EVENT OVERVIEW

Rescheduled for July 2021

About the event

Due to concerns about the Coronavirus and in light of guidance received from the World Health Organisation and the UK Government, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel this event – find out more

Hosted by St Christopher’s and King’s MND Care and Research Centre, this popular annual one day conference will focus on the multidisciplinary management of motor neurone disease. Topics will include a clinical trials update, novel areas of research, symptom management and the impact on carers.

• Conference speakers
• Who is it for
• Programme

• Conference speakers

  Chairs

  Dr Cathy Ellis, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital MND Care and Research Centre
  Dr Louise Exton, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher’s Hospice

  Speakers

  Dr Tom Burke, Clinical Psychologist, Research Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin
  ‘Psychological aspects of caregiver resilience and burden’

  Dr Sean Cross, Managing Director, Maudsley Learning, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, King’s College Hospital, London
  ‘Staff wellbeing’

  Dr Nikhil Sharma, Consultant Neurologist, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology/National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
  ‘The gut microbiome in MND’

  Suzanne Simpson, Senior Occupational Therapist & MND Wellbeing and social support advisor, The Walton Centre, Liverpool
  ‘Social Prescribing in MND’

  Emily Jay, Team Lead Physiotherapist for Neurology, King’s College Hospital
  ‘Exercise after diagnosis: a review of the evidence and guidance’

  Dr Cathy Ellis, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital

  Richard Cave, MND SLT Project Manager, Motor Neurone Disease Association

  More speakers to be confirmed

• Who is it for?

  The conference is aimed at:

  • dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists
  • clinical nurse specialists, community and district nurses and qualified care home staff
  • doctors
  • social workers, counsellors, psychologists and chaplains/spiritual care providers
  • palliative care practitioners

  other professionals involved in the care of people with MND.

• Programme

  08:45	Arrive, registration and refreshments
  09:30	Welcome and introduction Dr Cathy Ellis,  Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital   Dr Louise Exton, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher’s
  09:40	Clinical trials update Dr Cathy Ellis, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital
  10:10	The gut microbiome in MND Dr Nikhil Sharma, Consultant Neurologist, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology/National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
  10.50	Refreshment break
  11:15	Psychological aspects of caregiver resilience and burden Dr Tom Burke, Clinical Psychologist, Research Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin
  11.55	Exercise after diagnosis: a review of the evidence and guidance Emily Jay, Team Lead Physiotherapist for Neurology, King’s College Hospital.
  12.30	Lunch
  13:20	Social prescribing in MND Suzanne Simpson, MND Psychological Wellbeing and Social Support Advisor, Walton Centre, Liverpool
  14:00	The ethical and legal challenges towards the end of life. Dr Rachel Burman, Consultant in Palliative Care, King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust Dr Sam Lund, Medical Director, Royal Trinity Hospice Hazel Polat, Senior Healthcare Solicitor, King’s College Hospital
  15.00	Refreshment break
  15:20	Google’s Project Euphonia: focusing on helping people with dysarthria to keep talking – and be understood   Richard Cave, MND SLT Project Manager, Motor Neurone Disease Association
  15:50	Staff wellbeing Dr Sean Cross, Managing Director, Maudsley Learning, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, King’s College hospital, London
  16:30	Closing remarks and Evaluation

   

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