Medicolegal Symposium

Overview

The medicolegal symposium is aimed at senior trainees and newly appointed consultants in Breast and Plastic surgery. 

The faculty is made up of senior clinicians and surgeons with extensive experience in the consent process and medico legal practice. Other invited speakers include a barrister specialising in medico legal work, a medical director for an NHS Trust as well as representatives from a medical indemnity organisation.

The content and structure of the day will focus upon practical methods to improve patient communication to avoid complaints. Strategies to manage an adverse outcome or complication will be covered together with the process of litigation. Lastly, the symposium aims to improve understanding of the medical indemnity/ insurance market to clarify what is available and needed for clinicians working in the NHS and private sector.