A varied couple of months – here they are on a (sort of) day by day basis (day to day clinical work, report writing, research planning generally omitted in detail):

September

• Meeting with journalist Julie Bindel about a podcast
• On call as duty Forensic Medical Examiner for the Metropolitan Police Service
• Court case – attempted murder
• Court case – fitness to have carried out allegations
• Assessment of person’s physical capabilities
• Lecture to lawyers and doctors and other healthcare professionals at invitation of Irwin Mitchell in Nottingham – ‘Court in the Middle’ – co-presenter Adam Weitzman QC at the National Justice Museum, Nottingham
• Tallin, Estonia for the European Council of Legal Medicine – elected Member of Executive Board

Tallinn, Estonia

ECLM Executive Board

• Filming in Manchester Library and near Rochdale Canal for documentary
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• Assorted conferences with counsel
• Court case – sexual assault
• Court case – adult neglect
• Court case – child assault
• Progress on death in police custody study learning lessons comparison – IPCC and coroners and healthcare professionals

October

• Rape trial
• Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine meeting with Professor Tim Thompson and Alex Smith
  

  JJPJ – TT – AS

• Screening of ‘Kingdom of Us’ at the British Film Institute – winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary – co-produced by son Alistair Payne-James
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  Kingdom of Us at BFI

  

• Meeting with Professor Chris de Gara at Nobu Shoreditch
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  Nobu Shoreditch

  

  

• World Premier of award-winning comedy horror short film Blood Shed (at Wimbledon International Short Film Festival) – directed by James Moran and produced by Cat Davies (pleased to be involved as associate producer)
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• Meeting with General Medical Council Chair Professor Sir Terence Stephenson with President of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine
• Meeting with Dr Michael Freeman and President of FFLM at The Shard to discuss forensic epidemiology
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• Filming documentary in Cardiff
• Belgrade in Serbia – appointed as Visiting Professor to the University of Belgrade – very honoured – lectured to international student conference and Forensic Medicine departments
  

  GSC Plenary Belgrade 2017

  

  Council of Europe

• Assessment of person regarding capability to commit a crime
• Taser liaison group at 109 Lambeth Road

November

• Immediate Life Support training
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• Documentary filming in London

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  Filming Blue Fin Building

• Enjoyable trip to Glasgow to speak to healthcare professionals doing police custodial healthcare at the Blythswood Square Hotel
• Final details for ForensiDoc App being approved
• Member of the Small Business Division of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
• Revision of ForensiGraph website
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• Meeting at National Ambulance Research Steering Group to explore collaborative work

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  Southwark for the NARSG

• Annual appraisal
• Visit to nursing home to assess elderly male for trial fitness in non-recent sexual abuse allegations
• Meeting with Gavin Jamieson of Lapwing Publishing to discuss progress with the Madeleine Hyde diaries – first volume ‘Flowers & Snow’
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• Screening of film ‘Landline’ at the Institute of Light – co-produced by Alistair Payne-James
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• Updating professional guidelines

December

• Excellent ‘Patient Focused’ photography course in Portsmouth
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• Voice-over for documentary
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• Working on finalising manuscript of 14th Edition of Simpson’s Forensic Medicine
• And at long last – launch of the ForensiDoc App!! Find it in the App Store

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  ForensiDoc App