(Not The) ACNC 29-30 April 2021 (online event)

On the mornings of 29th and 30^th April 2021 – when we should have been in Bournemouth for the 32nd Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) – we will bring some of the excellent speakers who were due to present at the conference directly to your computer by hosting the second online ‘(Not the) ACNC’. The event will have an obstetrics theme and there will be a live Q&A with the speakers at the end of both mornings. Online booking is now open and we very much hope that you will join us on the 29^th and 30^th April.

Programme:

29 April

09.45    Welcome and AvMA Update
Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, Action against Medical Accidents; & Moi Ali, Chair of Board of Trustees, Action against Medical Accidents

10.00    Neonatology and the Law
Dr Kevin Ives, Consultant Neonatologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

10.45    Wrongful Birth Claims
Mr Myles Taylor, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, & President of British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society; & Jonathan Hand QC, Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers

11.50    Break

11.55    The Legal Update
Ben Collins QC, Barrister, Old Square Chambers

​12.50    Live Q&A with the speakers

13.15    Close of day one

30 April

09.45    Welcome
Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, AvMA

09.50    Medical problems in pregnancy:  what goes wrong? 
Professor David Williams, Consultant Obstetric Physician, University College London Hospital

​10.40    Impacted Fetal Head at Caesarean Section – an emerging problem
Professor Tim Draycott, Consultant Obstetrician, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

11.35    Break

11.40    The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Palsy
Dr Marcus Likeman, Consultant Neuroradiologist, North Bristol NHS Trust

12.25    Live Q&A with other speakers

12.50    Close

Kindly sponsored by:

Sponsorship opportunity – If you are interested in becoming one of the sponsors for this event, please e-mail conferences@avma.org.uk.