2009 Conference Programme
Provisional Programme BLS Conference 2009
This years conference will be held : Royal Victoria Hotel Sheffield 11-13 Oct.
Sunday 11th October
| Sunday 11th October | ||
| 14.00 – 18.00 | Registration & welcome | - |
| 15.00-16.30 | Regional Reps Meeting | - |
| 16.30-17.00 | Research Advisory Board | - |
| 17.00-18.00 | BLS Research Forum Update | - |
| 18.00 – 20.00 | Meet Exhibitors and Buffet Supper | - |
| 19.00 – 21.00 | BLS Committee Meeting | - |
Monday 12th October
| Monday 12th October | ||
| 08.30-08.55 | Registration | - |
| 08.55-09.00 | Welcome to Sheffield- | Jan Sobieraj Chief Executive NHS Sheffield |
| 09:00- 09:05 | Opening and welcome | Session Chair |
| 09.05-09.30 | The possibilities of reconstructive microsurgery on lymphatic vessels | Professor R G H Baumeister Professor of Surgery University of Munich |
| 09.30-10:00 | Innovation in the management of patients with complex chronic oedema in the community | Brenda King MBE Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant Sheffield |
| 10.00-10.30 | "Quality of Life Tools for patients with Lymphoedema" | Dr Vaughan Keeley Consultant/ Lead Clinician Palliative Medicine Derby Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 10.30-11.10 | Coffee | Helen Young |
| 11.10-11.35 | To cut or not to cut , that is the question – debulking surgery on primary lymphoedema | Helen Young MSc Clinical Manager, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Lymphoedema St Giles Lymphoedema Clinic, |
| 11.35-12:05 | Managing patients with weight problems – the challenges! | Anna Parton BSc RD Specialist Dietician |
| 12.05 – 12.35 | "Tackling Obesity as part of a Lymphoedema Management Programme" | Andrea Stigant SRP Clinical Lymphoedema Specialist NHS Cumbria |
| 12.35-13.45 | Lunch & Meet the Exhibitors | - |
| 13.45-13.50 | Opening and Welcome - | Session Chair |
| 13.50 – 14.05 | Welsh Lymphoedema Srategy Consultation Document | Eilish Lund , Lymphoedema Specialist, Wrexham Hospice Melanie Lewis Lead Macmillan Clinical Lymphoedema Specialist Physiotherapist, South West Wales |
| 14.05 – 14.30 | The prevalence of Lymphoedema in Primary Care | Dr Julia Blackburn |
| 14.30-14.55 | Tarriff setting for lymphoedema | Phil Hobday and Jan Simmons |
| 14.55-15.20 | A pilot randomized Control Trial to compare a new intermittent Pneumatic Compression device and 12-chamber garment with current best practice in the management of limb lymphoedema | Jane Wigg MSc Lymphoedema Nurse manager Wolverhampton Lymphoedema Service |
| 15.20-15.50 | Tea / Coffee | - |
| 15.55 -16.15 | Shaping Children’s Services How can we work together to improve services for children with lymphoedema? | Dr Jacqui Todd PhD MCSP GradDipPhys Physiotherapist Consultant, Leeds |
| 16.15-17.15 | BLS AGM | - |
| 17.15-17.45 | Update on LFP and launch of the Upper Limb Template for Management + questions | Professor C Moffatt Director of CRICP Thames Valley University |
| 17.45 | Close | |
| 18.00-18.55 | Cellulitis Concensus Meeting | Grand Central |
| 19.30-20.00 | Drinks | - |
| 20.00 | Gala Dinner | - |
Tuesday 13th October
| Tuesday 13th | ||
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration | - |
| 09.00-09.05 | Opening and Welcome | Session Chair |
| 09.05-09.35 | Understanding Breast Cancer Related Lymphoedema | Professor Peter Mortimer Professor of Dermatology St George’s Hospital, London |
| 09.35-10 05 | Breast Rehabilitation & Prevention Scheme – an audit of 500 patients | Melanie Lewis SRP Lead Macmillan Clinical Lymphoedema Specialist Physiotherapist, South West Wales |
| 10.05-10.35 | Pulling together: results from a dragon boat pilot study. | Dr Helen Crank Senior Research fellow Sheffield Hallam University |
| 10.35-11.10 | Coffee | - |
| 11.10 -11.35 | The short time effect of radiation therapy on the newly formed lymph vessels | Professor P Lievens University of Brussels |
| 11.35 – 12.00 | Surgical Management of Lymphoedema – 4 years experience of Liposuction, Not as easy as you think | Mr A Munnoch Consultant Plastic Surgeon Ninewells Hospital Dundee |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch & Meet the Exhibitors | - |
| 13.00-13.05 | Opening and Welcome - | Session Chair |
| 13.05-13.30 | Lymphoedema Informatics | Dr Z A Sheikh Mr D A Munnoch |
| 13.30-13.55 | Assessment and management of patients with head and neck lymphoedema secondary to treatment for cancer | Martine Huit BSc, RGN Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospital NHS Trust London |
| 13.55-14.20 | The Lebed Method | Julia Williams Lebed Method Instructor Trinity Hospice London |
| 14.20-14.30 | Evaluation & Close | - |
