Coronial death investigation
Friday - Saturday 18 - 19 June 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Pathology Section A joint meeting with Pathology Section
There will be a section dinner held at the RSM on Friday evening preceding the meeting beginning at approximately 7.30pm. To ensure your place for the dinner, we ask that you register by Monday 14 June at the very latest.
Pre - registration for this event is now closed, if you would like to attend this meeting please call Lauren Wynn on 0207 290 2987
Registration Details:
Dinner: £70
Member - FFLM: £90
Student: £35
Trainee: £100
AHP/Nurse: £100
Consultant/GP: £140
RSM Student: £30
RSM Trainee: £70
RSM Associate: £90
RSM Fellow: £90
Honorary Section Member: Free of charge
Meeting ref: CLA04
CPD: 5 credits
Saturday 19 June 2010 |
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9.00 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
| Chair: Professor Derrick Pounder, President of the Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine Section, RSM | |
9.25 am |
Welcome |
9.30 am |
Update on coroner reform |
| Ms Judith Bernstein, Head of Current Coroner Policy, Ministry of Justice | |
10.00 am |
The training and role of Medical Examiners |
| Dr Alan Fletcher, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Acute Medicine, Medical Examiner and National Clinical Lead for e-Learning, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals | |
10.30 am |
What forensic physicians should do at the scene of a death |
| Professor Peter Vanezis, Professor of Forensic Medical Sciences and Director of Cameron Centre for Forensic Medical Sciences, William Harvey Research Institute | |
11.00 am |
Coffee |
11.30 am |
Can we improve the coroner's autopsy? |
| Dr Emyr Benbow, Senior Lecturer in Pathology and Honorary Consultant Pathologist, University of Manchester | |
12.00 pm |
The human tissue authority and coronial autopsies |
| Adrian McNeil, Chief Executive, Human Tissue Authority | |
12.30 pm |
Sudden cardiac death and the molecular autopsy |
| Dr Elijah Behr, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, St George's Hospital, London | |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Dr Colin Roberts, President of the Pathology Section, RSM | |
2.00 pm |
The use of imaging in coronial investigations |
| Dr Zoe Traill, Consultant Radiologist, Churchill Hospital, Oxford | |
2.30 pm |
What pathologists and coroners need to understand about toxicology |
| Professor David Osselton, Director of the Centre for Forensic Sciences, University of Bournemouth | |
3.00 pm |
Babies, shaken or not - consensus or not |
| Dr Safa Al-Sarraj, Consultant Neuropathologist, King's College Hospital, London | |
3.30 pm |
When not to perform a coroner's autopsy |
| Dr Stephen Leadbeatter, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Pathology, Cardiff University | |
4.00 pm |
Closing remarks and completion of evaluation forms |
4.10 pm |
Close of meeting |
4.15 pm |
Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine Section AGM |
