Update in medicine – Liverpool 2026

Imposter syndrome workshop

Examine imposter syndrome through an evidence-based lens; challenging the idea that it stems from individual deficit.

Registered delegates can sign up for a one-hour RCP education taster workshop between 8-9am on the day of the conference.

Places are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis. A link to register for this workshop will be sent in your joining email.

If you have registered for this workshop but can no longer attend, please email education.courses@rcp.ac.uk so your place can be offered to another delegate.

The session will highlight how systemic barriers and societal expectations may shape imposter feelings, particularly in medicine and leadership. Delegates will gain a clearer understanding of the research and practical ways to support themselves and others within these structures. The content is accredited for 1 CPD point.

Dr Margaret Corrigan

Dr Margaret Corrigan graduated from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine in 2006 with an MBBS. She undertook her specialty training in gastroenterology in the Mersey Deanery. During her training she spent time out of programme working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Liver Unit. She also completed an MD in Applied Health Research at the University of Birmingham. In 2019, Margaret was appointed as a consultant hepatologist at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool and has a specialist interest in transplant and autoimmune liver disease. 

Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan

Bio TBC

Professor Dame Jane Dacre

Professor Dame Jane Dacre is president of the Medical Women’s Federation, and has been appointed to lead phase 2 of the NHS Medical Training Review. Dame Jane is emeritus professor of medical education at University College London, the president of the Medical Protection Society and the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund, and a specialist adviser to parliament on the Health and Care Committee, where she chairs an expert panel responsible for evaluation of government pledges. She was the lead for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) review of the gender pay gap in medicine, with Professor Carol Woodhams from Surrey University Business School. This review, Mend the gap: the independent review into gender pay gaps in medicine in England, was published in December 2020 and she now chairs the DHSC gender pay gap implementation advisory group.

Dame Jane is the former director of UCL Medical School and an honorary consultant physician and rheumatologist at Whittington Health NHS Trust in London. She is past president of the Royal College of Physicians, and has also been vice chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, medical director of MRCP(UK) examinations, academic vice president of the RCP and a GMC council member. Her research is in medical education, assessment, gender, gender pay gaps and equality in healthcare.

Dr Leigh Wilson

Bio TBC

Dr Mashood Siddiqi

Dr Mashood Siddiqi is a consultant at Liverpool University Hospitals, honorary lecturer at Liverpool School of Medicine and a clinical advisor for the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Mashood started the Metabolic Bone Disease Unit at Aintree University Hospital over 20 years ago. This now also includes a new vertebral fracture service, including vertebroplasty.

He has attended and presented at many regional, national and international meetings. Mashood’s research interests include osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, vitamin D and vertebral fractures.

Dr Scott Murray

Bio TBC

Professor John Wilding, FRCP

Professor John Wilding leads clinical research into obesity, diabetes and endocrinology at the University of Liverpool, where he has worked since 1996, after training in Southampton and London. His clinical interests focus on caring for people with diabetes and obesity and he leads specialist services for obesity at Aintree University Hospital – designated a Centre for Obesity Management by the UK and European Associations for the Study of Obesity.  

John’s research team focuses on developing and evaluating treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes. He has published over 400 papers, chapters and review articles, including clinical trials in diabetes and obesity, as well as studies of adipocyte biology and metabolism.

John has advised NICE and NHS England on various aspects of obesity care. He was previously chair of the UK Association for the Study of Obesity and is a past president of the World Obesity Federation.

Professor Mike Fisher, FRCP

Professor Mike Fisher is a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and an honorary professor at the University of Liverpool. Until recently, he specialised in interventional cardiology but has now stepped away from this to focus on his interests in research and clinical informatics, while maintaining a particular interest in the management of patients with difficult-to-treat angina. 

Mike has a longstanding interest in research and a strong focus on data. Prior to medicine, he worked as a programmer, operator and database administrator for ICL and the Post Office, and also ran his own small software company.

He is currently the chief clinical information officer (CCIO) for the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and was until recently its clinical safety officer.

In addition, Mike leads the innovation stream of the Liverpool University Hospitals Informatics Programme, with extensive experience supporting start-ups and SMEs to develop NHS-facing products, secure funding, design evaluative studies, and target appropriate clinical applications.

Dr Christopher Allen

Bio TBC

Dr Jim Ritchie

Dr Jim Ritchie is the interim deputy chief clinical officer and CCIO for NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, where he leads the AI Oversight Group to enable safe delivery and adoption of new technologies in clinical practice. Jim is a practising consultant renal physician at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, where he was also the CCIO for a number of years. Here he helped deliver a range of clinically focused digital transformation and optimisations within the trust.

Wesleyan

Sponsored by Wesleyan. This sponsor has had no involvement in the organisation or the content of this conference.