0820 ^{new time}

REGISTRATION DESK OPEN

0920-0930

Welcome and introduction by the Chair

Dr Fiona Godlee (London)
Editor, BMJ, London

Dr John Moroney (Sheffield)
GP Principal, Minster Health, York, Honorary Senior Clinical Tutor, Hull York Medical School and Appraisal Clinical Lead, North Yorkshire and York PCT

Dr Daniel Lasserson (Birmingham)
Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford, Oxford

0930-1015

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE (I)

A practical approach to common problems:

• Asthma – how you can confirm the diagnosis, achieve control, review patients regularly, and support patient self management
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – how to diagnose and assess disease severity, select appropriate treatment strategies, and address the palliative care needs of your patients.

Learning bite - respiratory medicine

• Infections – from stuffy noses, sore throats and chesty coughs (to treat or not to treat?) to pneumonia and other diagnoses you should not miss.

1045-1105

1105-1145

GASTROENTEROLOGY

The expert speaker will use case examples to illustrate the key points, to help you learn more about how to manage patients with:

• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Abnormal liver function tests
• Iron deficiency anaemia.

Dr Chris Babbs (London)
NHS Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, The Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester

Dr Tony Rahman (Sheffield) 
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, London

Dr Barney Hawthorne (Birmingham)
Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

1145-1235

NEUROLOGY

Learn more about which patients you should refer to a specialist and how to manage patients with less serious conditions in primary care. The expert speaker will guide you through the management of patients with:

• Headaches
• Epilepsy
• Dizziness
• Transient ischaemic attacks.

Dr Tom Hughes (London)
Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital of Wales and Rockwood Hospital, Cardiff

Dr Giles Elrington (Sheffield)
Consultant Neurologist, Bart's & The London NHS Trust, London

Dr John Paul Leach (Birmingham)
Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital and Western Infirmary, Glasgow

1235-1335

LUNCH

1335-1420

1420-1505

DIABETES

The speaker will use case examples to highlight dilemmas in the management of patients with diabetes in primary care.
Learn more about:

• Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes
• Managing complications
• The metabolic syndrome.

Dr Azhar Farooqi
GP, Eastern Leicester Medical Practice Leicester; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester

1505-1525

Refreshments

1525-1605

MUSCULOSKELETAL PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT TIPS

Top tips and practical examples of how to examine and diagnose patients with:

• Back pain
• Hip pain
• Knee pain
• Shoulder pain.

The speaker will also outline the evidence for using recommended treatments.

Professor Chris Lavy OBE (London)
Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nufield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.  Formerly Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University College Hospital, London

Mr David Stubbs (Sheffield)
Consultant in Orthopaedic and Limb Reconstruction Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford

Mr Andrew Price (Birmingham)
Reader in Musculoskeletal Science and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford

1605-1700

PAEDIATRICS: "last minute on a Friday afternoon”

You will be taken through case examples to illustrate the range of typical paediatric challenges that you often face. The speaker will lead you through the discussion of five cases highlighting:

• Nutrition: how to manage food allergy in children
• What's new in immunisation?
• How to manage wheeze in children younger than 2 years
• Screaming and behavioural issues in infancy
• Child protection: realistic methods for ensuring best management of these children.

Dr Warren Hyer (London and Birmingham)
Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Northwick Park and St Mark’s Hospitals, London

Dr Bob Phillips (Sheffield)
Editor of Archimedes, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Evidence-based Child Health, London, and Associate Fellow, Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Oxford

1700-1710

SUMMARY AND CLOSING REMARKS OF PROGRAMME ONE

0810 ^{new time}

REGISTRATION DESK OPEN

Registration and refreshments

0910-0920

Welcome and introduction by the Chair

Dr Phil Cotton (London)
GP, Glasgow and Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Dr John Moroney (Sheffield)
GP Principal, Minster Health, York, Honorary Senior Clinical Tutor, Hull York Medical School and Appraisal Clinical Lead, North Yorkshire and York PCT

Dr Eric Rose (Birmingham)
GP Principal, Milton Keynes

Dr George Rae (Newcastle)

0920-1015

CARDIOLOGY (I)

How to manage patients in primary care and decide when to refer them to hospital. This case based session will highlight the management of patients with:

• Coronary heart disease
• Hypertension
• Hyperlipidaemia
• Heart failure.

1015-1020

Learning bite - cardiology

1020 - 1050

CARDIOLOGY (II)

• Palpitations (including atrial fibrillation)
• Blackouts (including the investigation and management of arrhythmias)

Dr Iqbal Malik (London and Birmingham)
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London 

Dr John Bayliss (Newcastle)
Consultant Cardiologist, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hertfordshire

Dr Jerry Murphy (Sheffield)
Consultant Cardiologist, Darlington Memorial Hospital, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

1050-1110

Refreshments

1110-1155

DERMATOLOGY

A quiz based lecture on common disorders of the skin including:

• How to make a diagnosis
• Eczema and psoriasis - management including appropriate use of topical steroids
• Skin cancer.

Dr Anthony du Vivier (London)
Consultant Dermatologist, Kings College Hospital, London
Dr Claire Fuller (Newcastle)
Consultant Dermatologist, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

1155-1240

PALLIATIVE CARE

An update on how to manage patients in primary care. This session covers:

• Symptom control and learning from case studies
• End of life care in the community.

Dr Charles Daniels (London and Birmingham)
Macmillan Consultant in Palliative Medicine, North West London Hospitals Trust, Medical Director, St Luke’s Hospice, Harrow, London

Dr Max Watson (Sheffield and Newcastle)
Consultant Palliative Medicine, Northern  Ireland  Hospice, Lecturer Palliative Care, University of Ulster, Belfast, Honorary Consultant, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Special Adviser, Hospice friendly Hospitals Program, Dublin

1240-1340

LUNCH

1340-1425

Sponsored symposium supported by Pfizer      

SHEFFIELD and BIRMINGHAM
Differential Risk, Differential Cholesterol Targets
The balance between clinical need, evidence and limited resources

Dr Graham Jackson (London)
Consultant Cardiologist, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London

Mr Kevin McEleny (Newcastle)
Specialist Registrar in Urology, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

1425-1505

MENTAL HEALTH

The latest guidelines on managing patients with:

1505-1525

Refreshments

1525-1605

RENAL: CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Understand the importance of screening and early management of chronic kidney disease. Learn more about:

• Interpreting laboratory values
• Developing a management plan
• Which patients to refer to the nephrologist.

Dr David Wheeler (London)
Reader in Nephrology, Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

Dr William McKane (Sheffield)
Consultant Nephrologist and Clinical Director, Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Dr Kathryn Griffith (Birmingham)
GP with a special interest in Cardiology, York, Clinical Coronary Heart Disease Lead, Selby and York Primary Care Trust, and Secretary, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, London

Dr Damian Fogarty (Newcastle)
Consultant Nephrologist, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast

1605-1655

WOMEN'S HEALTH: MANAGING THE MENOPAUSE AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

A practical guide to managing the menopause. In this session our speaker will cover a range of topics including:

• Benefits and uncertainties of prescribing hormone replacement therapy
• Alternatives to hormone replacement therapy
• Hot flushes
• Premature menopause
• Osteoporosis.

Mr Anthony Rutherford (London, Sheffield and Birmingham)
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecological Surgery, The General Infirmary, Leeds

1655-1700

SUMMARY AND CLOSING REMARKS OF PROGRAMME TWO