Amy Wilson chairs RSS meeting on forensic statistics

Amy Wilson hosted a meeting at the Royal Statistical Society headquarters in London in September.

The Statistics and the Law Section of the Royal Statistical Society, chaired by Dr Amy Wilson from the School of Mathematics, hosted a meeting at the RSS headquarters in London on Thursday 19th September on 'Statistical issues in investigation of suspected medical misconduct'. This included a discussion of the statistical issues raised by the Lucy Letby case.

The RSS Statistics and the Law Section has produced several guides for law practitioners around the use of statistics, including the 2022 report titled 'Healthcare serial killer or coincidence?' to help legal teams present data correctly.

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