•  9.00am     Registration
•  9.15am     Introduction: Dame Suzy Lishman, Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners, The Royal College of Pathologists
•  9.20am     Welcome: Dr Bernie Croal, President, The Royal College of Pathologists
•  9.25am     Update from the National Medical Examiner: Dr Huw Twamley, National Medical Examiner
• 10.00am    NHSE/National Patient Safety update: Professor Aidan Fowler, National Director of Patient Safety, NHS England
• 10.25am    Strategic update from the Department of Health and Social Care: William Vineall, Director of NHS Quality, Safety and Investigations
• 11.00am    Break
• 11.20am    Learning from claims and opportunities to support patient safety improvement: Helen Vernon, CEO NHS Resolution
• 12.00pm    Impact of the ME system: Simon Hawkins, Senior Policy Adviser – Death Certification Policy Lead, Department of Health and Social Care, Professor Jo Ellins, Professor of Health   Services Research, School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham
• 12.50pm    Lunch
•  1.45pm     Supporting effective decision-making through our mortality statistics: Jonny Tinsley, Gemma Quayle, David Mais, Mortality Coding Experts, Office for National Statistics
•  2.25pm     End-of-life care: Dr Vicky Price, President, Society for Acute Medicine
•  3.05pm     Break
•  3.25pm     How easy is it to attribute COPD to harmful workplace exposures? Professor David Fishwick, Chief Medical Adviser, Health and Safety Executive GB and HSE NI, and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
•  4.25pm     Closing remarks: Dame Suzy Lishman, Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners, RCPath
•  4.30pm     Event close

Early Bird rates available now

Early Bird rates available until 31 March 2026
RCPath Members rate: £172.80
Non-members rate: £279.00
Concession rate: £92.70 (Includes Medical Examiner Officers, trainees, BMS, non-consultant Clinical Scientists, retired & nurses)

Rates from 1 April 2026
RCPath Members rate: £192.00 
Non-members rate: £310.00
Concession rate: £103.00 (Includes Medical Examiner Officers, trainees, BMS, non-consultant Clinical Scientists, retired & nurses)

Please note that an administrative charge of £10.00 will be made on all cancellations and the total registration fee is forfeited if cancelled within 48 hours before the event.

ZOOM

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