Department of Academic Legal Studies, Nottingham Law School in

Association with the Medical Protection Society present

Fourth Centre for Health Law National Annual Conference

Health Law Reform: Assessing the Changes

Date:        Monday, 5 April and Tuesday 6 April 2004

Venue:     The Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.

A conference for, academics, health care practitioners, managers, legal advisers and all those with an interest in health care law reform. There are currently proposed changes to many different areas of health law, the Chief Medical Officer’s Making Amends Report on Clinical Negligence, the Draft Mental Incapacity Bill, Genetics White Paper, NHS Patient Complaints, CHAI, Government Patient Empowerment Initiatives to name but a few. Major reforms to fundamental areas of health law and the surrounding NHS structures are taking place. This conference is designed to reflect on these considering how they will affect the future NHS landscape, practically, legally and ethically.

Monday 5 April 2004

Programme: Day One

09.00    Registration and Coffee

09.30    Welcome: Professor Michael Gunn, Associate Dean, Nottingham Law School

09.45     A fair blame culture? The legal implications of error reporting, Professor Joy Wingfield, Professor

              of Pharmacy Law and Ethics, School of Pharmacy, Nottingham University and Kay Wheat, Reader in 

              Law, Nottingham Law School, The Nottingham Trent University.

10.30     Articulating the court’s inherent jurisdiction in incapacity cases. Dr.Peter Bartlett,

              Faculty of Law, Nottingham University.

11.15    Questions

11.30    Coffee

11.45    The future of clinical negligence litigation: a view from the Bar Charles Foster Barrister,

6 Pump Court, and Temple, London

12.30    Lunch

13.30    Error, crisis, disclosure and technology: confusion in the US malpractice landscape Nicolas 

             P.Terry, Professor of Law and Co-Director,Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of      

             Law, USA.

14.15    Sir Liam’s cunning plan: Is ‘Making Amends’ the solution to the clinical negligence compensation    

             dilemma? Timothy James, Law School, The University of Central England, Birmingham.

15.00    Questions

Programme: Day One, Continued

15.15    Coffee

15.30    Has the Human Rights Act changed the way courts deal with health care rights? Dr.Richard

             Burchill, Law School, University of Hull.

16.15Medical negligence litigation in Malaysia: whither should we travel? Dr.Puteri Nemie bt.Jahn Kassim,  

             Assistant Professor, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University, Malaysia.

17.00    Questions and Close

19.30    Drinks Reception followed by Conference Dinner

            Venue: The Nottingham Royal Moat House Hotel, Wollaton Street, Nottingham

Tuesday 6 April 2004

Programme: Day Two

9.00      Coffee and Late Registration

9.15      Chairs Welcome

9.30     The common law of medical negligence: why is it so incoherent? Professor Chris Miller, School of  

             Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford.

10.15    Some implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 for the medical treatment of children, Lynn    

             Hagger, Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield.

11.00    Questions

11.15    Coffee

11.30        Quality in health: difficulties due to ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, Sandra Feliciano,

             Operations Director, Portugal and Sweden, Quality and Environmental Certification Ltd.

12.15Mental Incapacity Bill: Assessing best interests, will it work? Carolyn Johnston,Ethox,University of   

             Oxford and Kingston University.

13.00    Questions

13.15     Lunch

14.15     Restructuring the NHS genetics laboratory services: the effect on the legal liability of laboratory  

              scientists, Jane Kaye, Research Fellow, Oxford Genetics Knowledge Park, University of Oxford.

15.00     Post mortems, the removal and retention of human organs and tissue and the Human Tissue 

              Bill, Tracey Elliott, Barrister, 9-12 Bell Yard, London.

15.45     Questions

16.00     Coffee

16.15    Chairs Summary and Conference Close

Conference Chairs:  John Tingle, Reader in Health Law, Director of the Centre for Health Law, Nottingham Law School, The Nottingham Trent University,Dr Austen Garwood Gowers,Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Law School.

Further Information:

For information regarding the programme please contact;  John Tingle on +44(0)115 848 6045 or email [log in to unmask]

For information regarding registration or payment please contact;  Nina Tyler on +44(0)115 848 2404 or email [log in to unmask]

CONFERENCE DETAILS & BOOKING FORM:

Venue:             Djanogly International Centre (D.I.C.E. Building), The Nottingham Trent University City Campus

Clarendon Street

Nottingham, NG1 5JD

Date:               Monday 5^th and Tuesday 6^th April 2004

Fee:                 Two day delegate rate £260 plus VAT (£305.50) includes;

Attendance of full 2-day duration of the conference

Lunch & refreshments

Conference dinner

Course documentation

One day delegate rate £170 plus VAT (£199.75) includes;

Attendance at your choice of one day of the conference

Lunch & refreshments

Conference dinner (should you travel plans permit attendance)

Course documentation

Payment          Please make cheques payable to ‘Nottingham Consultants Limited’ (this is the trading company of The Nottingham Trent University).

                        Payment can also be made by credit/debit card, or alternatively your organisation can be invoiced at your request.

Closing Date:   Friday 27^th March 2004

Cancellations:  Payment in full will be required for any cancellations made after Friday 27^th March 2004. 

All other cancellations will incur a £20 administration charge.  Substitutions will be accepted.

To Book:          To reserve a place on the conference please complete the attached Booking Form and send it with your remittance to;

Nina Tyler, Conference Manager, The Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU.     Fax: 0115 848 4740        Tel: 0115 848 2404

For further information please contact Nina Tyler at the above address or Email: [log in to unmask]

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For delegates requiring overnight accommodation the University has secured a number of rooms at the Travel Inn Hotel at the preferential rate of £56.95 per room per night including full English breakfast.  This hotel is located on the University City Campus, with direct access to the Conference Venue.

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