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General Practice Day 1 – Manchester: 18th Nov

Chair: Dr Agnelo Fernandes MBE FRCGP – Trainer & Appraiser, PEC & LMC member, Clinical Champion Urgent & Emergency Care RCGP, Chairman, Croydon Federation of GP Practices, Medical Advisor NHS Direct  & Clinical Medical Director Croydoc GP Co-Op.

AM Sessions


9.30 CKD clinical guideline - practical guide to implementing the NICE guidelines     
Identifying people with or at risk of developing CKD. Identifying who needs intervention to minimize CV risk & what the implementation should be. Identifying progressive KD / complications – who will develop it & how they can be managed. Identifying who needs referral for specialist kidney care.
Alaster Rutherford MRPharmS – Associate Director, Implementation Support, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

10.00 Dermatology: Diagnosis, treating and knowing when to refer
Recognising important dermatological disease. What can a GP usefully do and what should be referred. Does NICE  help or hinder for cancer and the referral guidelines. A pot-pourri of lesion recognition.
Dr Stephen Kownacki - Executive Chair Primary Care Dermatology Society (PCDS)

10.40 Exhibition and Morning Coffee

11.15 The NHS next stage review: What this means for GPs
Key points of primary & community strategy. Implementation plan for strategy.
Dr Angela Lennox CBE; DL; MBBS; FRCP; MRCGP – Senior Lecturer in the University of Leicester, Director of the Centre for Studies in Community Health Care, Head of the Professional Development Unit for Leicester Medical School, Trustee of Turning Point, an Associate Director of Primary Care for the Department of Health, advisor to the Department of Communities & Local Government, chair of the Board of Leicestershire Promotions and Radio Leicester’s on-air Doctor


12.45 Exhibition and Lunch

PM Sessions


1.45 Neurology: What are the red flags?
Investigating & diagnosing. When to treat less serious conditions & when to refer. Practical guidance: Managing headaches, epilepsy, dizziness, numbness & transient ischemic attacks.
Dr Estelle McFadden MBChB, MRCP, MRCGP - GPwSI from Bradford Primary Care Neurology Society

2.25 Clinical biochemistry in primary care
Making sense of the numbers. What we mean by a “normal” result. Some unusual & new tests. POCT: Quality issues & support.
Dr Ceridwen Coulson – Consultant Chemical Pathologist, North Bristol Trust, Director of Clinical Practice for the Association of Clinical Biochemistry, Strategic lead POCT for the Trust

3.15 Exhibition and Afternoon Tea

3.45 Rheumatology - top tips in general practice
The NICE OA guidelines. Danger signals in inflammatory arthritis.
Dr Chris Deighton – Consultant Rheumatologist, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Chairman of the Clinical Affairs Committee of the British Society for Rheumatology, & Clinical Advisor to NICE on the Rheumatoid Arthritis Management Guidelines

4.15 Managing complications in Type 2 diabetes       
Strategies to reduce microvascular complications & macrovascular complications. When referral may be necessary.
Dr Roger Gadsby - GP Warwickshire & Associate Clinical Professor, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick