The Clinical Negligence Debate
8:30	Registration & Exhibition
9:00	Chairman’s Welcome: Simon Readhead QC
9:10	Headline Sponsor: Hayes Medicals
9:20	Keynote speech: The Lord Faulks, QC “Clinical negligence – has it got out of hand?”
	Topic 1: Is it right to blame defendants for rising costs?
9.40	Peter Walsh, AvMA
10:05	Panel Session Peter Walsh, AvMA Matthew Hoe, FOIL Ed Glasgow, Kennedys Ian Cohen, Simpson Millar
11:00	Refreshments & Exhibition
	Topic 2: Mediation: damp squib or ready for take off?
11:30	Quentin Smith
11:55	Panel Session Quentin Smith James Bell, Hodge Jones & Allen Andrea Barnes, Trust Mediation Vicky Morris, Weightmans
12:40	Lunch & Exhibition
	Topic 3: Have changes to consent affected surgeons’ approach to care?
13:40	Mike McNicholas, Knee Surgeon
14:05	Panel Session Mike McNicholas Andrew Axon, Parklane Plowden Jim Watts, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
14:45	Refreshments & Exhibition
	Topic 4: Will a rise in healthcare costs lead to a rise in claims?
15:15	Mike McKenna, Hill Dickinson
15:40	Panel Session Mike McKenna, Hill Dickinson Lisa Dobie, 1 Chancery Lane Claire Petts, Clyde & Co
16:30	Chair to close conference