Programme 2021–2022
PLEASE NOTE – IN-PERSON MEETINGS AT THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON HAVE NOW RESUMED
but meetings will be relayed via Zoom for the time being and recordings made available
| Name | Date | Title |
| Dr Margaret Stark
President, Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians Followed by reception to celebrate our 120th Anniversary |
14 October 2021 | The Forensic Physician – A dying profession |
| Lord Jonathan Sumption
Justice of the Supreme Court between 2012 and 2018 |
11 November 2021 | The Value of Life – in law and in practice |
| Colonel James Hardy
Forensic Odontologist. |
9 December 2021 | Forensic Dentistry and Why Not Bite Marks? |
| Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury GBS PC Hon FRS President of the Supreme Court from 2012 to 2017
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13 January 2022 | Personal autonomy: a blessing or a curse |
| Andrew Hoyle
MBBS Barrister LLM MRCGP FRAeS Hon FFFLM. |
10 February 2022 | Cyber warfare – does it have a legal basis? Can the UK lawfully protect healthcare from an overseas cyber attack?
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| Philip Barlow
H.M. Assistant Coroner for Inner South London |
10 March 2022 | What power the inquisition? Do coroners really make a difference?
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| Nicola Mundy, Solicitor, Senior Coroner, SE Yorkshire | 14 April 2022
BY ZOOM ONLY |
Deaths and the Smart (or not so Smart?) Motorways
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| Mrs Justice Lambert. | 12 May 2022 | The Hillsborough Inquest 2014-2016 |
| Mr Matthew Izett-Kay BMBS MD MRCOG,
Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist Urogynaecologist, John Radcliffe, Oxford
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9 June 2022 | Urogynaecology and Mesh: Who, why, and where doctors go wrong.
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| Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws & Professor Iain Hutchison | Monday 20 June 2022 | Annual Dinner at the Apothecaries Hall |
PROGRAMME for 2022-2023
| NAME | DATE | TITLE |
| Name of new President to be announced at June AGM
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 | President’s address |
| Dr Derek Tracy, Medical Director, West London NHS Trust Senior Lecturer, King’s College London & University College London
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 | Malingering: are doctors exceeding the evidence? |
| Professor Marian Knight MA, MBChB, MPH, DPhil, FFPH, FRCPE Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health
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Thursday, December 8, 2022 | Excess mortality BAME women |
| Professor Neil Greenberg Professor of Defence Mental Health
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Thursday, January 12, 2023 | Adjustment disorder, moral injury and the Case of Marine ”A” |
| Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 | County Lines |
| Sir Liam Joseph Donaldson FRCSE FRCP FRCPE FMedSci FRCA. Former Chief Medical Officer for England
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Thursday, March 9, 2023 | Vaccines and Geopolitics |
| Professor Mike Tipton MBE, FTPS Professor of Human & Applied Physiology
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Thursday, April 13, 2023 | Extreme environmental physiology in the dock |
| Baroness Cumberlege CBE DL
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 | “First do no harm” – Primodos, sodium valproate and surgical mesh |
| Dr Christine Tomkins
BSC(Hons) MBChB(Hons) DO FRCS FRCOphth FRCP MBA |
Thursday, June 8, 2023 | Tales of the Unexpected – 36 years of Medical Defence |
ANNUAL DINNER 2023 – Time Place & Date TBA
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 [email protected] 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.
