Programme Acute medicine 25 February 2015 Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE Programme organiser: Dr Chris Roseveare, Southampton University Hospitals Trust 09.30 Registration and coffee 09.55 Welcome and opening remarks Professor Jane Dacre, president, Royal College of Physicians Session 1: What’s hot in haematology and oncology? Chair: 10.00 Oncological emergencies Dr Thomas Newsom-Davis, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital 10.30 Haematological emergencies Dr Chris Tiplady, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 11.00 Coffee Session 2: Psychiatry and psychology Chair: 11.20 Speaker – delirium and dementia on the AMU Professor Rowan Harwood, University of Nottingham 11.50 Speaker – making best use of a liaison psychiatrist Dr Amrit Sachar, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 12.20 Medically unexplained neurological symptoms on the AMU Dr Mark Edwards, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 12.50 Lunch Session 3: Common challenges on the AMU Chair: Dr Chris Roseveare 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE Tel: +44 (0)20 3075 2389, Fax: +44 (0)20 7487 4156 www.rcplondon.ac.uk Registered charity no. 210508 13.50 Blood and guts Dr Harriet Gordon, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14.20 Acute renal emergencies Dr John Firth, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14.50 A time and a place - difficult conversations on the AMU Dr Elin Roddy, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust 15.20 Tea Session 4: Endocrine errors and how to avoid them Chair: 15.40 Diabetes care in hospitals – what’s all the fuss about? Dr Partha Kar, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 16.10 Adrenal crises and catastrophes Professor Jeremy Tomlinson, University of Oxford 16.40 Acute care for an acute problem - improving patient outcomes across the social gradient Dr Pippa Medcalf, RCP Lead for Health Inequalities and Dr Matilda Allen, Institute of Health Equity 17.00 Close of conference
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