How relevant are NICE guidelines to your clinical practice?

Tuesday 16 October 2007

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

A joint meeting with RCPCH

We are no longer accepting registrations for this meeting via the website. If you would like to attend this meeting please contact Andrea Török on 020 7290 2986.

Places may still be available for the meeting, however at this stage we may not be able to offer you lunch.

Registration Details:
Fellow: £60
Associate: £60
Trainee - Fellow: £45
Student Members: £35
Non-Fellow Consultants / GP: £150
Trainee/Nurse/AHP: £85
Student: £45
RCPCH Member: £60

Meeting ref: PD-E10-1

CPD: 5 credits



9.30 am

Registration, tea and coffee
Chair:Dr Chris Verity, Vice President , Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health

10.00 am

Introduction
How NICE develops guidelines for children
Dr Monica Lakhanpaul, Co-director National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, London, Senior Lecturer in Child Health, University of Leicester

10.30 am

Epilepsy
Dr Amanda Freeman, Member of Guideline Development Group, Epilepsy
Consultant Paediatrician, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth

11.10 am

Coffee break

11.40 am

Urinary tract infection in children
Dr Kate Verrier-Jones, Chair UTIC guideline, Previously Reader in Child Health,
Cardiff University

12.20 pm

Obesity
Dr Penny Gibson, Consultant Community Paediatrician, Surrey Community Health Services and RCPCH Obesity Advisor

1.00 pm

Lunch
Chair:Dr Theo Fenton, President of Section of Paediatrics & Child Health, Royal Society of Medicine

2.00 pm

Feverish illness in children
Dr Martin Richardson, Chairman of Guideline Development Group, Feverish Illness in Children
Consultant Paediatrician, Peterborough District Hospital

2.40 pm

Diarrhoea and vomiting in children under 5
Professor Terence Stephenson, Professor of Child Health, University of Nottingham and
Vice President for Science & Research, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
Dr Kate Armon, Consultant Paediatrician, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital

3.20 pm

Completion of evaluation forms

3.25 pm

How NICE can help the work of paediatricians in the future
Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman of National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence
Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.05 pm

Close of meeting

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