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Health: Public_Health
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Health: Senior
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1 Wimpole Street , London , W1G OAE
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Medicine and Me: Parkinson's disease
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Venue: Great Gable Room, Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL
organised by the Royal Society of Medicine and The Cure Parkinson's Trust
'Medicine and Me' conferences, initiated and developed by the Royal Society of Medicine, are specifically designed for patients. These meetings bring together patients, their families, carers, advocates, patient support groups, clinicians and researchers to discuss care and research issues in a particular condition.
“Medicine and Me: Parkinson's Disease is jointly organised by the Royal Society of Medicine the Cure Parkinson's Trust and the Institute for Ageing & Health, Newcastle University.
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Registration Details:
Nurse: £40
Patient - Refundable deposit: £10
Carer - Refundable deposit: £10
Doctor: £75
CPD (Applied for)
12.00 pm
Registration and coffee
1.00 pm
Welcome address
Dr John Scadding, Emeritus Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
Chair: Professor Lynn Rochetser, Newcastle University
1.05 pm
Types of Parkinson's disease and prediction of response to treatment
Professor David Burn, CARU, Newcastle University
1.20 pm
Questions
1.25 pm
Issues at the time of diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
Patients (tbc)
1.40 pm
Dr Donald Grosset, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
1.55 pm
Questions
2.05 pm
What treatment to give and when
Patients (tbc)
2.20 pm
Dr Tom Foltynie, Institute of Neurology, London
2.45 pm
Questions
2.55 pm
Tea break
SESSION TWO
Chair: Mr Tom Isaacs, Cure Parkinson's Trust
3.25 pm
New treatments and research: becoming involved
Patient (tbc)
3.40 pm
Dr Roger Barker, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
3.55 pm
Questions
PANEL DISCUSSION
Chair: Dr John Scadding, Emeritus Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
4.00 pm
All speakers and chairs
4.55 pm
Closing remarks
Professor David Burn, CARU, Newcastle University; Dr John Scadding, RSM; Mr Tom Isaacs, CPT
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