Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons Expert Committee: register of interests
Published 20 April 2026
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This register of interests for the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons Expert Committee members lists their occupations, the organisations they work for and the nature of any interests they might have.
After the Chair, Professor Charles Deakin, members are listed alphabetically.
Professor Charles Deakin, Chair of MILLWEC
Occupation
Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Cardiac Intensive Care, University Hospital Southampton
Declaration of Interests
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Divisional Medical Director
- Resuscitation and Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine, University of Southampton: Honorary Professor
- Royal College of Anaesthetists: Fellow
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians: Fellow
- Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine: Fellow
- Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee: Member
- Resuscitation Council UK: Honorary Member
- European Resuscitation Council: Fellow
- Advance Life Support Working Group, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR): Emeritus Member
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Vice President
- Resuscitation Council UK: Trustee and Treasurer
- Deakin Associates Ltd: Director
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Research for Patient Benefit Programme: Grant recipient
Mr Duncan Bew
Occupation
Consultant in Major Trauma and Surgery, King’s College Hospital, London
Declaration of Interests
- Royal Medical Benevolent Fund: Chairman
- Growing against Violence Charity: Trustee
- Royal College of Surgeons of England: Fellow
- Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow: Fellow
- Royal College of Pathologists: Fellow
Mr Phil Cowburn
Occupation
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston (UBHW) NHS Foundation Trust
Declaration of Interests
- North Bristol NHS Trust: Consultant Trauma Team Leader
- South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: Secondment from UBHW
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity: Consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine and Deputy Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR)
- NHS Emergency Capabilities Unit; part of NHSE Resilience & hosted by London Ambulance Service: Medical Advisor – Secondment from UHBW
- Avon & Somerset Constabulary: Unpaid Medical Advisor
- Gloucestershire Constabulary: Unpaid Medical Advisor
- NHS Emergency Capabilities Unit (and affiliated groups): Medical Advisor
- Royal College of Surgeons of England: Fellow
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine: Fellow
- Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Member
- Immediate Medical Care: Examiner
- Diploma in Major Incident Management: Deputy Convener
- British Association of Immediate Care: Member
- University of Gloucestershire: Unpaid Fellow and Unpaid Visiting Lecturer
- University of the West of England: Unpaid Visiting Lecturer
- NHS Pension Scheme: Member
Professor Abi Dymond
Occupation
Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Exeter
Declaration of Interests
- Independent Office for Police Conduct’s External Stakeholder Reference Group: Member
- Omega Research Foundation’s Network of Experts: Member
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment pool of experts: Unpaid Member
- Universities Superannuation Scheme: Member
Dr Alex J Gorton
Occupation
Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine, President and Senior Medical Examiner, Wales
Declaration of Interests
- British Medical Association Forensic & Secure Environments Committee: Member
- Consultant Forensic Physician
- Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine
- Royal College of Physicians London Council: Member
- National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) First Aid Clinical Governance Panel: Member
- NPCC Less Lethal Weapons Working Group: Member
Dr Ian Maconochie
Occupation
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Professor of Practice, Imperial College London
Declaration of Interests
- NHS England Children and Young People: Urgent and Emergency Clinical advisor
- West London Children’s Healthcare: Chief Clinical Information Officer
- UK Resuscitation Council: Honorary Secretary
- Conflict of Interest Committee, International Laison Committee of Resuscitation: Chair
- Cambridge Opera Company: Trustee
- The MedicoLegal Experts (T.M.L.E): Chief Medical Officer/Consultant
- Mobile Doctors for personal injury: Chief Medical Officer
- Youth Custody Service: Independent Medical Adviser
- Paediatric A&E Medicolegal Experts Ltd: Director
- CLIK Healthcare Consulting Limited: Director
- T.M.L.E. ltd: Director
- Independent medicolegal reports on ad hoc basis
- Unpaid Senior Responsible Owner for a digital spin out company from Imperial College with an app based on the British National Formulary for Children
- NHS Pension Scheme: Member
Ms Leisa Nichols-Drew
Occupation
Chartered Forensic Practitioner and Associate Professor in Forensic Science, De Montfort University, Leicester
Declaration of Interests
- Let’s Be Blunt Community Interest Company: Director
-
RemoteForensicCSI Criminal Justice Community to support educators around the world: Co-Founder
- The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (CSoFS): Trustee and Council Member
- The British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS): Trustee and Executive Council Member
- National Knife Crime Working Group: Member
- Interdisciplinary Safer Knife Expert Group: Member
- European Network of Forensic Science Institutes, Marks (Weapons and Tools) Group: Associate Member
- British Standards Institution Forensic Science (FSM/1) Committee: Member
- UK Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) Medical Forensics Specialist Group: Member
- UK Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) Biology Specialist Group: Member
- UK Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) Human Biology Sub-Specialist Group: Member
- UK Forensic Capability Network (FCN): Physical Sciences and Marks, Research Group: Member
- The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, Animal Related Crime Working Group: Member
- The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, Membership and Ethics Committee: Member
- Advance HE CATE-Net community: Chair