The current waiting time for a medico-legal appointment at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London is 9 weeks. However, reports can usually be completed within 1 week of the appointment taking place.

For reports not requiring appointments, the waiting time is currently 6 weeks from receipt of all documentation.

On 22nd June 2017 Professor Allen-Mersh attended the Medical Witness Training Day organised by Stewarts Law LLP.

Professor Allen-Mersh attended an interesting talk entitled ‘Digital Health and Insurance’ at the Royal Society of Medicine on 1st June 2017, organised by the Telemedicine and eHealth Section.

Professor Allen-Mersh attended an informative talk held at the Royal Society of Medicine on 21st April 2017 entitled Patient Safety, Litigation and Medical Manslaughter.

On 8th March Professor Allen-Mersh attended a Gastrointestinal Cancer Study Day at the Royal Society of Medicine re:

Update on topics in gastrointestinal and abdominal cancers and precancerous conditions.
Differing paradigms in the treatment of different types of adenocarcinoma.
International perspective on surgical oncology.
Discussion on recent clinical and scientific cancer research.
Update on liver tumours and transplantation from a state of the art lecture.