About this event

  • Date and time Fri 6 Jan 2023 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location Online

This is the on-demand version of the Spotlight on Group A Strep (Streptococcus pyogenes) Spotlight Series webinar from the Royal Society of Medicine. 

The webinar focuses on the challenges posed by the sudden rise in Strep A infections, providing an up-to-date briefing for clinicians. It covers the symptoms and signs, the diagnosis of Scarlet Fever and other Strep A infections, thresholds for prescribing antibiotics, hospital referral and antibiotic availability.

Professor Gillian Leng CBE RSM Dean of Education will chair this essential debate covering these pressing topics with key experts, including: 

  • Professor Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor, UK Health Security Agency, Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Infectious Diseases and Health Security, University College London and 
  • Professor Adam Finn, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Bristol and Head of the Bristol Children’s Vaccine
  • Dr Elizabeth Whittaker, Consultant, paediatric infectious diseases, St Mary’s Hospital London, and Lecturer in paediatric infection and immunity

This pre-recorded version of the online event on 14 December 2022 will be available after the webinar meeting. The recording link will be sent on the date of this on demand event, Friday 6 January 2023. Event attendees can access the recording for up to 60 days after the link has been made available. 

 

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The agenda is subject to change at any time.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.

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