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18th Leicester Medical Conference
National Conference in Medicine for the Elderly
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University of Leicester: Gilbert Murray Hall, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester LE2 2LH
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Wednesday 30 May 2012
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Registration fee £105: register online or by post (Word doc)
Morning session
Chairman: Professor TG Robinson, Professor of Stroke Medicine, University of Leicester
| 8.40am | Coffee and Registration |
| 9.10am | Introduction |
| 9.15am | Acute Medical Care for the Elderly Outside Hospital Dr Simon Conroy, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, University of Leicester |
| 9.55am | Management of Complications in Terminal Care Dr Luke Feathers, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice |
| 10.35am | Coffee |
| 11.00am | Hyperacute Stroke: the Role of Telemedicine and Intervention Dr Kneale Metcalf, Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11.40am | Stroke: the Latest Acute and Rehabilitation Guidelines Dr Pippa Tyrrell, Senior Lecturer in Stroke Medicine, University of Manchester |
12.20pm - 1.25pm: Lunch
Afternoon session
Chairman: Professor JF Potter, Professor of Ageing and Stroke Medicine, University of East Anglia
| 1.25pm | Hypertension: the New Guidelines Professor John Potter, Professor of Ageing and Stroke Medicine, University of East Anglia |
| 2.05pm | Preventative Medicine: Do the Risks of Polypharmacy Outweigh the Benefits in the Elderly? Professor Iain Squire, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Leicester |
| 2.45pm | Tea |
| 3.10pm | Parkinson’s Disease: Management in the Elderly Dr Paul Worth, Consultant Neurologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 3.50pm | Dementia: Behaviour Management Dr L Velayudhan, Consultant Psychiatrist/Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester |
