Medicine for members

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust regularly holds free NHS events for members and these events are open to patients, staff and the public. If you are not yet a member and would like to come along, you are more than welcome. You can also support the trust and strengthen our three hospitals’ links with the local community by signing up for NHS membership at the events.

All medicine for members events take place in the Sir William Wells Atrium at the Royal Free Hospital unless otherwise stated.

Medicine for members events

Lecture title	Chair and speaker	Date and time	Film and feedback
The Starlight Neonatal Unit Medicine for Members	Marva Sammy Dr Steve Shaw Dr Tim Wickham Emily Hills Dr Clare Cane Debby Hodge	22.01.2019 6-8pm	Watch the film
Pathways to better health	Chair: Abi Wood Speakers: Dr John Connolly Dr Tim Wickham Dr Shanthi Shanmugalingam Cathy Rogers Date	6.11.2018 6-8pm	Watch the film
Cutting-edge research at the Pears Building	Chair: Judy Dewinter	19.04.2018 6-8pm	Watch the film
RFL Partnership with DeepMind	Chair: Jude Bayly	21.03.2018 5.45-7.45pm	Watch the film
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)	Chair: Judy Dewinter Speaker: Sonya Chowdhury	07.11.2017 6-7.45pm	Watch the film
How renal research is improving the lives of our kidney patients	Chair: David Myers Speaker: Prof David Wheeler	30.03.2017 6-7.30pm
The Royal Free London's volunteering service	Chair: Judy Dewinter Speaker: Richard Scarth	15.12.2016 6-7.30pm	Watch the film
Neurology in evolution: discoveries to treatments	Chair: Stephen Cameron Speaker: Prof. Anthony Schapira	16.11.2016 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
New technology, the advent of painless endoscopy and the tunnel at the end of the light	Chair: Richard Lindley Speaker: Prof. Owen Epstein	25.10.2016 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
Organ donation at the Royal Free London	Chair: David Myers Speaker: Mr Neal Banga	06.09.2016 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
Annual members meeting		20.07.2016 5-8.30pm	Read about the event
The Royal Free London's high level isolation unit	Chair: Linda Davies Speaker: Dr Michael Jacobs	29.06.2016 6-7.30pm	Read the feedback
From De Hogeweyk to hospital: Creating dementia-friendly environments	Chair: Frances Blunden Speaker: Danielle Wilde	19.05.2016 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
The Royal Free London's sexual health service	Chair: Vanessa Gearson Speaker: Monte Fields	21.04.2016 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
Hands across the world: massage therapy	Chair: Richard Stock Speaker: Keith Hunt MBE	17.11.2015 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
The role of diet and lifestyle in breast cancer	Chair: Sue Cullinan Speaker: Prof. Mo Keshtgar	21.10.2015 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback
Organ donation and transplantation	Chair: Judy Dewinter Speaker: Dr Fernando Bimbi	09.09.2015 6-7.30pm	Watch the film and read the feedback

To register your interest at any of the above events, please email rf.membership@nhs.net with the name of the lecture in the subject.

Watch the video of our last medicine for members event below or watch all past lectures for members on the Royal Free London YouTube channel.

Marsden lectures

Antimicrobial resistance - a global problem

On 19 November 2015, our annual Marsden lecture was delivered by Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer and chair of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. Dame Sally acts as the UK government’s principal medical adviser and the professional head of all directors of public health in local government, and she spoke on the topic of antimicrobial resistance - a global problem. Find out more and watch the lecture.

Inquiries in the NHS: What’s the point?

On 20 November 2014, Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, spoke at the 2014 Marsden lecture on the topic of inquiries in the NHS, asking "what's the point?" Find out more and watch the lecture.