29th Annual GP forum
Monday - Friday 14 - 18 September 2009
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE


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 |
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The Chest |
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| 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 |
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Complementary medicine afternoon |
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| 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 |
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Above the neck |
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| 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 |
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Ophthalmology afternoon |
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| 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 |
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Urogenital health: Women and men |
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| 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 |
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Obstetric medicine |
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| 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 |
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Sports medicine afternoon |
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| Chair: Dr Anjlee Sekhon, Council member, Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care, RSM and Dr Stephen Chew, Specialty Registrar SEM, London Deanery |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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After dinner speaker: Professor Harold Ellis, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of London
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Friday 18th September 2009 |
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Travel medicine |
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| 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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