Welcome to the FFLM

The FFLM Office has moved!

FFLM will have a new address from Wednesday, 11 January 2012. Please update your records:

1 White Horse Yard
78 Liverpool Road
London
N1 0QD

Tel 0207 704 9290




What is the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine?

The FFLM is a charity set up to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine. Microscope

The specialty covers doctors working in three related disciplines: forensic medical practitioners (forensic physicians, forensic pathologists, sexual assault examiners, and child physical and sexual assault examiners); medico-legal advisers; and medically qualified coroners.

We offer information for the following:

  • Members of the public wanting to know more about forensic and legal medicine
  • Anyone interested in attending conferences and educational events
  • Doctors seeking training and qualifications in forensic and legal medicine
  • Medical students considering a career in forensic and legal medicine
  • Faculty members

Membership


Forthcoming Events

Custody Immediate Life Support Course

10th March 2012

Cantium House, Station Approach, Wallington, Surrey, SM6

Only three places left - book now!

Date submitted : 2012-01-17 | Filed under : Forensic Practitioners
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FFLM Development Training Course for Healthcare Professionals
Forensic Physicians, Nurses and Paramedics

17th March 2012

Holiday Inn Regent's Park, Carburton Street, London

Draft programme and booking form now available!


Date submitted : 2012-01-04 | Filed under : Forensic Practitioners
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FFLM Annual Conference 2012

11th May 2012 - 12th May 2012

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Date submitted : 2011-05-18
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FFLM Annual General Meeting 2012

11th May 2012

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
Date submitted : 2011-05-18
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Latest News

Election of One Ordinary Member of the Board

6th January 2012

Date submitted : 2011-12-22
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FFLM Conference 2012 Members' Papers

30th November 2011

Date submitted : 2011-11-29
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Online CPD Diary for FFLM members

7th November 2011

Date submitted : 2011-11-07

The FFLM has developed an online system for use by FFLM members who wish to keep a formal record of their CPD activities and track their progress towards achieving the amount and mix of CPD recommended for doctors working in the fields of forensic and legal medicine.

For further information on how to access the CPD diary, please read the CPD Diary User Guide


Guardian: Rapists escaping justice because police surgeons not up to the job, say critics

4th October 2011

Date submitted : 2011-10-04

Outsourced and inadequate forensic examinations are resulting in prosecutions being dropped, claim senior doctors

Read today's Guardian article

New route to FFLM Membership for Medical Coroners and Forensic Pathologists

11th August 2011

Date submitted : 2011-08-01
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The Faculty has been founded to achieve the following objectives:

To promote for the public benefit the advancement of education and knowledge in the field of forensic and legal medicine.

To develop and maintain for the public benefit the good practice of forensic and legal medicine by ensuring the highest professional standards of competence and ethical integrity.

Registered Charity No. 1119599