Thursday 7th November




9:00-9:15: Introduction


9:15-10:00: Heart failure and Complex Device Therapy


Dr Matthew Kahn, Consultant Cardiologist


Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital



10:00-10:45: Palliative Care in Acute Settings


Dr Jo Brady, Consultant in Palliative Care


North London Hospice



10:45-11:00: Break



11:00-11:45: Hyponatremia for a General Physician


Professor Dan Cuthbertson, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology


Liverpool University Hospital



11:45-12:30: Preventing hospital admissions in older patients


Dr Clifford Lisk, Consultant physician in Acute and Geriatric Medicine


Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust




12:30-13:30: Break



13:30-14:15: COPD Update


Dr Rob Hallifax, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine


Oxford University Hospital



14:15-15:00: Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Primary and Secondary Headache Disorders

Prof Manjit Matharu, Consultant Neurologist

Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery



15:00-15:15: Break



15:15-16:00: Identification and Management of MASLD and MASH


Dr Jeremy Cobbold, Consultant Hepatologist


Oxford University Hospitals



16:00-16:15: Discussion and close of day







Friday 8th November





8:30-9:00: Registration



9:00-10:00: The Changing Landscape of Chronic Kidney Disease

Prof Smeeta Sinha, Consultant Nephrologist

Northern Care Alliance, Salford



10:00-10:45: Technological Advances in Diabetes


Prof Rob Andrews, Consultant in Diabetes


Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital




10:45-11:00: Break



11:00-11:45: Functional Neurological Disorder


Dr Wendy Phillips, Consultant Neurologist

Cambridge University Hospitals



11:45-12:30: An Ever-Evolving Landscape of Lipid Management




Prof Wierzbicki, Consultant in Metabolic Medicine


Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals



12:30-13:30: Break



13:30-14:30: Understanding Coroner's Investigations MDU


Jerard Ross, Consultant MDU



14:30-15:15: Osteoporosis Update


Prof Tahir Masud, Consultant Physician
Nottingham University Hospital


15:15-15:30: Break



15:30-16:15: Fever in a traveller


Dr Nathan Jacobs, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases

North Manchester General Hospital



16:15-16:30: Discussion and Q&A session