Care of the renal patient towards the end of life: Emerging evidence, including patient and professional perspectives

Wednesday 14 October 2009

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

A joint meeting with the Nephrology Section

Registration Details:
Fellow: £60
Associate: £60
Student Members: £35
Trainee - Fellow: £45
Non-Fellow: £150
Allied Health Professional: £65
Nurse: £65
Student Non-Member: £45
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £80

Meeting ref: PL-J10-1

CPD: 5 credits




9.00 am

Registration, tea and coffee
Chair: Dr Aine Burns, Director of Medical Education, Royal Free Hampstead Trust

9.30 am

Welcome and introduction

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT

9.40 am

Renal palliative care - A historical perspective
Professor Ken Farrington, Consultant Nephrologist, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

10.10 am

Research spot: Renal registry developments
Dr Charlie Tomson, Consultant Nephrologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol and National Kidney Foundation Medical Advisor

CURRENT EVIDENCE

10.25 am

Emerging evidence on renal palliative care
Dr Fliss Murtagh, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care, King's College London

10.55 am

Research spot: Quality of life - Comparing dialysis and conservative pathways
Professor Ken Farrington, Consultant Nephrologist, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

11.10 am

Tea and coffee

SOCIOLOGY CONTEXT

11.45 am

Chronic kidney disease, dialysis and society
Renee C Fox, PhD, Annnenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

12.45 pm

Research spot: Decision-making in end-stage kidney disease
Dr Robert Elias, Chadburn Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Renal Medicine, St George's Hospital

1.00 pm

Lunch

DEVELOPING SERVICES
Chair: Ms Emma Murphy, Renal Palliative CNS, Guy's Hospital, London

2.15 pm

What do patients near End of Life want from professionals?
Mr Jonathon Hope, Patient-centred Change Consultant

2.45 pm

Research spot: Opting not to dialyse: A practitioner research study to explore patient experience
Mrs Helen Noble, Adult Nursing Lecturer, City University, London

CARE AT END OF LIFE

3.00 pm

Improving care in the last days and hours - The renal LCP
Professor John Ellershaw, Medical Director / Professor of Palliative Medicine, Marie Curie Cancer Care

3.30 pm

Tea and coffee

FUTURE DIRECTION
Chair: Professor Neil Sheerin, Professor of Nephrology, Newcastle

3.45 pm

Questions and discussion
All speakers

4.45 pm

Challenges and future directions
Dr Donal O'Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care

5.15 pm

Completion of evaluation forms

5.25 pm

Close of meeting

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