May 23 2019

8.30-9:00: Registration / Coffee

9:00-9:15: Introduction

9:15- 10:00: Cardiology – Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure
Dr David Wright, Consultant Cardiologist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool

10:00- 10:45: Gastroenterology – Update on Inflammatory bowel disese
Dr Paul Collins Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

10:45- 11:00: Coffee break

11:00- 11.45: Haematology - Newer Anticoagulants – Guide for General Physicians
Dr Dhiraj Gupta Consultant Cardiologist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool

11:45-12:30 Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management- NICE guidelines
Dr Adam Greenstein, Consultant Physician Manchester Royal Infirmary and Senior lecturer, University of Manchester

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30- 14:15: Respiratory – Diagnosis and management of Acute asthma
Prof Steve Scott Consultant Chest Physician Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester

14:15- 15:00: Neurology - Headaches when to worry?
Dr A Krishnan, Consultant Neurologist Walton Neurology Centre, Liverpool

15:00- 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15- 16:00: Rheumatology on Acute Take
Dr Tom Kennedy Consultant Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

16:00 – 16.45: End of Life care
Dr A Thompson , Consultant Palliative care, St Helen&Knowsley Trust , Whiston Discussion and Close of the day

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May 24 2019

9:00- 10:00: Nephrology – Acute Kidney injury - How to improve recognition and early management
Dr C Wong, Consultant Nephrologist, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool

10:00- 10:45: Diabetes and New drugs
Prof D Cuthbertson Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool

10:45- 11:00: Coffee break

11:00- 11.45: Stroke – Improving Diagnosis and Management of stroke
Dr Ilse Burger - Consultant in Stroke Medicine, Clinical Director Stroke Service Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

11:45-12:30: HIV and General Physicians
Dr M Chaponda Consultant in Infectious diseases, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30- 14:20 – Mastering adverse outcomes in clinical practice
Dr Vanessa Perrott Head of Education & Development MPS

14:20 - 15:10: Recent advances in Lipid management
Dr V Mishra, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

15:10- 15:20: Coffee Break

15:20- 16:15: Diagnosis and Management of Parkinson's disease
Dr Christopher Kobylecki, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences/ Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

16:15- 16.45 - Discussion and Close of the final day