The cost of this course is £275.00+VAT for all six modules.
This virtual training course will provide essential knowledge, tools and insights delivered by a range of legal experts and includes insights, lectures and mock inquest scenarios involving Dr Nina Lewis, Medical Examiner and six experienced Coroners.
- Mrs Louise Hunt, Senior Coroner for Birmingham
- Mr Zak Golombeck, Area Coroner for Manchester City
- Miss Louise Pinder, Senior Coroner for Rutland and North Leicestershire
- Mr Ian Dreelan, Assistant Coroner for Birmingham
- Mr Chris Stark, Assistant Coroner for Northamptonshire
- Dr Robert Hunter, Former Senior Coroner for Derby and South Derbyshire (retired).
The course covers the inquest process from start to finish and provides practical advice and guidance on reporting deaths and certification, writing reports for the Coroner and giving oral evidence in court or remotely. It includes several mock in-person inquests and a mock remote inquest hearing to provide a realistic experience of an inquest hearing from opening to conclusion and aims to introduce delegates to best practice when dealing with inquest hearings. The course also considers the wider implications of an inquest for the organisations and clinicians involved, looking at media coverage, compensation claims, disciplinary and professional implications.
This is an important training course for practising clinicians and any health and care professionals who would benefit from understanding the inquest process, including social workers and those working in clinical governance, patient safety and risk, complaints, family liaison and in-house legal teams.
Agenda
Tuesday 24 September 2024, 12pm – 1.45pm
This session will be delivered by Simon Tait, Head of Health Advisory and Litigation at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, Nicola Evans, Partner at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ and Dr Nina Lewis, Medical Examiner for Nottingham Medical Examiner Service.
During the session, Dr Lewis will take you through the law on reporting and certification of deaths including the role of the Medical Examiner and the process for referring deaths to the Medical Examiner and the Coroner.
Simon Tait will then provide an overview of the inquest process and an introduction to Coronial law.
Tuesday 1 October 2024, 12pm – 2pm
This session will be delivered by Mr Zak Golombeck, Area Coroner for Manchester City, Kathryn Fearn, Director of Legal Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nicola Evans, Partner at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ.
During the session, Nicola and Kathryn will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for writing your report to the Coroner. We will also hear from Mr Golombeck with guidance for witnesses giving oral evidence in court or remotely, to equip you to understand your duties to the court and to give your evidence to the court confidently and compassionately.
Tuesday 8 October 2024, 12pm – 2pm
During this session, we will show you a pre-filmed mock inquest both in court and via a mock remote inquest hearing to provide a realistic experience of a hearing from opening to Conclusion. The focus of this session will be on preparing for and attending an inquest hearing – both in-person and remotely. The mock inquest was filmed in a real courtroom with Dr Robert Hunter, former Senior Coroner for Derbyshire.
Simon Tait will then deliver a session on the wider implications of the inquest for the organisations and clinicians involved, looking at media coverage, compensation claims, disciplinary and professional implications.
This module will close with a Q&A session, when delegates will have an opportunity to put questions to a panel including Miss Louise Pinder, Senior Coroner for Rutland and North Leicestershire and Mr Chris Stark, Assistant Coroner for Northamptonshire
Thursday 10 October, 12pm – 1.45pm
This module will be delivered by Mark Barnett and Rebecca Fitzpatrick, Partners at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ and leading specialists in mental health law. Both regularly deal with inquests into deaths in a mental health setting. Rebecca also sits as a First Tier Judge in the Mental Health Tribunal.
This module builds on earlier modules but with a focus on issues which are unique to preparing for inquests in a mental health setting. Rebecca and Mark will provide an overview of the relevant Coronial law and will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for healthcare professionals preparing to give evidence at an inquest where the death involves mental health services.
Tuesday 15 October 2024, 12pm – 1.45pm
This module will be delivered by Mark Barnett, Partner, and Clare Shepherd, Senior Associate at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ. This module builds on earlier modules but with a focus on issues which are unique to preparing for inquests in a local authority setting.
Clare and Mark will provide an overview of the relevant Coronial law and will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for social workers and care professionals preparing to give evidence at an inquest where the death involves local authority services.
Thursday 17 October 2024, 12pm – 2pm
This module will be delivered by Nicola Evans, Heather Caddy and Sian Brown, who are all Partners at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ. The module builds on earlier modules and includes three pre-filmed Mock Inquest films based around a fictional maternity case study, which were filmed in a real life court with Mrs Louise Hunt, Senior Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull and Mr Ian Dreelan, Assistant Coroner for Birmingham.
We will explore issues unique to maternity inquests but the module also explores issues of wider application including the importance of good documentation and the impact of culture and team dynamics on patient care.
Tuesday 24 September 2024, 12pm – 1.45pm
This session will be delivered by Simon Tait, Head of Health Advisory and Litigation at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, Nicola Evans, Partner at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ and Dr Nina Lewis, Medical Examiner for Nottingham Medical Examiner Service.
During the session, Dr Lewis will take you through the law on reporting and certification of deaths including the role of the Medical Examiner and the process for referring deaths to the Medical Examiner and the Coroner.
Simon Tait will then provide an overview of the inquest process and an introduction to Coronial law.
Tuesday 1 October 2024, 12pm – 2pm
This session will be delivered by Mr Zak Golombeck, Area Coroner for Manchester City, Kathryn Fearn, Director of Legal Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nicola Evans, Partner at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ.
During the session, Nicola and Kathryn will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for writing your report to the Coroner. We will also hear from Mr Golombeck with guidance for witnesses giving oral evidence in court or remotely, to equip you to understand your duties to the court and to give your evidence to the court confidently and compassionately.
Tuesday 8 October 2024, 12pm – 2pm
During this session, we will show you a pre-filmed mock inquest both in court and via a mock remote inquest hearing to provide a realistic experience of a hearing from opening to Conclusion. The focus of this session will be on preparing for and attending an inquest hearing – both in-person and remotely. The mock inquest was filmed in a real courtroom with Dr Robert Hunter, former Senior Coroner for Derbyshire.
Simon Tait will then deliver a session on the wider implications of the inquest for the organisations and clinicians involved, looking at media coverage, compensation claims, disciplinary and professional implications.
This module will close with a Q&A session, when delegates will have an opportunity to put questions to a panel including Miss Louise Pinder, Senior Coroner for Rutland and North Leicestershire and Mr Chris Stark, Assistant Coroner for Northamptonshire
Thursday 10 October, 12pm – 1.45pm
This module will be delivered by Mark Barnett and Rebecca Fitzpatrick, Partners at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ and leading specialists in mental health law. Both regularly deal with inquests into deaths in a mental health setting. Rebecca also sits as a First Tier Judge in the Mental Health Tribunal.
This module builds on earlier modules but with a focus on issues which are unique to preparing for inquests in a mental health setting. Rebecca and Mark will provide an overview of the relevant Coronial law and will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for healthcare professionals preparing to give evidence at an inquest where the death involves mental health services.
Tuesday 15 October 2024, 12pm – 1.45pm
This module will be delivered by Mark Barnett, Partner, and Clare Shepherd, Senior Associate at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ. This module builds on earlier modules but with a focus on issues which are unique to preparing for inquests in a local authority setting.
Clare and Mark will provide an overview of the relevant Coronial law and will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for social workers and care professionals preparing to give evidence at an inquest where the death involves local authority services.
Thursday 17 October 2024, 12pm – 2pm
This module will be delivered by Nicola Evans, Heather Caddy and Sian Brown, who are all Partners at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ. The module builds on earlier modules and includes three pre-filmed Mock Inquest films based around a fictional maternity case study, which were filmed in a real life court with Mrs Louise Hunt, Senior Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull and Mr Ian Dreelan, Assistant Coroner for Birmingham.
We will explore issues unique to maternity inquests but the module also explores issues of wider application including the importance of good documentation and the impact of culture and team dynamics on patient care.
Our speakers
Nicola Evans
Partner
Simon Tait
Partner
Mark Barnett
Partner
Rebecca Fitzpatrick
Partner
Clare Shepherd
Senior Associate
Heather Caddy
Partner
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