Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 74(1) February 2024

CMA Annual Sumposium 2024

The Ethics of Public Health Medicine and the Common Good
6th-7th April 2024
St Mary’s University,Waldegrave Road, Strawberry Hill,Twickenham,TW1 4SX

Time Speaker Title
10:00 Dr Steven Bow
Public Health Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow, UCL
Welcome and Introduction to Symposium
10:15 Prof Jim McManus
National Director of Health and
Wellbeing at Public Health Wales
Keynote address: Title TBC, to speak on the practical importance of public health ethics tothose who work in the field – COVID advice to govt? Followed by Q&A
11:00 Tea & Coffee  
11:15 Dr Michael Wee
Associate Research Fellow, Anscombe Bioethics Centre
Title TBC to speak on how public health ethics based on the common good is consistent with individ- ual-based clinical ethics Followed by Q&A
12:00 Dr Steven Bow
Public Health Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow, UCL
“Is there a duty to be vaccinated for the common good?” - Breakout discussions
13:00 Lunch  
14:00 Ryan Christopher
Deputy Director of Alliance Engagement,Alliance Defending Freedom International
Communicating conscientious objection. How healthcare professionals can create space for practices that serve the Common Good Followed by Q&A
15:00 Philip Booth
Director of Catholic Mission & Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics, St Mary’s University
Subsidiarity in healthcare and public health - is the Catholic approach different?
Followed by Q&A
16:00 All Speakers Panel Discussion
16:30 Dr Steven Bow
Public Health Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow, UCL
Close
17:00 Holy Mass  
19:00 Dinner  
  SUNDAY 7th April  
09:30 Catholic Medical Missionary Society (CMMS) AGM (15Mins)
Followed by CMA AGM
 
11:00 Holy Mass is available in the chapel  

Enquiries to Steve Brennan at secretary@catholicmedicalassociation.org.uk or Mobile 07484123732