:: The Medico-Legal Society::

Next Society Event
11 March:7.0 p.m.
"Whistle-blowing in the Metropolitan Police Servce - A Cautionary Tale."

Society Programme 2009-2010

All meetings, except for the Annual Dinner, will take place at the Royal Society of Medicine, either in the Max Rayne Auditorium or in the Wimpole Room. Please note the AGM will precede the June lecture.
The November lecture is NOT on the usual second Thursday of the month, but on the fourth Thursday, i.e. 26th November

Event:	"Whistle-blowing in the Metropolitan Police Servce - A Cautionary Tale."
Date:	11 March 2010 7.0 p.m.
Speaker:	Dr Michael Wilks, Senior Forensic Medical Examiner, Metropolitan Police, Chairman, Society of Forensic Physicians, Deputy Chairman, Forensic Medicine Committee of the British Medical Association.
	In 2007 the Metropolitan Police Service started a process to restructure its custody healthcare and clinical forensic services. Experienced forensic physicians, concerned at the potential impact on both patient safety and the integrity of forensic evidence, lobbied hard for the reforms to be evidence based without success. When the new service started in January 2009, there was a sharp deterioration in the quality of delivery and in patient safety. Using this episode as an example, Dr Wilks will address the medico-legal, regulatory and ethical dilemmas facing whistle-blowers.

Event:	"Protecting children in the modern converged environment."
Date:	08 April 2010 7.0 p.m.
Speaker:	Jim Gamble QPM, Chief Executive, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
	Mr Gamble will talk about enhancing the delivery of child-protection in the post-Laming environment, with a particular focus on the convergence of technology and law.

Event:	Annual Dinner 2010
Date:	10 May 2010 7.15 Reception; 7.45 Dinner
Location:	Royal College of Physicians, St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1
Speaker:	Lord Carlile of Berriew QC will propose the toast to "Medicine" and Professor Ian Gilmore MD PRCP, President of the Royal College of Physicians, will propose the toast to "The Law."
	Booking forms for reservations may now be downloaded from the Home Page of this website. Please print out and complete the form and send it to the Hon. Medical Secretary (address on form).

Event:	"Revisiting the Ripper."
Date:	13 May 2010 7.0 p.m.
Speaker:	Dr Peter Dean, HM Coroner, Suffolk and South-east Essex, forensic medical examiner, Metropolitan Police Service.
	Dr Dean will take a fresh look at the Whitechapel murders and their social and historical context; also some of the possible suspects, and, in view of more recent incidents, consider whether despite advances in forensic science, has anything been learned from them.

Event:	Annual General Meeting
Date:	10 June 2010 7.0 p.m.
Location:	Royal Society of Medicine
Speaker:	The AGM will precede Mr Peter Blake's talk.

Event:	"Medical mishap - no fault compensation as an alternative to civil litigation - a review of 30 years experience with the New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation system."
Date:	10 June 2010 7.15 p.m.
Speaker:	Peter Blake, Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist/ Head and Neck surgeon, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Wellington, New Zealand; external clinical advisor to the Accident Compensation Corporation.
	He will describe his experience of no fault compensation for medical mishap in New Zealand, and compare this with the alternative civil litigation. The mechanism of the process, its advantages and disadvantages and costs will be discussed.

Attendance at meetings is limited to Members of the Society and their guests. Membership is open to anyone interested in Medico-Legal matters.

Membership enquiries should be addressed to the Society’s Membership Administrator: Dr Tania Francis, Hempsons Solicitors, Hempsons House, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ

Members are welcome to dine at the Royal Society of Medicine prior to meetings held there. To make a booking please telephone the RSM: (020) 7290 2957.