Hosted by St Christopher’s and King’s MND Care and Research Centre, this popular annual one day conference will focus on topics ranging from clinical trials update, novel therapies, ethics, cognition and advances in communication.
Topics will include:
The conference is aimed at:
other professionals involved in the care of people with MND.
| 9.30 | Introduction and welcome
Dr Cathy Ellis, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital Dr Louise Exton, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher’s Hospice |
| 9.40 | Clinical Trials Update
Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi, Professor of Neurology and Complex Disease Genetics, King’s College London and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital |
| 10.20 | Untangling the web
Professor Martin Turner, Consultant Neurologist, Oxford MND Centre Co-Director |
| 11.00 | Break |
| 11.25 | Fasciculations, Cramps and Pain
Dr James Bashford, MRC Lady Edith Wolsfon Clinical Fellow, King’ College London |
| 12.05 | The Ethics of Choice and Control
Dr Idris Baker Consultant in Palliative Medicine, ABM University Health Board |
| 1.05 | Lunch |
| 1.50
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems and Voice Banking
Lisa Morsley, Advanced Specialist SLT, Communication Aid Service, East of England Charlotte Sax, Clinical Specialist SLT, Assistive Communication Service, Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Richard Cave, MND SLT Project Manager, Motor Neurone Disease Association |
| 2.50 | Apathy in MND: Impact on Caregivers and Quality of Life
Dr Ratko Radakovic, Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia |
| 3.30 | Break |
| 3.50 | Celebrating 40 years of the MNDA
Sally Light, Chief Executive, Motor Neurone Disease Association |
| 4.20 | Questions/Discussion |
| 4.30 | Evaluation and Close |
If you have any questions about this or any of our other courses, please contact the Education team who will be happy to help
At St Christopher's, a registered charity, it is important for us to maximise any surpluses to reinvest in the objectives of the charity.
Unfortunately, the manner in which we undertake our training currently means we are not able to invest as much of our surplus as possible, therefore from the 1 December 2017, St Christopher’s Education Centre will charge VAT at the standard rate on our training courses, the reason for this change in pricing is twofold:
i) We want to be able to reinvest any surpluses made from training back into all of our charitable objectives rather than only Education
ii) We want to be able to reclaim the VAT on costs relating to developing and running the training courses
