The Fourth Joint Societies Meeting is taking place on the 22nd and 23rd April 2010. It will be held in the Wolfson Centre, Medical School, University of Birmingham.
Contents
Overview
The 2010 programme was designed to present the latest developments in haemostasis and thrombosis. Day one covers topics including affording new drugs, litigation and ethnicity. Day two's topics include NICE guidelines, POC testing, systemic lupus erythematosis and contraception and thrombosis.
Programme
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Thursday 22nd April
09.00 Registration
A.M. Session chaired by David Fitzmaurice and Eve Knight
09.30 Welcome and introductions
09.45 Keynote speech: Dr Marcus Flather
A paradigm shift in oral anticoagulation management
10.30 Affording new drugs in the NHS
Mr Christopher Newdick
11.30 Tea and Coffee
12.00 A community pharmacist led service for anticoagulation
Ms Tina Cooke
12:30 'The expert witness' one case from court
Dr Trevor Baglin
13:15 Lunch and exhibition
P.M. Session chaired by Steve Davidson & Julie Braine
14.30 Ethnic communities and venous thrombosis
Dr Lara Roberts
15.20 Reversing the effects of warfarin therapy
Dr Henry Watson
15.50 Compliance in patients on long term warfarin
Mrs Teresa Tripp
16.20 Plenary and close
Patient Afternoon Session
14.30 Self monitoring - taking control
Dr Rachel Fraser, Dr Carl Heneghan and Mr Peter Birtles
15.15 The ideal monitoring service - designed by patients for patients
Ms Diane Eaton
16.00 Interacting with health care professionals - your chance to talk to a multi-disiplinary panel
Friday 23rd April
09.00 Registration
A.M. Session chaired by Pamela Fox and Hayley Flavell
09.30 Keynote speech: Dr Alexander Turpie
New publication: Screening computer assisted dosage programmes for AC: minimum safety requirements for individual programmes
10.15 Update of NICE guidelines on stroke and atrial fibrillation
Dr Khalid Khan
10.45 Tea and Coffee
11.15 Long term outcomes of Venous Thromboembolism
Mr Kevin Varty
11:45 Update on POC testing devices
Dr Steve Kitchen
12.15 Lunch and exhibition
P.M. Session chaired by Ellen Murray and Nicky Flemming
13.45
Case studies
A panel of experts
14.30 “The Big Three”, Lupus, Sjogren’s and Hughes Syndrome
Professor Graham Hughes
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15.00
Breaking news / hot topics
Professor David Fitzmaurice
15.30 Contraception / HRT and thrombosis
Dr Will Lester
16.15 Close
Registration
Health care professional places cost £125 per day, £200 for both days. Patients will not be charged for their attendance.
If you require further information or would like a registration form to be sent via postal service please contact Amy Partleton Tel: 0121 414 2677
Details of accomodation in the vicinity are available here.
Event Sponsors
Anticoagulation in Practice 2010 would like to acknowledge their sponsors:
Platinum Sponsor
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boehringer-ingelheim.co.uk
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bayerhealthcare.com
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leo-pharma.com
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