AvMA Medico-Legal Seminar: Clinical Negligence: Law Practice & Procedure: Seminar by Sarah Wallace
29 – 30 January 2015, De Vere Colmore Gate Birmingham
This seminar, which is organised by AvMA, is for those who are new to the specialist field of clinical negligence. The event is especially suitable for trainee and newly qualified solicitors, paralegals, legal executives and medico-legal advisors, and will provide the fundamental knowledge necessary to develop a career in clinical negligence. Expert speakers with a wealth of experience will cover all stages of the investigative and litigation process relating to clinical negligence claims from the claimants’ perspective.
Sarah will address the following topic:
- Navigating your way through important sources of evidence
- Medical records
- Access to Health Records Act 1990
- Other sources of information available
- Chronology and sorting records
- Checking for completeness
- Understanding different types of records
- A guide to medical abbreviations and terminology