicine

Professor Jane Dacre, President of the Royal College of Physicians

09.30 – 10.00 Injury classification: is it time to rethink?

Dr Maria Nittis, Department Head for the Forensic Medical Unit, Western Sydney Local Health District

10.00 – 10.30 Panel Discussion / Questions

10.30 – 11.00 Refreshments

11.00 – 11.30 Dying in Police Custody: The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC discusses her report to the Home Secretary

The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, Principal, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford

11.30 – 12.00 What the police expect from forensic physicians

Detective Chief Superintendent Karen Cummings, Professional Standards, Merseyside Police

12.00 – 12.30 Learnings from the Dr Bawa-Garba case

Ms Jo Wren, Principle Regional Liaison Adviser, General Medical Council

Mr Jim Percival, Principal Legal Adviser and Deputy General Counsel, General Medical Council

12.30 – 13.00 Panel Discussion / Questions

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

Afternoon session chaired by Dr Priya Iyer

14.00 – 14.30 Managing your forensic medicine practice in the gig economy

Professor Stephen Hardy, Head of Law School, Coventry University

14.30 – 15.00 The legal landscape of informed consent beyond Montgomery

Ms Geraldine O'Donnell, Senior Lecturer on the Bar Professional Training Course, Manchester Metropolitan University and Fee Paid Tribunal Judge

15.00 – 15.30 Panel Discussion / Questions

15.30 – 15.45 Refreshments

15.45 – 17.15 Annual General Meeting

17.15 – 17.30 Refreshments

17.30 – 18.30 The David Jenkins Lecture: Ethical principles in play in policing London – an introduction to the work of the London Policing Ethics Panel

Dr Priya Singh, Healthcare Non-Executive Director and Member of the London Policing Ethics Panel

19.30 – 20.00 Drinks Reception

20.00 – 23.59 Gala Dinner

Saturday 12 May 2018

Morning session chaired by Dr Will Anderson

08.30 – 09.00 Registration

09.00 – 09.15 Welcome back - Introduction to the day

09.15 – 09.45 Vulnerabilities

Ms Jane Reynolds, Chair of NHS Continuing Healthcare Independent Review Panel - London, NHS England

09.45 – 10.15 GMC cases against Doctors

Mr Martin Forde QC, Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row, London

10.15 – 10.45 Panel Discussion / Questions

10.45 - 11.15 Refreshments

11.15 – 11.45 Understanding the psychological impact of rape and sexual assault and how psychological therapy can be helpful

Ms Raquel Correia, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barts Health NHS Trust

11.45 – 12.15 Safeguarding Children

Dr Wendy Kuriyan, Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children and Forensic Physician (Sexual Offences Medicine), The Haven

12.15 – 12.45 Experiences of cases involving sexual offending – an international perspective

Professor Felicity Gerry QC, Professor of Legal Practice, Deakin University

12.45 – 13.15 Panel Discussion / Questions

13.15 – 14.15 Lunch

Afternoon session chaired by Dr Rudo Masanzu

14.15 – 14.45 Fentanyl and its analogues

Dr Simon Elliott, Consultant Forensic Toxicologist

14.45 – 15.15 Novel Psychoactive Substances – What’s new?

Dr George Ryan, Senior Clinical Advisor, Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Division, Criminal Justice Team, Public Health England

15.15 – 15.45 The ‘Blue Guidelines’ – What’s New?

Dr Margaret Stark, Chair of FFLM Forensic Science Subcommittee

15.45 – 16.15 Panel Discussion / Questions

16.15 – 16.30 Concluding Remarks

Prof Carol Seymour, FFLM President

All details in this programme are subject to alteration without notice.

An evaluation survey will sent by email after the event and certificates issued on completion.