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Chair: Adrienne Wilcox MA, BSc(Hons), RNT, RN, DipHE, FHEA, Lic.Ac. – Director, Talent 4 Health Ltd.
AM Sessions
9.30 Best practice live: Teaching breathing control to your COPD patients
Effective control of breathlessness using simple, practical interventions.
Yvonne Henderson - Clinical Lead: Cardio-Respiratory & Acute Breathlessness, Education for Health
10.15 Asthma: The new BTS guidelines
Key changes. New thinking in diagnosing asthma. Implementing these in your own area of practice.
Erica Haines – Asthma Clinical Lead, Education for Health
10.55 Exhibition and Morning Coffee
11.30 A practice nurses' guide to managing hypertension
The consequences of poor hypertension management: Stroke, renal disease & heart disease. Case studies: Managing patients with hypertension & chronic kidney disease.
Beverley Cox – Clinical Lead: CHD, Heart Failure, Diabetes & Weight Management,
Education for Health
12.15 Taking control of shaping your role - How to get where you want to be!
Scope of practice & accountability. Negotiating your role with GPs. Positive thinking. Accessing information. Career development.
Sue Crossman - Independent Consultant in Primary Care
1.00 Exhibition and Lunch
PM Sessions
2.00 A practice nurses' guide to the menopause, the use of HRT & the alternatives
The importance of individual management. The role of HRT. Exploring alternative treatment options. Other sources of information.
Jan Brockie - Menopause Nurse Specialist, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
2.45 Managing difficult patients with substance misuse issues
Why are these patients difficult – addiction, social exclusion. Engaging the non-engagers. How the NHS excludes patients. What practice nurses can do. Annie Darby OBE – Specialist Health Visitor, Public Health & Director of Open Door
Rob Baty - Senior Caseworker at Open Door
3.30 Exhibition and Afternoon Tea
4.00 Alcohol harm reduction & best practice for healthcare professionals Department of Health’s Alcohol Harm Reduction work. New units awareness campaign. Best practice for healthcare professionals: Screening & brief interventions for ‘higher risk’ drinkers.
Don Lavoie - Alcohol Policy Team, Department of Health
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