Working group members

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1 Independent review of gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide Working group members Leslie Hamilton - Chair Leslie Hamilton worked as a cardiac surgeon for 25 years, spending 16 of those years working as a children s heart surgeon. He now works as a medical expert in clinical negligence cases and a specialist advisor at the Care Quality Commission. Leslie gave evidence to the Bristol Inquiry the investigation into the deaths of 29 infants undergoing heart surgery at the Bristol Royal infirmary in the late 1980s and early 1990s and co-authored the Clinical Case Note Review. This prompted his interest in medico-legal aspects of practice and he was later the president of the North of England Medico-legal Society from Leslie is also past President of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery and recently completed his term on the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Selva Ramasamy QC Legal Advisor Selva Ramasamy QC has over 20 years of experience in regulatory and criminal law, with a particular focus on cases involving doctors and other healthcare professionals. He is often involved in the most serious types of regulatory cases where there is concurrent investigation by the police and regulators. In his criminal practice, he prosecutes and defends. Similarly, in his regulatory practice, he acts for regulators and defends. He has considerable experience with difficult and sensitive inquests arising from medical, police and military action. These areas of practice have allowed him to develop particular skill in dealing with complex scientific and technical evidence. He sits as a Recorder (part time judge) in the Crown Court. He is a Member of the Bar Standards Board Prosecuting Counsel Panel for Disciplinary Hearings. In his career he has been an elected member of the Bar Council, a member of the Criminal Bar Association Committee; and a member of the Bar s Race Relations Committee.

2 Vivienne Parry OBE Lay Advisor A scientist by training, Vivienne Parry hosts medical programmes for Radio 4, writes widely on health, presents films, facilitates many high level conferences and debates and trains young researchers. She also has a part time role as head of engagement at Genomics England which is delivering the 100,000 Genomes Project a revolutionary project to identify how best to use genomics in healthcare and how best to interpret the data to help patients. In September 2017, she was appointed to the board of UK Research & Innovation. Rosemary Ainslee Rosemary is presently Head of the York Unit of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Special Crime Division - a central casework specialist unit dealing with a wide range of high profile, complex and very sensitive cases throughout the North and Midlands of England and Wales. This includes cases of police corruption, death in custody, gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. Rosemary is a barrister called to the Bar of Northern Ireland and the Bar of England and Wales. She formerly practised at the Northern Ireland Bar in criminal, civil and professional negligence cases. Rosemary joined the CPS in She became a Senior Specialist Prosecutor in 2011 and in 2016, became the legal manager of the York Special Crime Unit. She won the National CPS Award for Outstanding Leadership in Rosemary was the Chair of the National Liaison Committee for the Work Related Death Protocol in She is currently the Co-chair of the East Midlands Regional Committee for the Work Related Death Protocol. Rosemary was also a member of CPS Working Group, liaising with the Law Commission on the revision of the offence of Misconduct in Public Office and a member of the working group liaising with Sir Norman Williams review into gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.

3 Dr Clare Gerada MBE Dr Clare Gerada is the Medical Director of the Practitioner Health Programme and is an elected member of the BMA Council. Clare has held a number of local and national leadership positions, including Director of Primary Care for the National Clinical Governance Team and Senior Medical Advisor to the Department of Health. Clare was awarded an MBE in the Millennium Birthday Honours in 2000 for services to medicine and substance misuse. Professor Pali Hungin OBE Pali Hungin is a Professor of Primary Care and General Practice and was previously the Dean of Medicine at Durham University and BMA president in Pali became a GP in Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, whilst maintaining a specialist interest in gastroenterology as a hospital practitioner. He was appointed Professor of General Practice and Primary Care at Durham University in He became their Foundation Dean of Medicine and the Head of School in Pali was responsible for initiating the research support networking movement in the UK, initially in primary care, and led the NHS Research and Development Forum (England). Pali received an OBE for services to research in Professor Iqbal Singh OBE Professor Iqbal Singh continues to be a major contributor to healthcare and medical regulation in the UK. An experienced clinician specialising in care of the elderly, pioneer in ethnic health and diversity, combined with board level GMC and Healthcare Commission service, he demonstrates a track record in regulatory, inspection, education and patient safety experience. Iqbal has made significant contributions in promoting equality, diversity and human rights within the NHS and more widely, nationally and internationally. As chair of the Expert Reference Group on Patient Safety at the Healthcare Commission (later becoming the Care Quality Commission), Iqbal led their strategy on developing criteria to assess safety standards. Working with a team of clinical and lay international experts, he produced the standards and guidance which formed the basis of the Annual Health Check of the Healthcare Commission.

4 Dr Jude Tweedie Jude Tweedie is a cardiology trainee originally based in Belfast. Jude has extensive experience as a trainee in leadership roles including as a Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management National Medical Director fellow, a Royal College of Physicians (London) Clinical Fellow, spearheading a number of key policy and improvement projects. Jude is currently a research fellow to the president of the Royal College of Physicians focusing on professionalism, professional identity formation and unprofessional behaviours and is completing an MD in medical education at UCL. Liz McAnulty Liz McAnulty began her career as a nurse, then a midwife in clinical practice and education and management. Liz then worked in professional regulation, firstly at the Nursing and Midwifery Council. In addition, Liz studied law and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in On her retirement, Liz was appointed as a Trustee of the Patients Association and was elected Chair in She stepped down from this role in February Liz s working life has been committed to helping improve health and social care for patients and clients, through high standards of practice and ensuring patients have an effective voice. Bertie Leigh Bertie has conducted many of the leading cases in clinical negligence and regulatory law during the past 30 years. His areas of specialism are clinical negligence, professional regulation and training, NHS administration and employment law. Bertie is the Non-Executive Director of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and the Chair of the Clinical Disputes Forum. He is also an advisor to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, as well as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Bertie was a member of the Civil Justice Council s Clinical Negligence Committee from and the Chair of the National Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death from

5 Dr Iain Wallace Iain is currently the Medical Director of NHS Lanarkshire. He practised as a GP Principal in the south-side of Glasgow for 10 years before being appointed as the Medical Director of Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust in In 2005 he became the Associate Medical Director for the Women and Children s Directorate in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and for a time combined this role with being interim Medical Director of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. He was appointed the Medical Director of NHS Forth Valley in 2010 before moving to the same role in Lanarkshire in June Iain is an Honorary Professor in the School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University and an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and a trustee and Founding Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Until recently Iain was co-chair of the Scottish Association of Medical Directors. He currently chairs the Single National Formulary Governance Group and also is cochair of the Managed Service Network for Children and Young People with Cancer in Scotland. Iain is passionate about quality improvement and has a particular interest in how quality improvement techniques are applied to improve patient safety and prescribing practice.

6 Declared interests Working group member Declared interests Dr Leslie Hamilton Assistant Coroner for County Durham and Darlington Married to Joy Hamilton, member of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) Statutory Committee Vivienne Parry OBE None to declare Selva Ramasamy QC Independent barrister on fitness to practise cases, in defence of the GMC Independent barrister on fitness to practise cases, to represent doctors at Medical Practitioners Tribunals Rosemary Ainslee None to declare Dr Clare Gerada MBE Council member of the BMA Council member of Royal College of GPs Medical Director of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme, a physician health programme for doctors and dentists with mental health concerns Senior partner of the Hurley Group, an NHS GP multi practice Member of wellbeing committees at a number of organisations, including the BMA, Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology Formerly an elected member of the GMC BMA liaison committee

7 Professor Iqbal Singh OBE Chair of the GMC s Black and Minority Ethnic Doctors Forum Member of the Health Honours Committee, Cabinet Office GMC Council member from 2008 to 2012 Chair of the GMC s Equality and Diversity Committee from 2008 to 2012 Member of the GMC s Fitness to Practise Committee from 2008 to 2012 Bertie Leigh Independent legal representative for doctors at Medical Practitioners Tribunals Liz McAnulty None to declare Professor Pali Hungin OBE Leading work on the future of medicine and healthcare with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - The changing face of medicine, which the GMC is involved in Dr Jude Tweedie Involved in developing workshops on unprofessional behaviours, in collaboration with the GMC Member of the GMC s doctors in training roundtable group Dr Iain Wallace Responsible Officer for NHS Lanarkshire