29th Annual GP forum

Monday - Friday  14 - 18 September 2009

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

The London Clinic

HCA International

We are most grateful to The London ClinicView the daily programmes:



Early birds fees apply until 9 August 2009.
When booking for a day or half day please specify which one.
Dinner is included in the weekly fee only.

Registration Details:
Early Bird Fellow: £550
Early Bird Non-Fellow: £650
GP Registrar (Week): £350
GP Retainer (Week): £350
Accompanying PHC team member (week): £350
Practice Fee: £655
1 Day Fellow: £160
1 day Non Fellow: £180
GP Registrar (1 day): £80
GP Retainer (1 Day): £80
Accompanying PHC team member (1 day): £80
Fellow Half Day: £90
Non-Fellow half day: £100
GP Registrar (Half Day): £60
GP Retainer (Half Day): £60
Other PHC team member (Half Day): £60
Optional Meal: £50

Meeting ref: GP-G10-0

CPD: 23 credits


Monday 14th September 2009

The Chest
Chair: Dr Francoise Lyons, Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

8.30 am

Registration and coffee

9.00 am

Welcome and introduction to the 29th GP Forum
Professor Margaret Lloyd, President Elect, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

9.15 am

Update on asthma
Dr Paul Dilworth, Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust

10.00 am

TB in the UK in 2008
Dr Jack Barker, Consultant Physician, KCH

10.45 am

Coffee break

11.15 am

Surgical Rx of lung disease
Mr Steven Griffin, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

12.00 pm

Cystic fibrosis in adolescence
Ms Su Madge, Nurse Consultant, Royal Brompton Hospital

12.45 pm

Bowl lunch sponsored by HCA International

Complementary medicine afternoon
Chair: Dr Edin Lakasing, Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

1.45 pm

Complementary medicine
Professor Edzard Ernst, Professor of Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth

2.30 pm

Medically unexplained functional symptoms - followed by Q&A session
Dr David Beales

3.35 pm

Tea break

4.00 pm

Three workshops running concurrently: Workshop 1: The complex patient- an integrated approach
Mr Gerry Gajadharsingh, The Health Equation, London

4.30 pm

Workshop 2: Traditional Chinese medicine demonstration
Ms Jane Wilson, School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster

5.00 pm

Workshop 3: Massage techniques
Ms Debbie Lawrence FICHT MIfL, Holistic Health Practitioner and College Lecturer and Ms Sonia Grover FICHT, ITEC, IIHHT, Holistic Health Practitioner & Teacher of CAM

5.30 pm

Feedback and completion of evaluation forms

5.40 pm

Close of meeting

5.30 pm

Drink reception
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Tuesday 15th September 2009

Above the neck
Chair: Dr Francoise Lyons, Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

8.30 am

Registration and coffee

9.00 am

Introduction by the chair

9.15 am

Facial pain
Dr Charlotte Feinman, UCL

10.00 am

Intra-oral lesions
Mr Andrew Lyons, Consultant Max-Fac Surgeon, Guy's Hospital, London

10.45 am

Coffee break

11.15 am

Salivary gland disease
Dr Jackie Brown, Consultant Radiologist, Guy's Hospital, London

12.00 pm

Rhinosinusitis
Miss Elfy Chevretton, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Guy's Hospital, London

12.45 pm

Lunch

Ophthalmology afternoon
Chair: Dr Anjlee Sekhon, Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

1.45 pm

Laser refractive surgery - past, present and future
Professor David Gartry, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

2.30 pm

Back of the eye and pupil examination
Miss Narciss Okhravi, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Medical Retina and Uveitis Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Clinical Teacher Institute of Ophthalmology University College London, Mr Mandeep S. Sagoo, MB, PhD, MRCOphth, FRCS (Ed), Senior Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Medical Retina Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Miss Rahila Zakir FRCOphth, Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Honorary Clinical Teacher at University College London

3.15 pm

Groups 1 and 2: Tea break; Groups 2 and 3: Clinical skills workshop

3.45 pm

Groups 1 and 2: Clinical skills workshop; Groups 2 and 3: Tea break

4.15 pm

Glaucoma for GPs. Red eye: Urgent and non-urgent conditions
Mr Hiten G. Sheth, Clinical Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

4.45 pm

Slide quiz
Miss Narciss Okhravi and Mr Mandeep Sagoo, Moorfields

5.15 pm

Feedback and completion of evaluation forms

5.20 pm

A presentation by The London Clinic 'Innovation! Cancer care for the 21st century and beyond!' Open to all delegates.

6.05 pm

Close of meeting

6.10 pm

Drinks reception sponsored by The London Clinic
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Wednesday 16th September 2009

Urogenital health: Women and men
Chair: Dr Anjlee Sekhon, Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

8.30 am

Registration and coffee

9.00 am

Introduction by the chair

9.15 am

Managing the perimenopause
Mr Nick Panay, Consultant Gynaecologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital London

10.00 am

Modern trends in Urogynaecology and the influence of the minimal access approach on surgical practice
Mr Nicholas Hill, Consultant Gynaecologist, Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough

10.45 am

Coffee break

11.15 am

GUM update - Is sex bad for you?
Dr Nneka Nwokolo, Consultant Physician in Genito-urinary and HIV Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12.00 pm

Picture QUIZ for GUM

12.15 pm

Questions for the panel

12.45 pm

Lunch

1.45 pm

Is sex good for you? What does it do to your heart?
Professor Mike Kirby, Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health & Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, and to the Prostate Centre, London

2.45 pm

Tea break

3.15 pm

Psychosexual medicine in general practice
Dr Gillian Vanhegan, Institute of Psychosexual Medicine

4.15 pm

Update on prostate management
Professor Mike Kirby, Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health & Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, and to the Prostate Centre, London

5.15 pm

Feedback and completion of evaluation forms

5.25 pm

Close of meeting
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Thursday 17th September 2009

Obstetric medicine
Chair: Dr Catherine Nelson Piercy, Consultant Obstetric Physician, St Thomas' Hospital and Dr Joe Spitzer, Membership Officer, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

8.45 am

Registration and coffee

9.15 am

Welcome address
Dr David Misselbrook, Dean, RSM

9.20 am

Ante natal screening update
Ms Mervi Jokinen, Practice and Standards Development Adviser, Royal College of Midwives

9.40 am

Discussion

10.00 am

Medication in pregnancy
Dr Anette Freyer, Clinical Pharmacologist, Nottingham

10.20 am

Discussion

10.40 am

Coffee break

11.00 am

Myths and mode of delivery
Dr Kate Langford, Guys & St Thomas'

11.20 am

Discussion

11.40 am

Gestational diabetes
Dr Peter Hammond, Harrogate

12.00 pm

Discussion

12.20 pm

Panel discussion
All speakers

12.45 pm

Lunch

Sports medicine afternoon
Chair: Dr Anjlee Sekhon,
Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM and
Dr Stephen Chew,
Specialty Registrar SEM, London Deanery

1.45 pm

Introduction and aims
Dr Mike Loosemore, President, Section of Sports Medicine, RSM; Lead Clinician, London EIS

2.00 pm

SEM and 2012: A 'golden bullet specialty'
Dr Richard Budgett OBE, OMI Clinical Services Lead. STC SEM Chair. LOCOG Medical Lead

2.20 pm

Elite sports - pitfalls to avoid in care of the semi professional athlete
Dr Chris Jarvis, Past CMO Commonwealth Games

2.40 pm

Exercise prescription: An overview and future
Dr Eleanor Tillett, Honorary Consultant SEM, UCH NHS Trust. NISA CMO

3.00 pm

Tea break

3.15 pm

Sport clinical examination relevant to primary care: Back examination, knee examination, shoulder examination
Dr Leon Creaney, Consultant Physician SEM; Dr Dominic Radford, Consultant Physician SEM, RFU Sevens MO; Dr Eleanor Tillett, Honorary Consultant SEM, UCH NHS Trust. NISA CMO

3.45 pm

Workshop 1
A) Practical session: Back examination
Dr Eleanor Tillett
Honarary Consultant SEM, UCH NHS Trust. NISA CMO


B) Practical session: Knee Examination
Dr Dominic Radford
Consultant Physician SEM. RFU Sevens MO

C) Practical session: Shoulder Examination Dr Leon Creaney
Consultant Physician SEM

4.15 pm

Workshop 2

4.45 pm

Workshop 3

5.15 pm

Feedback and completion of evaluation forms

5.25 pm

Close of meeting

7.00 pm

Forum Dinner
After dinner speaker: Professor Harold Ellis, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of London

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Friday 18th September 2009

Travel medicine
Chair: Professor Margaret Lloyd, President Elect, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM

8.30 am

Registration and coffee

9.00 am

Welcome address
Dr Jane Zuckerman, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine & Vaccines & UCL Medical School Occupational & Travel Health Centre & Royal Free Travel Health Centre

9.15 am

Malaria risks and options for prevention
Dr Barbara Bannister, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Royal Free Hospital

10.00 am

Three workshops running concurrently. Workshop 1: What's new in travel medicine?
Dr Jane Zuckerman, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine & Vaccines & UCL Medical School Occupational & Travel Health Centre & Royal Free Travel Health Centre

10.45 am

Coffee break

11.15 am

Workshop 2: VFRS - reducing travel associated infections
Dr Barry Walsh, Director and Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, SWL Health Protection Unit, Springfield University Hospital

12.00 pm

Workshop 3: Fitness to travel and case histories
Ms Sandra Grieve, Travel Health Nurse, Chair of the RCN Travel Health Forum

12.45 pm

Feedback and completion of evaluation forms

12.50 pm

Lunch

1.50 pm

Close of meeting
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