Alcohol-related harms and chronic diseases: Where are we now and where are we going?
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with The Alcohol Health Alliance
We are no longer accepting registrations for this meeting via the website. If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact Beilul Kahsai directly on 020 7290 3859.
Delegates are invited to attend a free members' reception after the conference with an opportunity to meet RSM trustees and Chief Executive and have a tour of the RSM facilities for members. The reception begins at 6pm
Aims: Improve understanding of the population health impact of alcohol-related harms on chronic disease, and ways for clinicians and policymakers to intervene.
Presentation of reliable evidence of effects of alcohol on liver disease, mental health, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Methods by which to implement evidence into policy and practice, including the effects on marketing, primary care and regulation.
Objectives: Reliable evidence of alcohol-related harms on liver disease, mental health, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Demonstration of current/ongoing and future policy initiatives and good practice in order to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harms in chronic disease.
Formal and informal interaction with senior medical experts and politicians in order to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harms in chronic disease.
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £150
RSM / AHA Student: £35
RSM / AHA Trainee: £55
RSM/AHA Associate: £55
RSM / AHA Fellow: £85
Student: £45
Trainee: £85
Allied Health Professional: £85
9.00 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
9.30 am |
Welcome and introduction |
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Professor Parveen Kumar, President of RSM and Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, UK Alcohol Health Alliance and Past President, Royal College of Physician of London |
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9.40 am |
The population health context: From evidence to policy to practice |
| Dr Neeraj Bhala, University of Oxford | |
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EFFECTS ON LIVER DISEASE AND ALCOHOL MARKETING |
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9.50 am |
Where are we going with alcoholic liver disease? |
| Dr Nick Sheron, British Society of Gastroenterology | |
10.10 am |
What can we do about alcoholic liver disease? |
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Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, UK Alcohol Health Alliance |
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10.30 am |
Failure of self-regulation of alcohol marketing |
| Professor Gerard Hastings, University of Stirling | |
10.50 am |
Panel discussion |
11.00 am |
Tea and coffee break |
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EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ON CANCER |
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| Chair: Dr Nick Sheron, British Society of Gastroenterology | |
11.30 am |
What is known currently about the mental health effects of excess alcohol? |
| Professor Jonathan Chick, University of Edinburgh | |
11.50 am |
What can we do about the mental health effects of excess alcohol? |
| Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, Addictions Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists | |
12.10 pm |
What is known currently about the effects of excess alcohol on cancer? |
| Dr Naomi Allen, University of Oxford | |
12.30 pm |
What can we do about the effects of excess alcohol on cancer? |
| Dr Sarah Woolnough, Cancer Research UK | |
12.50 pm |
Panel discussion |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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EFFECTS ON VASCULAR DISEASE AND PRIMARY CARE |
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| Chair: Professor Sir Nick Wald, Queen Mary University of London | |
2.00 pm |
What is known currently about the effects of excess alcohol on vascular disease? |
| Professor David Leon, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | |
2.20 pm |
What can we do about the effects of excess alcohol on vascular disease? |
| Dr Mike Knapton, British Heart Foundation, London | |
2.40 pm |
What can we do about alcohol-related harms in primary care |
| Dr Clare Gerada, Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners | |
3.00 pm |
Panel discussion |
3.15 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
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HOW DO WE TRANSLATE EVIDENCE INTO POLICY INTO PRACTICE? |
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| Chair: Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, Alcohol Health Alliance UK | |
3.45 pm |
Time for an alcohol and fast food tax? |
| Professor Sir Nick Wald, Queen Mary University of London | |
4.15 pm |
Creating bilingual clinicians who can tackle alcohol-related population health harms |
| Professor Sir Muir Gray, Oxford University Hospitals | |
4.45 pm |
Alcohol-related harms: Moving from evidence through policy into practice? |
| Professor Martin Lombard, Department of Health | |
5.15 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
5.20 pm |
Close of meeting |
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Meeting ref: EPC03 CPD (Applied for) |
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