Programme 2018–2019
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| Event | Medical Professionalism in the 21st Century | ||
| Date | 11 October 2018 | ||
| Speaker | Sir Robert Francis QC, President of the Medico-Legal Society | ||
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| Event | Objectivity in an Adversarial System | ||
| Date | 8 November 2018 | ||
| Speaker | Lady Justice Hallett | ||
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| Event | Ethico-Legal Issues arising in the care of Gender-Variant Children and Adolescents | ||
| Date | 13 December 2018 | ||
| Speaker | Dr Bernadette Wren, Consultant Clinical Psychologist Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust | ||
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| Event | When Things Go Wrong” – Gross Negligent Manslaughter in Healthcare | ||
| Date | 10 January 2019 | ||
| Speaker | Professor Sir Norman Williams MS FRCS FMedSci FRCP FRCP(Edin) FRCA FDS(Hon) FACS(Hon) FRCSI(Hon) FRCSEd(Hon), Chairman National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP), Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London | ||
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| Event | The Prosecution of Sexual Offences in 2019 including medical issues that arise in respect of consent and capacity | ||
| Date | 14 February 2019 | ||
| Speaker | His Honour Peter Rook QC | ||
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| Event | Global surprise: the leading cause of death and disability in young people, and what we are doing about it. | ||
| Date | 14 March 2019 | ||
| Speaker | Charles Clayton, Chief Executive and Dr James de Courcy, Chair of Trustees of the Primary Trauma Care Foundation | ||
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| Event | Assisted Fertility – the legal and ethical issues | ||
| Date | 11 April 2019 | ||
| Speaker | Catherine Drennan, Head of Legal Dept, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority | ||
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| Event | Can the NHS as we know it reach its 100th Birthday or is it now in Palliative Care? | ||
| Date | 9 May 2019 | ||
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Chris Hopson, Chief Executive NHS Providers
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ANNUAL DINNER
20th May 2019 – The Apothecaries Hall, Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6EJ The Rt Hon Lady Justice Nicola Davies DBE will propose the toast to “Medicine” and Dame Clare Marx, Chair of the GMC and past President of the Royal College of Surgeons will propose the toast to “the Law” |
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| Event | Should Assisted Dying require the consent of a High Court Judge? | ||
| Date | 13 June 2019 | ||
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Professor Penney Lewis, School of Law & Ethics, Kings College London
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Attendance at meetings is limited to Members of the Society and their guests. However, if you would like to come to one meeting as a “Taster” before joining, please contact the secretary Sandra Marcantonio at lecullus@aol.com or any other member of the Society’s Council.
Membership is open to anyone interested in Medico-Legal matters. For membership details, see here. Students are welcome and may join at a reduced subscription.
With the exception of the Annual Dinner, or unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place at 7 pm at:
The Medical Society of London
Lettsom House
11 Chandos Street
Cavendish Square
London
W1G 9EB
See below for a map.
Meetings are followed by a drinks reception.
If you have any queries, please contact us.
