Cambridge medico-legal conference 28th September 2018

Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference 
“a conversation between Medicine and the Law”
28th September 2018, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Accredited to award 6 APIL and 6 RCoA CPD points

Now in its eighth year, this is a unique not-for-profit conference organised by a group of barristers and medical consultants.

Its purpose is to engage lawyers and doctors in developing a mutual understanding within the medico-legal setting. It attracts eminent speakers and an audience predominantly of experts in their field.  A generous amount of time is dedicated to Q&A sessions.

Our 2018 programme includes: Orthopaedics, Psychological Trauma and Pain, Rehabilitation, Consent, Causation and Experts

SPEAKERS:

Mr Peter Hull, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Medical and legal implications of pelvic and acetabular trauma
Mr Alan Norrish, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Extent for liability for infection in hospitals
Professor George Ikkos, Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
CRPS and Chronic Widespread Pain: Overlap with Anxiety and Somatisation
Dr Walter Busuttil, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dir of Medical Services, Combat Stress

Understanding and Managing PTSD and Chronic Pain
Dr Rajesh Munglani, Pain Medicine Consultant
Why is consent such an issue in pain and spinal surgery?
John de Bono QC, Barrister, Serjeants Inn Chambers
Consent: current legal principles
Professor Peter Hutchinson, Professor of Neurosurgery 
An overview of the management of traumatic brain injury from the scene through acute hospital management to rehabilitation
Dr Anbar Soopramanien Consultant in Spinal Injuries, Rehabilitation Medicine
The importance of rehabilitation to outcome in cases of spinal cord and serious orthopaedic injury
Stephen Glynn, Barrister, 9 Gough Square
A legal perspective on rehabilitation – rules, responsibilities and reasoning
Julian Benson, Barrister, Guildhall Chambers 
Causation but not as you know it
Stuart McKechnie QC, Barrister, 9 Gough Square 
Experts getting it wrong – further lessons from case law
Keynote talk by Dr Jenny Vaughan, Consultant Neurologist 
‘The doctor and the criminal law’Book here: http://www.medicolegalpain.com/book.html

Full conference places £425 (include Champagne reception and candlelit dinner in the Peterhouse Hall) Daytime places £345