Women in Clinical Negligence

Phase 2 - The roundtable

Bringing experts from across the field together for a roundtable discussion.

Women in clinical negligence roundtable discussion

This dynamic exchange tackled the systemic challenges women face—not just in clinical negligence, but across the wider health sector.

The agenda

Are clinical negligence practitioners seeing signs of any improvement in women’s healthcare and outcomes?

Has there been a substantive change in how NHS Resolution responds to claims and is it making a difference to their cost and duration?

Have reforms proposed by the previous government had any impact on women’s health and maternity care and what could this government do to improve things?

What are the challenges for funding cases and what is the prognosis for costs?

While more women lawyers work in clinical negligence it seems those acting as medical experts are disproportionately male. Does this make a difference?

The gender pain gap roundtable discussion

Attendees

Anne Kavanagh
Partner, Irwin Mitchell

Sarah Stanton
Medical Negligence Partner - Moore Barlow LLP

Ruth Powell
Partner & Head of Clinical Negligence, Hugh James

Kelly Buckley
Partner & Maternity Division Lead, Browne Jacobson

Eduardo Reyes
Features Editor, Law Society Gazette

Lisa Abraham
ATE Account Manager at ARAG

Vinod Kathuria
Clinical Director, Tula Medical Services

Janesh Gupta
Professor, University of Birmingham