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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 Mergers & acquisitions
Overview of the current climate. Mergers. Takeovers. General transfer issues (premises, staff etc). Organisation structures.
Andrew Lockhart-Mirams – NHS Commercial Team Lead, Lockharts Solicitors
10.15 Extended hours: A business opportunity?
Towards responsive general practice. Extended hours – Extended opportunity. Sweating the assets. Speculate to innovative.
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.
10.55 Exhibition and Morning Coffee
11.30 Managing menopause in primary care
Patient assessment & counselling. Lifestyle & complementary options. Prescribing hormones.
Tim Hillard DM FFSRH FRCOG – Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Poole Hospital, Dorset
12.15 Stroke: Top tips in implementing the new NICE guidelines in practice
The Clinical Guideline - evidence for interventions in the acute stage of a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). The rapid recognition of symptoms & diagnosis, including the use of ABCD2 & FAST. Specialist care for people with acute stroke, including brain imaging. Pharmacological treatments, including the use of antiplatelets, anticoagulants, statins & thrombolytics. Hydration & nutrition.
Dr Judith Richardson MBBS, MPH, FFPH –
Consultant Clinical Adviser – Implementation
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Dr Pippa Tyrell – Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant Stroke Medicine,
University of Manchester,
Salford Royal Hospitals' Foundation Trust
1.00 Exhibition and Lunch
PM Sessions
2.00 Practical tips on the management of osteoporosis & the prevention of fragility fractures
The major & rapidly increasing impact of osteoporotic fractures. Prevention of fragility fractures in high risk patients to manage osteoporosis. The clinical & cost effectiveness of interventions. Majority of at risk patients failing to receive guideline care. Case studies.
Dr. Jonathan Bayly MB BS MRCGP - Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences, University of Derby
2.40 Food Allergy - what & why? Practical guide for GPs
The rise in common & novel food allergies & the supporting epidemiological data. A rationale evidence-based approach to the diagnosis & management of food allergy.
Matthew Helbert FRCP FRCPath PhD – Clinical
Lead for Immunology at Manchester Royal Infirmary
3.30 Exhibition and Afternoon Tea
4.00 Cardiology in general practice: What's new
Ivan Benett – GPwSI cardiology, Central Manchester
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