Society Handbook 2022-2023 v12

Faculty HP: Sydney Selwyn Lectures 11 October 2022
Date: Tuesday 11 October 2022
Time: 6.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture cost: Faculty HP members £5, non-Faculty HP members £10,
students free
Lecture & supper: £42, students £17
Dress code: Smart casual
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
Crowdfunding, ethics, and medical responsibility
To be given by Dr Kathryn Millard BSc MBBS FFPH DHMSA
Sydney Selwyn Winner
The growth of crowdfunding for medical treatment has highlighted a number of ethical issues. These
include concerns about fundraising for unproven treatments, risks to privacy, the governance of
crowdfunding campaigns, and inequalities in the success of crowdfunding. This lecture will explore
these broad issues, then reflect upon the responsibilities of different stakeholders involved in
crowdfunding. Finally, the ethical challenges this may present for doctors and other UK healthcare
providers, who may be directly or indirectly involved with patients seeking crowdfunding, will be
considered, alongside the potential need for specific guidance.
Clinician-managers: the boundary of medical ethics?
To be given by Dr Koot Kotze MBChB DipHIVMan
Sydney Selwyn High Commendation
Clinicians who reach seniority in their clinical careers may transition part- or full-time into
management positions in the healthcare system. When these clinician-managers are faced with
ethical dilemmas, which ethical frameworks should inform their decisions? Do they simply practice
medicine at scale? Is there a body of management ethics which might guide them instead? Or can one
make the case for a clinical-managerial ethics which is distinct? This lecture will explore these
questions, with a focus on medical doctors in management.
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