#ACNC19 | Parallel Lectures
12 Parallel lectures to choose from and tailor your ACNC19 experience to your specific learning needs
Friday Morning – 11:50 to 13:00
A Gastroenterology- a medico-legal casebook
Dr Michael Glynn, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, The Royal London Hospital
- Acute severe colitis and acute Crohn’s disease
- Pancreatitis as a result of ERCP and other ERCP complications
- Bowel perforation from colonoscopy
- Missed small bowel obstruction and ischaemic bowel
- Poorly managed GI bleeding and Clostridium difficile infection
- Delayed diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis
- Poor management of low serum sodium and development of central pontine myelinolysis
B Diabetes – the consequences of a delay in treatment
Dr Paul McNally, Consultant Endocrinologist, Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Types of diabetes
- Hyper and hypoglycaemic episodes – the signs and symptoms
- Ulceration – failing to diagnose
C Cardiac arrythmias – the medico-legal issues in the diagnosis and treatment
Dr Nicholas Gall, Consultant Cardiologist, King’s College Hospital
- Ablation treatments
- Thromboprophylaxsis protocols
- NICE guidelines
D Material Contribution
Caroline Harrison QC, Barrister, 2 Temple Gardens
- What is ‘material contribution’ causation?
- How does it work & when should you use it?
- Case law review
Friday Afternoon – 16.20 to 17.25
E Paediatric cases in the Emergency Department – the diagnosis and management: why we get this wrong sometimes
Dr Amjid Mohammed, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Gaps in the delivery of care in the Emergency Department for the paediatric population
- Consequences of gaps
- Common missed injuries and illness
- Effects of missed injuries and illnesses
F Renal Medicine – the medico-legal issues
Dr Peter Andrews, Clinical Director, SW Thames Renal & Transplantation Unit
- Acute and unexplained renal failure
- Hypertension and the complications
- Diabetic kidney disease
- Dialysis related problems and the complications of vascular access
- Renal transplantation problems
G Subtle and Non-Classical Presentations of Brain Injury
Richard Follis, Partner, Shoosmiths; & Professor Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
- Missed brain injury
- Capacity pitfalls
- Presentation other than cerebral palsy
- Bilateral hippocampal atrophy
- Scientific advances
H Post-LASPO ATE and Proportionality
Roger Mallalieu, Barrister, 4 New Square
- An examination of the key issues of the conjoined cases of Demouilpied v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and West v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Future of recoverability of ATE premiums in clinical negligence cases
Saturday 29 June – 11.00 to 12:10
I Respiratory Medicine – the medico-legal issues
Professor Howard Branley, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Hospital of St John’s and St Elizabeth Hospital, London
- Pneumonia
- COPD
- Asthma attacks
- Pneumothorax
- PEs
J Spinal Surgery
Mr Simon Tizzard, Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
- Spinal fractures and the failure to diagnose and stabilise them
- Cauda equina. The red flags in diagnosis, the window of opportunity to operate and the consequences of failing to do so within a timely period
- Decompression surgery and operating at the wrong level
K Neonatology Emergencies
Dr Jane Hawdon, Consultant Neonatologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Resuscitating the hypoxic infant
- Neonatal infection
- Neonatal hypoglycaemia
- Neonatal jaundice
- Stroke
- The role of brain cooling
L Vicarious Liability Post-Paterson
Richard Booth QC, Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row
- The liability of private hospitals and clinics after the Paterson litigation
- Relationship akin to employment?
- Sufficiently close connection?
- Non-delegable duty?
- Remember there is a contract too
- Any principles? Or the law of deep pockets?