🚨 Clinicians: Preparing for a coroner’s inquest? 🧠 Inquest Assist A simple, practical tool to help you prepare for an inquest 👉 Try it here: inquest-assist.netlify.app ♻️ Repost to help other clinicians feel prepared #MedSky #NHS #PatientSafety #MedEd

🚨 Clinicians: Preparing for a coroner’s inquest? 🧠 Inquest Assist A simple, practical tool to help you prepare for an inquest 👉 Try it here: inquest-assist.netlify.app ♻️ Repost to help other clinicians feel prepared #MedSky #NHS #PatientSafety #MedEd

From liaising with defence organisations to arriving early and dressing smartly, experts share their advice for doctors preparing for a coroner’s inquest www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Suicide conclusions #inquest www.ukinquestlawblog.co.uk/suicide-infe...

Healthcare professionals are often asked to give evidence at a coroner’s inquest. For many clinicians this can feel daunting, particularly if it is their first time attending a coroner’s court. drgabriellependlebury.com/giving-evide...

Inquest noted no documented support post discharge (S117 plan) and calls for national guidance on S117 planning #inquest www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

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A good opportunity for aspiring medical educators, closing date 17th February www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo... #NHS

Read A Practical Guide to the Coroner’s Court and Inquests for Healthcare Professionals. on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Read A Practical Guide to the Coroner’s Court and Inquests for Healthcare Professionals. on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

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Our follow up paper is coming soon.... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic improvement. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @derektracy.bsky.social #MDDUS

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📣 Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic improvement. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @derektracy.bsky.social #MDDUS

'a valuable reference for trainees, consultants, and those in leadership or governance roles who may be involved in a coronial investigation. It is highly applicable to those working in anaesthesia and critical care..' #BJAnaesthesia www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...

Reporting a possible side effect to a medicine – a guide for Children and Young People. A resource from @mhragovuk.bsky.social added to the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #medicationsafety #patientsafety

If you found this guide useful, please consider leaving a short review on Amazon - it helps other clinicians find this resource.

Suicide prevention in Scottish prisons. Joint inquiry into the deaths of William Brown/Lindsay and Katie Allan at HMP & YO Polmont. Sheriff Collins found that there were reasonable precautions by which both deaths might realistically have been avoided. www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/1olg15...

Great programme for 2025-26, including Prof Chris Whitty (9th October), Dr Andrew Johns (11th December), Sir Brian Langstaff (11th March), Prof Guy Leschziner (9th April)...Join today. www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk/programme/

Some stats from this paper: A third died aged 26-35; half died aged 40 or less. Mean age at death was 38. 54.1% of deaths were hangings. 46.3% of recorded ligature points were window bars. 85.6% of all deaths concerned male prisoners. The mean time from death to report was 1.9 years.

Despite refusing hospital transfer, no adequate assessment of the patient's decision-making capacity was carried out and no proper consideration of the impact of her mental health disorder on the decision. #FFLM #MCA #PFD www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

Concern exists ...nationwide that there is not necessarily any clearly defined pathway that assists young persons making the transition between CAMHS (under 18) and adult psychiatric services, to ensure a smooth transit and continuity of care. www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

One aim of this book was to help healthcare professionals feel more confident and prepared when facing inquests #inquest A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Coroner's Court and Inquests.

Sometimes families are surprised when there are journalists at an inquest. However, journalists are always allowed to go to inquests and have a legal right to do so. www.ipso.co.uk/resources-gu...

Resuming an inquest (or not) after a homicide trial www.ukinquestlawblog.co.uk/resumption-p...

Navigating inquests #inquests

Being a Witness in Coroners Court www.hempsons.co.uk/events/from-... @hempsons.co.uk

Advance decisions to refuse treatment – what (not) to do when it appears one may be in play: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/advance-deci...

Supporting clinicians through effective CPD - please get in touch if your organisation or trust would benefit #medsky

Open access #medsky #lawsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

8th May, 7pm: Richard Shepherd, Forensic Pathologist speaking online and in person at Medico-legal Society London. www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk/programme/ #medicine #medsky #lawsky

6th May Ethics and Law for Anaesthetists - online study day #anaesthetics #inquests #RCOA #medsky rcoa.ac.uk/events/ethic...

One aim of this book was to help healthcare professionals feel more confident and prepared when facing inquests #inquest A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Coroner's Court and Inquests.

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Ah Wakley - my favourite badass coroner of all time

Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) issued between July 2013 and 22 June 2022 including mental health related, suicide, police related and product related deaths. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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An expert having previously expressed strident views on a matter will not necessarily bar them from acting in accordance with their duty of independence to the court. One to watch #gambling www.ukinquestlawblog.co.uk/calling-expe...

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An interesting outcome in a complex matter with a narrative verdict of suicide 'Beth’s parents indicated to the court that they were happy to limit the relief they sought to deletion of those few words and that they were content not to have another inquest.' www.ukinquestlawblog.co.uk/shipsey/

How to Survive the Coroner’s Court — A Clinician’s Guide 10 April, 7pm - www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk

A review of mental health related Prevention of Future Deaths reports: What can healthcare providers learn? www.brownejacobson.com/insights/a-r...