Forensic Science Subcommittee
FSSC Meeting Dates
Monday 12 June 2023
November 2023 (Date TBC)
FSSC Members
The current Chair of the Forensic Science Subcommittee is Prof Margaret Stark.
Should you like to contact the chair please send an email to forensic.medicine@fflm.ac.uk.
Committee members
Bernadette Butler, Forensic Physician, The Havens, London
Nat Cary, Forensic Pathologist
Raymond Chapman, Consultant Forensic Biologist, Metropolitan Police Service
Laura Dean, Clinical Lead – Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire, Care & Custody Health
Edward Doyle, Senior Medical Advisor, Scottish Government
Andrea Edwards, Forensic Biologist, Independ National Forensic Advisor
Sue Fewkes, Forensic Nurse Practitioner, Kent, VP, UKAFN
Amy Hamm, Southwest Regional Clinical Lead Sexual Offence Examiner, G4S
Charlotte Hargreaves, Senior Reporter, Eurofins
Kranti Hiremath, Forensic Physician, NHS Lothian
Rachel Knottley, Biology Reporting Manager, Key Forensic Services
Hassan Kurimbokus, Forensic Toxicology Reporting Manager, Analytical Services International
Carolyn Lovell, Research and Development Manager, NPCC Forensic Capability Network
Rachel Morgan, Forensic Reporting Scientist, Cellmark
Kleo Papachristou, Metropolitan Police Service
Fiona Perry, Senior Forensic Toxicologist, Eurofins
Keeley Roe, Associate Head of Healthcare, Northern Region, Mountain Healthcare
Carol Rogers, Interim Operations Manager – Biology, Scottish Police Authority
Margaret Stark, Forensic Physician, London (Chair)
Nigean Stevenson, Interim Lead Forensic Scientist (Sexual Offences)
Hiang Boon Tan, Medical Lead for Police Custody Services, Yorkshire and Humber
Jo Taylor, College of Policing
Cath White, Forensic Physician and Sexual Offence Lead, FFLM
Stuart Wiseman, Sales Director, Scenesafe
Aims & Objectives
Aims
To ensure that patients being seen in a forensic medical setting (complainants, complainers, and suspects, of all ages, and by the circumstances of the encounter, likely to be vulnerable) receive appropriate care, including the taking of all relevant forensic samples, using the current best evidence available in the field of forensic and legal medicine.
Objectives
- Maintain guidelines on forensic sampling which will be updated as there are developments in the field of forensic science in order to maximise the recovery of potential forensic evidence whilst minimising the distress to the examinee.
- Establish channels of communication between the FFLM, the Police and the forensic services and kit providers.
- Communicate good practice to forensic practitioners responsible for obtaining the samples and the teachers of those practitioners.
- Highlight and encourage areas where research or supporting data is required. Disseminate relevant information as necessary.
FSSC Newsletters
The FSSC review and revise the Recommendations for the collection of forensic specimens (next update due out January 2023).
The Committee also considers questions sent in by members of the FFLM and other interested parties. These are published in the FSSC’s newsletters.
You can view the questions and answers here.
National Forensic Kits
National Forensic Kits are now available from SceneSafe based on the FFLM Recommendations for the Collection of Forensic Specimens from Complainants and Suspects. The kits and their contents are listed below.