09:15-09:30                    

Registration and coffee

09:30-9:40

Welcome and Introduction from the Chair

Prof Andy Kent

Executive Dean, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Planning)

Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education

9:40-10:20

Sir Robert Anthony Francis, QC

Chair of Healthwatch England

'If you want your service to be the best, listen to those who use it'

10:20-11:00

Dr Hilary Cass OBE

Consultant in Paediatric Disability at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

'Children with medical complexity; practical and ethical challenges'

11.00-11:20

Morning refreshment break

11.20-12.00

Jim Elliott

Public Involvement Lead, Health Research Authority

'How the Health Research Authority has been building patient and public involvement into research ethics review and what this means for applicants'

12.00-12.45

Debate: 'This house believes that using proxy methods to represent the lived experience of patients, carers and service users is inherently unethical'

For the motion Anna Gill OBE, seconder Lucy Watts MBE; Against the motion Dr Anna Pacholczyk, seconder Lindsay Shepherd

12:45-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14.10

Dr Trevor Stammers

Director, Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies, St. Mary's University, Twickenham and Editor, The New Bioethics

'UK Public Consultations in Health: Trick or Treat?'

14.10- 14:50

Dr Anna Pacholczyk Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Law

St. George's University of London

'Opportunities and challenges of involving patients and the public in philosophical and empirical ethics research'

14:50-15:20

Afternoon refreshment break

15:20-15:45

Panel Discussion

Members: Sir Robert Anthony Francis, QC, Dr. Hilary Cass OBE, Jim Elliott, Dr. Anna Pacholczyk, Dr. Trevor Stammers

Panel Chair: Professor Andy Kent

15.45-16.00

Reflections and closing remarks

Prof Mary Chambers

Director, Centre for Public Engagement

Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education