About Us

ABOUT US

Our raison d’être is the development of knowledge within the medico-legal sector.  As a provider of events in this specialist sector we aspire to provide quality and innovative events that will exceed your expectations.

Our events are resourced by a network of highly qualified, experienced medical and legal professionals who are well known in their chosen area of expertise. The emphasis of our events is always providing a clear and measurable added value.

The Inspire team collectively have over 40 years of experience of working within the healthcare sector and have previously held a small number of conferences for legal professionals in the challenges and pitfalls of medical negligence and personal injury.  These events were well received by medical and legal professionals as they gave valuable insight into the medical issues of medical negligence and personal injury. 

Caren Scott

Managing Director

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Caren Scott

Managing Director

Caren studied Business Studies at Stafford College of Further Education and started her career as a legal secretary. She has twenty years of management experience in the healthcare industry. Her medical experience started as medical secretary in the NHS. After six years, she left to become Practice Manager to a Group of Neurosurgeons where she was responsible for the seamless management of a busy clinical practice. During this time she thrived on the challenges of managing the partnerships between patients, surgeons, management, medical and legal professionals, nursing and support staff.

Caren left Oxford Neurosurgery and Spine Practice in 2012 to set up Medicolegal Management to provide conferences for legal professionals in medical negligence and personal injury. During this time Caren has also worked as an interim Senior Manager in the NHS and has enjoyed the challenges of successfully turning around cancer performance, wait times for elective surgery and managing multidisciplinary teams.

The opportunity has now arisen to start an exciting new business, Inspire Medilaw with like minded partners who have considerable knowledge and expertise in the healthcare sector.

Her interests include horse riding, travel, reading, cooking for family and friends and spending time with her husband Tim, 3 sons, their families, 3 grandchildren and Boot the springer spaniel.

Tim Seymour

Finance and Commercial Director

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Tim Seymour

Finance and Commercial Director

Tim studied Economics / Politics at the University of Sheffield before training as a Chartered Accountant. Tim worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and then joined a multinational packaging company, becoming Finance Director of the group’s worldwide pharmaceutical division. He then joined ISS as Finance Director of the Integrated Services Division.

After 16 years in the private sector, he joined the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and has almost 8 years of healthcare experience in a variety of operational, finance and commercial roles including Acting Deputy Director of Finance, Finance Director for Planned Care, Head of Clinical Support Services, Directorate Manager for Theatres and Acting Trust Commercial Director.

Tim is married with four daughters. His interests include walking, cricket, classic cars and reading.

Vikki Forrester

Business Manager

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Vikki Forrester

Business Manager

Vikki studied Business Studies at Abingdon College and started her career as a Personal Assistant to a Director in a leading Publishing company. After four years, she left to join Caren working in the Oxford Neurosurgery & Spine Practice as Practice Secretary. This entailed supporting the patients’ journey throughout their care, providing office support for the consultants’ busy practices and liaising between medical staff and patients. Vikki also managed the consultants’ medico-legal practices, dealing with clients and solicitors.

Vikki left Oxford Neurosurgery and Spine Practice in May 2012 and worked in the NHS as Secretary to two Respiratory Consultants and a team of Psychiatrists, whilst setting up Medico-Legal Management Ltd with Caren. Following a short break to have a family, Vikki worked at the Royal Berkshire Hospital as Service Manager responsible for the operational delivery of the Urology department.

Her interests include reading, socialising with friends and spending time at home with her husband, daughter Mollie, son George and Labrador, Winston.

Sarah Sellars

Training & Development Manager

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Sarah Sellars

Training & Development Manager

Sarah qualified as a Clinical Negligence solicitor at Henmans LLP.  Her primary practice was in birth and brain injury claims, alongside orthopaedic, fatal and spinal injury cases.  Sarah volunteered as a helpline adviser for AvMA, dealing with queries from the general public on a range of medical negligence and related data protection issues.

During a career break to care for her two young sons, Sarah began working as a freelance copy writer.  She devised content for electronic and paper communications, and marketing materials for local business clients.

Sarah has recently worked with the Legal Services Department at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Her role included investigating and defending claims against the NOTSS Directorate (Neurology, Orthopaedics, Trauma & Specialist Surgery).

Having worked on both sides of the fence, and continuing to volunteer for the AvMA helpline, Sarah is passionate about improving communication both within the healthcare system, and between healthcare providers and their users.  She believes that high quality training on good medico-legal practice will encourage a new generation of medical experts to get involved both as expert witnesses, and in championing good practice within their clinical settings, so as to improve the patient experience.