Dr John Chisholm
Chair, Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association
About this event
- Date and time Sat 15 Jun 2019 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
- Location Chandos House
- Organised by Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine
This Saturday event will bring together legal, health, charitable and justice speakers to discuss the medical, ethical and legal issues which are relevant in the treatment of immigrants of all kinds, whether asylum seekers, or migrants for other reasons.
This will be ideal for those interested in the legal and health problems which arise within immigrant and migrant populations. The ethical, practical and legal issues involved in medical treatment of immigrants will be outlined, the role of doctors and lawyers in identifying victims of trafficking and the support which is needed by asylum seekers considered.
Topics include:
- Ethical issues which arise in the treatment of immigrants
- Issues with Immigration Tribunals
- The health needs of Asylum Seekers, particularly those with traumatic experiences
- To describe the work of a doctor in an Immigration Removal Centre
- Problems in accurately ageing child migrants by odontological means
- The signs which should alert doctors and lawyers to the possibility that they are dealing with someone who is a victim of human trafficking.
Key speakers
Mr Frank Appleyard
Immigration Tribunal Judge
Professor Helen Liversidge
Professor of Dental Anthropology, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Christopher Clark, President, Clinical Legal and Forensic Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Ethical issues in the treatment of immigrants
Dr John Chisholm, Chair, Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association
Health needs in an immigration removal centre
Dr Alan Mitchell, General Practitioner, Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre, Scotland
Issues in estimating the dental age of migrants
Professor Helen Liversidge, Professor of Dental Anthropology, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Immigration tribunals
Mr Frank Appleyard, Immigration Tribunal Judge
Legal challenges with immigration cases
Ms Emma Daykin, Barrister, Lamb Building Chambers, London
Panel discussion
Section Annual General Meeting
Lunch
Human trafficking
Rachel Devlin, Home Office Modern Slavery Unit
Health of trafficked victims
Rabiya Ravat, Deputy Director of Operations, Migrant Help and Miguel Neves, Service Manager, Saint John of God Hospitaller Services, Olallo House
Mental health care for foreign national prisoners in England and Wales
Dr Piyal Sen, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Elysium Healthcare
Panel discussion
Closing remarks and close of meeting
Location
Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ, United Kingdom