On 14th April Professor Allen-Mersh attended a talk at the Royal Society of Medicine entitled Identifying and Embedding Learning from Claims and Inquests. He attended a skills teaching session at St Mary’s Hospital on 5th May. There was a visit to Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust at the University Hospital Lewisham on 17th May and a talk on The Future of Medicine – the Role of Doctors in 2015 at the Royal Society of Medicine on 19th May.
Recent training courses / talks attended
On 15th March 2016 Professor Allen-Mersh visited North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust to attend a multi-professional Trust-wide Review.
He also attended a talk on 18th March at the Royal Society of Medicine entitled Current Management of Intestinal Failure in the United Kingdom.
Current waiting times for appointments/reports
Current waiting time for medico-legal appointments (at BUPA Cromwell Hospital): 2-3 weeks ~ Liability and/or Causation report: 4 weeks ~ Condition & Prognosis report: 5 weeks ~ Causation, Condition & Prognosis report: 6 weeks ~ (urgent reports can be provided sooner if required)
Current percentage of Claimant / Defendant / Joint reports : 60 / 35 / 5