Forthcoming Events

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Primary Care
Study Morning on Monday 29th October, 2007 (9am – 1pm).

This is an opportunity to hear about the ongoing  research, the gaps and the way forward. The event is open to all  healthcare professionals working in London and those interested in CAM research including GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists and staff from PCTs, Mental Health, Community Health and Social Care.

Registration is Free.

Chaired by Boo Armstrong, Managing Director of Get Well UK

9.00 ~ 9.20                  Registration

9.20 ~ 9.30                  Welcome and Introductions

9.30 ~ 9.40                  Case Study (a patient tells how he  was spared an operation and the use of painkillers)

9.40 ~ 10.05                The Diagnosis and treatment of dementia with Ginkgo biloba in primary care : Dr                                      James Warner: Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Older Adults Psychiatry, St                                      Charles Hospital

10.05 ~ 10.30              Integrating Complementary Medicine into primary care in Islington

10.30 ~ 10.55              Community Based Yoga Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes : Developing and piloting a                                       complex intervention
                                       Svetlana Skoro-Kondza, Dept.  of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University                                        College London

10.55  ~ 11.20             Tea/Coffee Break

1.20 ~ 11.45                Helping  mental health patients come off Benzodiaphine?
                       
11.45 ~ 12.10              Acupuncture in the Community
                                    Amanda Shayle and Kirsten Dhar: College of Chinese Medicine

12.10 ~ 12.20              Case Study (a patient tells how their condition has improved from  disabling psoriasis)

12.20 ~ 13.00              Question and Answer time  and closing Remarks (Chaired by Boo Armstrong)

 

 

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Primary Care
Study Morning : 29th October 2007  (9 am – 1 pm)

Registration

(This event is free but a charge of £50 will apply if you do not turn up without a cancellation or notice).

 

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Please return this form to:

Josephine Njoki
Research Support and Training Co-ordinator
Research Support Team Room 3/20
North Central London Research Consortium (NoCLoR)
Research and Development Unit
3rd Floor, West Wing
St. Pancras Hospital
St. Pancras Way
London, NW1 0PE

Tel: 0207 445 8502
Fax: 0207 530 3235
E-mail: josephine.njoki@camdenpct.nhs.uk