About this event
- Date and time Thu 28 Nov 2019 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Clinical Neurosciences
The meeting will provide you with essential knowledge and top tips for the prompt, safe and effective assessment and management of key neurological and neurosurgical conditions.
These conditions are likely to arise or need to be excluded in an acutely unwell patient, whether you are stationed on specialist neurology, stroke or neurosurgical ward, in the A&E department or during a medical or surgical on-call shift.
Topics you will cover:
- Knowledge of the effective assessment and management of key neurological and neurosurgical conditions which might arise or need to be excluded in an acutely unwell patient
- Learn about current best practice and new developments in neurological and neurosurgical management
- Legal updates, such as; ceilings of care and best interests
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Miss Emma Dalton, Council Member, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Session one: The medical patient
Acute neurology and neurocritical care
Dr Ari Ercole, Consultant in Neurointensive Care, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Neuro-ophthalmology
Dr Gordon Plant, Consultant Neurologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Neuroradiology
Dr Maneesh Bhojak, Consultant Neuroradiologist, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session two: To treat or not to treat?
Palliative care: What to treat, when and how?
Dr Philip Lodge, Consultant, Palliative Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Ceilings of care and best interests (including University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust v HB [2018] EWCOP 39)
Mr Bertie Leigh, Consultant, Hempsons Solicitors
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session three: The neurosurgical patient
Paediatric neurosurgery
Mr Alistair Jenkins, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hydrocephalus
Mr Alistair Jenkins, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tea & coffee break
Spinal neurosurgery
Mr Nicholas Carleton-Bland, Consultant General Neurosurgeon, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Functional neurosurgery
Professor Ludvic Zrinzo, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical emergencies
Professor Mark Wilson, Consultant Neurosurgeon, St Mary’s Hospital, London
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom