Since the first kidney transplant in 1954, organ donation has developed significantly and may affect any of us professionally and/or personally. According to NHS Blood and Transplant, between April 2022 and early January 2023 in the UK, 2726 people had received a transplant but 6731 people were waiting for one.
This multi-disciplinary and multi-professional meeting will discuss all the clinical, professional and ethical aspects of organ donation including practicalities and legal implications. It will be of interest to clinicians from all specialties, coroners, lawyers and police.
Participants will be able to:
A CPD certificate will be issued to those attending. Certificates will be issued 7 days after the event for those who attend in person.
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Chair: Mr Sean McGovern, His Majesty's Senior Coroner, Coventry
Mr David Heming, President Elect, Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Dr Bernadette Butler, President, Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Mr Sean McGovern, His Majesty's Senior Coroner, Coventry
Mrs Becky Nicholls, Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation, East Anglia, Dr Dale Gardiner, Associate Medical Director, Deceased Organ Donation, NHS Blood and Transplant and Mrs Jo Barrett, Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation, East Anglia
Donor Ambassador, may remain anonymous
Ms Irum Amin, Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Multivisceral Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Kieren Allinson, Consultant Neuropathologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chair: Mr Sean Horstead, His Majesty's Coroner, Essex
Mr Sean Horstead, His Majesty's Coroner, Essex
Donor Ambassador, may remain anonymous
Dr Curtis Offiah, Consultant Neuro-Radiologist, Head and Neck Radiologist, St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Stuart Hamilton, Home Office Pathologist, East Midlands
Dr Alan Fletcher, National Medical Examiner and Chair, Royal College of Pathologists Medical Examiners Committee
Mr Derek Winter, His Majesty’s Senior Coroner, Sunderland, Deputy Chief Coroner, England and Wales and Mr David Heming, His Majesty’s Senior Coroner, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close on 16 June 2023 at 1:00am (GMT). Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
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