Speakers
Leila Benyounes
Simon Britten
Simon Gregg-Smith
BOA Session
Hall 7
Orthopaedic Surgeons: ‘Avoiding Jeopardy’
09:00 - 09:10 Introduction Simon Britten, Leila Benyounes & faculty
09:10 - 09:50 Consent Simon Gregg-Smith
09:50 - 10:20 Safe social media for doctors Heidi Mounsey
Leila is ranked as a leading barrister in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for Inquests and Inquiries, Serious Injuries and Clinical Negligence. She has a special interest in coronial law and regularly acts for interested persons in high profile, media sensitive Article 2 jury inquests. Leila is Head of the Inquests and Inquiries Team at Parklane Plowden Chambers and is appointed as an Assistant Coroner for two areas alongside her practice as a barrister.
Leila is appointed as a Recorder in Crime and has been appointed to the Attorney General’s Treasury Counsel Panel A since 2010. Leila is a former President of the Leeds and District Medico-Legal Society. She is a lecturer on the Medical Ethics and Law Module at Leeds Institute of Medical Education at the University of Leeds and has been on the Faculty for the British Orthopaedic Association course ‘Law for Orthopaedic Surgeons- Avoiding Jeopardy” since 2021.
www.parklaneplowden.co.uk/barristers/leila-benyounes
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals since 2002, having completed surgical training in Bath and Bristol and following fellowship training in the Ilizarov method at the Ilizarov Scientific Centre in Kurgan, Russia.
Mr Britten’s clinical practice includes the treatment of severe lower limb fractures and post-traumatic limb reconstruction including non-union, mal-union and deformity, limb length inequality, bone loss and amputation.
Current President of the British Limb Reconstruction Society and Chair of the British Orthopaedic Association Medico-legal Committee.
In 2018 Mr Britten was awarded the taught degree of Master of Laws with Distinction in medical law and ethics by De Montfort University Leicester.
His other interests include Nottingham Forest FC, Leeds Rhinos RLFC, modern languages, old Gothic Hammer Horror films, Formula One racing and the castles of Northumberland.
Dr Heidi Mounsey is a medicolegal consultant and provides advice and support with a variety of medicolegal matters, including clinical negligence claims, inquests, complaints, disciplinaries, and regulatory proceedings. She joined Medical Protection in 2016 and has previously worked in anaesthesia and also in palliative medicine. Since joining Medical Protection she has written a variety of articles and case studies, and is the author of a number of Learning from Cases publications, looking at common themes and issues arising in cases and claims. She is also the editor in chief of Practice Matters UK, focusing on advice and information for the general practice team, and has given a number of presentations to a range of audiences covering common medicolegal problems and concerns.