9.30am Arrival and refreshments
10.00am Welcome - Dr Suzy Lishman, The Royal College of Pathologists
10.10am Background: Death certification reform - Jeremy Mean, Deputy Director Health Ethics, Department of Health
10.20am Background: Learning from deaths (LfD) - Mrs Celia Ingham Clark, Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness, NHS England Interim NHS National Director of Patient Safety, NHS Improvement
10.50am Learning from the pilot schemes and aligning with LfD - Dr Alan Fletcher, Sheffield Pilot Medical Examiner, Chair of the Royal College of Pathologists’ Medical Examiner Committee
11.20am The Wales Experience - Dr Jason Shannon, National Clinical Lead for Mortality Review in Wales and Senior responsible Officer for Medical Examiner Implementation in Wales
11.50am Panel discussion
12.30pm Lunch
1.10pm The Leicester Experience - Professor Peter Furness, Royal College of Pathologists’ Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners, Leicester Medical Examiner
1.40pm The Brighton Experience - Dr Mark Howard, Lead Medical Examiner for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
2.40pm Panel discussion
3.40pm Closing remarks - Dr Suzy Lishman, The Royal College of Pathologists
4.00pm Event close