About this event
- Date and time Tue 23 May 2023 from 9:30am to 4:15pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Intellectual Disability
People with intellectual disabilities have a higher rate of ill health, and evidence continues to show that these patients experience worse outcomes, despite efforts to reduce inequalities.
This event will update you on the common physical health conditions found in those with intellectual disabilities and how these conditions can be managed. We will also be discussing the new service developments and innovations in the delivery of care.
By attending, you will:
- Understand the presentation and management of common physical health conditions in people with learning disabilities
- Appreciate the impact of physical ill-health and accessing healthcare as a person with a learning disability
- Learn about how health services can meet the physical health needs of people with learning disabilities and work towards reducing health inequalities
This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered event participants up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.
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Agenda
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Session 1
Chair: Dr Rory Sheehan, Senior Clinical Lecturer, King’s College London
Opening remarks and Ian’s story
Welcome, opening remarks and schedule, Ian Rogers, Expert by Experience
Updates in management of constipation
Vasileios Voulgaropoulos, Principal Clinical Pharmacist, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Dysphagia assessment, diagnosis and management in intellectual disability
Ms Holly Marler, Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Broadland Clinic, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion and questions
Comfort break
Improving access to eye care services
Stephen Kill, National Eye Care Service and Manager and Grace McGill, Expert by Experience, Learning Disabilities and Sight Loss
Learning from LeDeR
Mr Adam White, Research Manager, King’s College London
Panel discussion and questions
Lunch break
Session 2
Chair: Ms Verity Chester, Research Associate, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS University Trust
Enabling access to healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities: An overview of the evidence
Professor Michael Brown, Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Acute paediatric presentations in children with LD - overcoming diagnostic overshadowing
Dr Aisling O’Sullivan, Junior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics and Dr Saji Alexander, Consultant Paediatrician, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Pain Experience and Management in People with Intellectual Disability
Ms Verity Chester, Research Associate and RADiANT Network Manager
How are mental health services addressing physical health issues in people with a learning disability
Dr Indermeet Sawhney, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and Chair of the Faculty of Intellectual Disability, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Panel discussion
Close of day
Location
Online
Registration for this event will close at 08:30 am on Tuesday 23 May 2023.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
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