The Anatomy of a
Cerebral Palsy Case
18 September 2023
9.45 – 16.30
Hilton Edinburgh Carlton
CPD accreditation: 6 hours
Cost: £295 (+VAT)
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At this event, we’ll be discussing the key areas in cerebral palsy claims to help you build and develop your knowledge and understanding on the medical issues in these complex cases.
Chaired by Lauren Sutherland KC, the event will feature presentations from leading medical and legal experts on:
- the management of labour
- neonatal care
- determining causation
- imaging
- case management care and costs
- current issues in cerebral palsy claims and budgeting.
What you’ll learn
Improve your assessment of cerebral palsy claims.
Learn:
- what constitutes reasonable practice and what could form the basis for a successful claim/defence in key areas
- the latest legal developments in cerebral palsy claims
- how to determine causation.
This event also gives you an excellent opportunity to network with legal professionals and medical experts working in these specialist areas.
Programme
The Anatomy of a Cerebral Palsy Claim
18 September 2023
9.45
Registration
10.00
Chair’s introduction
Lauren Sutherland KC
10.05
A midwife’s casebook
Abigail Luck, Midwife, Director, Safer Beginnings Limited and Independent Healthcare Safety Investigator, Clinical Investigator and Expert Witness
10.35
Management of labour – part 1
CTG interpretation and failure to act on an abnormal CTG
Dr Nithiya Palaniappan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Victora Hospital NHS Fife
11.05
Refreshments
11.20
Management of labour – part 2
Breech births
Mr Tim Hookway, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University Hospitals, Bristol
11.50
Medico-legal issues in Neonatal care
Dr Karen Luyt, Consultant Neonatologist, University of Bristol
12.45
Questions
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Models of care and realistic care rates in Scotland for complex care claims
Anne Cossar, Occupational Therapist and Director of Anne Cossar & Associates
14.30
Determining causation in Cerebral Palsy cases
Dr Andrew Lux
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, University Hospital Bristol
15.10
Refreshments
15.25
The optimum time to image and the necessity for further imaging
Dr Ian Craven, Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
15.55
Case management care and costs
Norma Findlay, Occupational Therapist and Director of Anne Cossar & Associates
16.30
Close
Speakers (more TBC)
Lauren Sutherland KC
Dr Andrew Lux
Anne Cossar DipCOT, DipRSA
Abigail Luck
Dr Nithiya Palaniappan
Norma Findlay
Dr Karen Luyt
Mr Tim Hookway
