Full funding is available for UK MS specialist nurses. For those not eligible for funding, the cost to attend this residential conference is £575 + VAT. This all inclusive package covers:
- access to all academic sessions
- admission to the exhibition area, information zone and technology zone
- two nights accommodation (3 - 4 November) will be booked on your behalf at either Chesford Grange or Stratford Manor by MS Trust (Education) Ltd. Both hotels offer plenty of free parking. A free shuttle service to and from the conference site will be provided.
- all meals including the conference dinner
You can book accommodation, through the conference secretariat, for Saturday 2 November at an additional cost of £92 inc VAT (bed and breakfast rate). You are responsible for settling this charge directly with the hotel on departure.
Bursaries
The MS Trust administers professional development bursaries of up to 75% for health professionals who are working in a clinical role with people with MS. You don't have to be a specialist to be eligible
Find out more about bursaries
For further information email or telephone:
Conference enquiry line: 01462 476314 or
Conference email: conference@mstrust.org.uk
Keynote speakers for 2013
The international progressive MS research collaborative
Professor Alan Thompson, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Update on latest disease modifying drug therapies for relapsing remitting MS
Dr David Rog, Consultant Neurologist, Salford Royal Foundation Trust
Latest developments in the management of secondary progressive MS
Dr Jeremy Chataway, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
NHS reforms – challenges and opportunities for MS care
Karen Middleton CBE, Chief Health Professions Officer, Department of Health
A personal account of living with MS
Alexandra Cowan, Expert Patient, Sex and Disability Adviser
Plus a range of seminars including:
- Smoking and MS
- Transition to secondary progressive MS
- Practical tips for managing ataxia
- Therapy tips for nurses
- Psychology of medication adherence
- Self management
- Cognition and MS
- Exercise, fatigue and MS
- Acceptance commitment therapies
- Occupational science
View the MS Trust Conference 2013 programme (.doc) (please note this programme may be subject to change)
Directions to Chesford Grange
Chesford Grange lies between Kenilworth and Warwick, with easy access for delegates wishing to travel by car, rail or air.
Postcode CV8 2LD
By rail
The closest train stations are Warwick Parkway (6 miles) and Leamington Spa (4 miles).
By road
From the South
Leave the M40 motorway at junction 15. Follow the A46 to Coventry, look for the slip road signposted Kenilworth and Leamington Spa - A452, at the roundabout take the right exit signposted Leamington Spa. Continue approximately 400 yards and pick up the signs to the hotel.
From the North
Follow the M69 from junction 21 of the M1 towards Coventry, follow signs for the A45/A46. Once on the A45 take the first junction off and join the A46 towards Warwick. Take the slip road signposted A452, at the roundabout take the first exit signposted Leamington Spa and pick up the signs to the hotel.
By air
Coventry Airport - 8 miles
Birmingham International Airport - 13 miles
Do you have a research project to showcase at conference?
A call for posters
Research and Development Showcase
Sunday 3 - Tuesday 5 November 2013, Chesford Grange, Kenilworth
Have you or your team:
- undertaken a research or audit project?
- undertaken some service development?
- launched a project?
- gathered evidence about your practice or service?
- worked in partnership with other teams or services?
The R&D Showcase is a chance to celebrate your work. No project is too small and posters do not have to be professionally produced. We welcome all well-presented work which highlights ways in which you have generated evidence or improved services for the benefit of people with MS.
A prize will be awarded and the winner will be invited to present their poster during the conference closing session.
Posters will be on display throughout the conference. There is time in the programme for poster authors to respond to informal questions from delegates about their project.
All poster applications must be received by 30 September 2013. You will be notified soon after this date if your poster application has been successful. You are required to register to attend the conference if your poster is accepted.
We recognise that developing and submitting posters can be daunting. Some top tips, guidelines and poster examples are available to help you with your poster submissions within our Research and development resource.
If you have a R&D project please download a copy of the poster application form.
Once complete please return by email: conference@mstrust.org.uk or fax it to 01462 476710
