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MS Trust Annual Conference 2009

Conference programme

How to register for Conference

Please note that this programme may be subject to change

Sunday 8 November 2009

Registration (from 11:00), Conference sessions begin at 14:00

Plenary session one (14:00)

  • Primary progressive MS: the condition and its management Prof Alan Thompson, Garfield Weston Professor of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Institute of Neurology, UCL
  • StayingSmart - cognition information on the web for people with MS and professionals Dr Dawn Langdon, Reader in Neuropsychology, Royal Holloway, University of London

Refreshments and Exhibition 15.30 - 16.00

Seminar session one - concurrent sessions (16:00 - 17:30)

(Please attend your pre-selected seminar - see signage for location)
  • Living with progressive MS, psycho-social impact and simple ways to achieve family-centred practice Dr Ceri Bowen, Principal Researcher, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London & Anna Maclehose, Research Psychologist, St John's Therapy Centre, London
  • Setting up an infusion service Caroline D'Arcy, MS Specialist Nurse, Charing Cross Hospital, London
  • 24 hour posture management and pressure ulcer care: an integrated approach - Pam Wood, Pressure Relief Nurse Advisor & Lisa Ledger, Posture Management Advisor, Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
  • Research and ethics - Dr Jenny Freeman, Reader in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, University of Plymouth
  • The competency framework training tool workshop Victoria Matthews, Nurse Advisor, MS Trust
  • Neuroresponse: new ways of developing MS services - Bernie Porter, MS Nurse Consultant, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London

Welcome rolling buffet dinner (18:00 - 20:00)

Therapists in MS update meeting (20:30)

UKMSSNA AGM (20:30)

Monday 9 November 2009

Plenary session two (09.15 - 10.30)

  • How to enable people with MS to maintain their ability to work - Dr Diane Playford, Senior Lecturer in Neuro-rehabilitation, Institute of Neurology, UCL
  • Quality of life in Australians with multiple sclerosis and the potential for self-management - Associate Professor Judy Wollin, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Refreshments and Exhibition 10.30 - 11.00

Seminar session two - concurrent sessions (11:00 - 12:30)

(Please attend your pre-selected seminar - see signage for location)
  • Capacity: practical issues for health and social care professionals - Helen Ogilvy and Gail Tucker, Independant Social Work Consultants, Cedars Consultancy
  • Pain: practical solutions and future developments - Dr Francis Luscombe, Consultant in Pain Management, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
  • Local development plan: what you need to consider - Christine Singleton, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, West Midlands Regional Rehab Centre, Birmingham
  • Safeguarding vulnerable adults - Pete Morgan, Chair of Practitioner Alliance against the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults and Head of Service- Safeguarding Adults, Birmingham City Council
  • Toolkit to support people with MS in employment: workshop - Gail Townsend, Neuro-rehabilitation Occupational Therapist, Buckinghamshire PCT & Sarah Ramsay, Specialist Occupational Therapist, Bedford Hospital
  • Botulinum toxin and the bladder - Jalesh Panicker, Consultant Neurologist & Collette Haslam, Continence Advisor, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London

Lunch and Exhibition 12.30 - 14.00

Keynote lecture (14:00 - 15:00)

  • Drug treatment of MS: the current situation and what the future holds
    • - Dr Mark Freedman, Consultant Neurologist, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Canada

Information Zone and poster viewing (15:30-18:00)

Pre dinner drinks (19:30)

Conference gala dinner and disco (20:00)

Tuesday 10 November 2009

Seminar session three - concurrent sessions (9:30 - 11:00)

(Please attend your pre-selected seminar - see signage for location)
  • Botulinum toxin and the bladder - Jalesh Panicker, Consultant Neurologist & Collette Haslam, Continence Advisor, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
  • The value and outcomes of specialist practice - Dr Alison Leary, Lead Nurse, Lung Cancer Services, Imperial College NHS Trust & Kings College Research Fellow
  • Health economics of MS - Carolin Miltenburger, Director of Health Economics and Outcomes, i3 Innovus, Berlin
  • MS and its impact on the family - Dr Alexander Burnfield, Trustee, MS Trust
  • What do people with MS want from an occupational therapy service? - Dr Jenny Preston, Occupational Therapist & Lynn Lamont, MS Specialist Occupational Therapist, Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Centre, Irvine
  • Safeguarding vulnerable adults - Pete Morgan, Chair of Practitioner Alliance against the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults and Head of Service- Safeguarding Adults, Birmingham City Council

Refreshments and Exhibition 11.00 - 11.30

Plenary session three (11:30 - 13.30)

  • The brain - it's more difficult than we think - Mr Henry Marsh, Consultant Neurosurgeon Atkinson Morley Hospital, London

Poster presentations and prize giving (12:30)

Close (13:30)