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MS Trust Annual Conference 2010

Conference programme

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Please note that this programme may be subject to change


Sunday 7 November 2010

11:00 Registration and opening of Conference Exhibition (sessions begin at 13:30)

12:00 Lunch

Plenary session 1 (13:30 – 15:15)

  • Living with MS: the physical and cognitive impediments - Dr Jeffrey Gingold, Author and MS Advocate, Milwaukee, USA
  • Oral drugs and implications for future services - Professor David Bates, Chair of Clinical Neurology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Refreshments and Exhibition (15:15 - 16:00)

Therapists in MS (TiMS) update meeting (16:00)

UKMSSNA AGM (16:00)

Pre-dinner drinks (19:30)

Welcome dinner (20:00)


Monday 8 November 2010

Concurrent seminar session 1 (09:00 - 10:30)

(Please attend your pre-selected seminar - see signage for location)
  • Social enterprises – are they the way of the future? - Neil Casey, Director, Wild Goose Consulting, Letterhead, Surrey
  • Will oral drugs change the partnership between patients and health care professionals? - Amy Perrin-Ross, Advanced Practice Nurse, International Organisation of MS Nurses, USA
  • Self management in action - Nikki Embrey, Clinical Nurse Specialist MS, University Hospital North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent
  • Being and becoming a reflective practitioner: a health professional's journey - Dr Louise Jarrett, MND Network Coordinator, NHS Plymouth
  • Complex case management (3 interconnected sessions specifically tailored to the learning needs of therapists)

    Part 1: The importance of positioning for living with complex disability in MS - Liz Betts, Physiotherapist & Sarah Savage, MS Specialist Occupational Therapist, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool

Refreshments and Exhibition (10:30- 11:00)

Concurrent seminar session 2 (11:00 - 12:30)

(Please attend your pre-selected seminar - see signage for location)
  • A multi-centre case series study to explore the effectiveness of core stability training on mobility and balance in people with MS - Margaret Gear, Neuro Physiotherapist, Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick & Jenny Freeman, Reader in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, University of Plymouth
  • How to manage your manager - Pauline Shaw, MS Specialist Nurse/Service Manager, Dulwich Community Hospital, London
  • Risk communication - why we need understandable information - Dr Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Chief Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
  • Conducting research in health and social care settings: knowing where to start - Dr Steven Bloch, NIHR Research Fellow, University College London & Fiona Barnes, MS Specialist Nurse, Dulwich Community Hospital, London
  • Complex case management (3 interconnected sessions specifically tailored to the learning needs of therapists)

    11:00 – 11:45 Part 2: Swallowing & communication difficulties - Claire Axton, Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London

    11:45 – 12:30 Part 3: Psychological issues of severe disability - Speaker TBC

Lunch and Exhibition (12:30 - 14:00)

Plenary session 2 (14:00 – 15:15)

  • Keynote lecture - MS: the past, present and future - Professor Alastair Compston, Head of Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge
  • MS Trust update

Refreshments and Exhibition (15:15 - 15:45)

Information zone and poster viewing (15:45 - 18:00)

Pre dinner drinks (19:30)

Conference gala dinner (20:00)


Tuesday 9 November 2010

Concurrent seminar session 3 (09:30 - 11:00)

(Please attend your pre-selected seminar - see signage for location)
  • The Dinosaur and the Black Swan: MS rehabilitation planning and the credit crunch - Dr Andrew Bamji, Consultant Rheumatologist & Director, Elmstead Rehabilitation Unit, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup
  • Use of the Nintendo Wii within rehabilitation - Rebecca Redmond, Senior Physiotherapist, National Star College, Brockworth, Gloucester
  • The Health & Care Revolution – and what it means for you - Kevin Dean, Managing Director Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cisco Systems, Feltham
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in your every day practice – top 10 tips - Vicki Matthews, Specialist Nurse Advisor, MS Trust
  • So what can I do about it? Environmental factors and MS - Dr Mike Boggild, Consultant Neurologist, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool

Refreshments and Exhibition (11:00 – 11:30)

Plenary session 3 (11:30 – 13:30)

  • Poster presentation and prize giving
  • A good life and a good death in MS. Who decides? Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive, Compassion in Dying and Dignity in Dying, London
  • Summary of meeting and close