London family practise symposium december 2013

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Agenda

STREAM A  CVD/Diabetes MORNING SESSION: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE	Stream B   Respiratory/Musculoskeletal MORNING SESSION: RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
Session 1 - 09.30-10.00 Cardiology challenges Tests and investigations Monitoring and prescribing Treatments and procedures	Session 1 - 09.30-10.00  Respiratory medicine dilemmas Common patient scenarios Referral do's and don'ts Prescribing tips for GPs
Session 2 - 10.00-10.30 Efficacy and safety in anticoagulant therapy	Session 2 - 10.00-10.30 New ways to tackle smoking in the context of respiratory disease Smoking in respiratory disease: how bad is it? Understanding smoking- why people smoke when they know they shouldn’t Hints and tips for the time-limited consultation Professor Paul Aveyard, professor of behavioural medicine, University of Oxford, and GP in Solihull
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee and Networking	10.30 - 11.00 Coffee and Networking
Session 3 - 11.00-11.30 Managing heart failure Monitoring Prescribing Preventing unscheduled admissions PLUS 11.30-11.50: ECG interpretation workshop	Session 3 - 11.00-11.30 What’s new in COPD Improving diagnosis Recommended usage and regimens for drugs including LAMAs and LABAs Exacerbation prevention Effective use of pulse oximetry and pulmonary rehabilitation Professor David Halpin, consultant physician and honorary associate professor, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital PLUS 11.30-11.50: Spirometry interpretation workshop [speaker to be confirmed]
Session 4 - 11.50-12.20 Keeping up to speed with hypertension ABPM and home monitoring Prescribing QOF and DESs	Session 4 - 11.50-12.20 Cough, wheeze and asthma in children Finding out the causes of persistent cough and wheeze in children Prescribing and monitoring over time Self-management to prevent exacerbations QOF points to consider Dr Duncan Keeley, GP in Oxfordshire and member of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK executive
Session 5 - 12.20-12.50 Sponsored session	Session 5 - 12.20-12.50 Sponsored session
12.50-13.50 Lunch and networking	12.50-13.50 Lunch and networking
STREAM A AFTERNOON SESSION: DIABETES	STREAM B AFTERNOON SESSION: MUSCULOSKELETAL
Session 6 - 13.50-14.20 Achieving HbA1c targets  Individualising treatment When to exception report How low is too low	Session 6 - 13.50-14.20 A pragmatic approach to osteoarthritis  Pragmatic prescribing Non-medical strategies
Session 7 - 14.20-14.50 Rational prescribing in Type 2 diabetes: a case-based presentation •The available treatment choices throughout the natural history of type 2 diabetes •The importance of identifying which patients with diabetes require intensive glycaemic control •Which combination of treatments should be used in the patient with an elevated HbA1c on maximum oral hypoglycaemic therapy? Dr Mark Vanderpump, consultant physician and honorary senior lecturer in diabetes and endocrinology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	Session 7 - 14.20-14.50 Five key points on rheumatoid arthritis •Challenges: diagnosing early RA and referring on appropriately, use of NICE guidelines •Prescribing: use of steroids before referral •Effective dosage: tips on DMARD monitoring and anti-TNF drugs •Referral do's and don'ts and red flags, when urgent referral is required, management of flares •QOF and RA Dr Louise Warburton, GP, Malling Health, and GPSI in rheumatology and musculoskeletal medicine
14.50 -15.20 Tea and networking	14.50 -15.20 Tea and networking
Session 8 - 15.20-15.50 Sponsored session	Session 8 - 15.20-15.50 Sponsored session
Session 9 - 15.50-16.20 Addressing erectile dysfunction in diabetes Raising the issue Drug treatments: what works Interactions to look out for  Professor Mike Kirby, GP in Hertfordshire and visiting professor at the University of Hertfordshire	Session 9 - 15.50-16.20 Osteoporosis: a primary care problem and a problem for primary care  Fracture risk: key questions to ask, and red flags How to explain risks and benefits of treatment to patients Latest guidance on when to start treatment Drugs: what's new, and dosages to use When to review patients and when to switch drugs Dr Alun Cooper, GP in West Sussex, and member of the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group
Session 10 - 16.20-16.50 Three key clinical challenges in diabetes  New directions in diabetes treatment When and how to initiate insulin treatment in type 2 diabetes - and when not to Safely reducing the use of blood testing strips Dr Maria Barnard, lead consultant in diabetes, The Whittington Hospital NHS trust, and honorary senior lecturer, UCL	Session 10 - 16.20-16.50 GP management of fibromyalgia Latest developments Successful consultations
Conference closes 16.50	Conference closes 16.50