Chronic Oedema Conference - 2nd July 2008- Ascot Racecourse
Chronic oedema is a common problem that practitioners encounter in patients with many different types of underlying medical pathologies and wounds. This conference will provide useful advice on how to manage this problem and promote improved healing for some of the most challenging patients seen in clinical practice. The event is supported by a large exhibition, offering delegates an opportunity to keep up-to-date on the latest treatments and products available in the UK.
This event is sponsored by Activa Healthcare and the International Lymphoedema Framework.
Who should attend?
- All healthcare professionals with an interest in chronic oedema
Speakers
- Debra Doherty, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice, Thames Valley University, London
- Tracy Green, Macmillan Lymphoedema CNS, The Calderdale Royal Hospital for Calderdale & Huddersfi eld NHS Foundation Trust, Halifax
- Christine Moffatt, Professor of Nursing and a Director of the Centre for Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice, Thames Valley University, London
- Heather Newton, Nurse Consultant Tissue Viability, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro
- Hugo Partsch, Professor Emeritus of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Jill Peters, Dermatology Nurse Practitioner, Suffolk Community Healthcare PCT, Ipswich
- Anita Hopkins, Lead Lymphoedema Specialist, Gloucester and Sue Desborough, 'Lymphoedema Therapist' Staffordshire.
Wound Essentials Summer Conference and the Continence UK Conference are also being held on 2nd July 2008, parallel to the Chronic Oedema Conference. For further details about these events go to the Summer Conference section.
Click here to download a printable booking form, to bring along with you on Wednesday
Programme
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
08:00 |
Registration and exhibition viewing |
09:00 |
Setting the scene: the challenge of chronic oedema |
Deborah Doherty |
09:10 |
What is chronic oedema, its causes and presentations |
Hugo Partsch |
10.00 |
Chronic oedema: the complexities relating to assessment, diagnosis and investigations |
Tracy Green |
10.30 |
Coffee and exhibition viewing |
11.30 |
Skin care of patients with chronic oedema: how to manage varicose eczema and maceration |
Jill Peters |
12.00 |
Wound infection and exudate: diagnosis, treatment
and management |
Heather Newton |
12.30 |
Questions from the morning’s sessions to the speakers’ panel |
12.45 |
Lunch and exhibition viewing |
14.00 |
Understanding and using compression in the management of chronic oedema |
Christine Moffatt |
14.45 |
Addressing self-management issues: the patient’s experience |
Mr Jed Bailey |
15.10 |
Massage and exercise: the effects on oedema |
Anita Hopkins
Sue Desborough |
16.00 |
Questions from the afternoon’s sessions to the speakers’ panel |
16.15 |
Close of conference |
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