Practical Allergy for Nurses 2018
Programme
09:00-09:30 | Arrival & Registration | ||
| Morning Session | Chair: Roisin Fitzsimons | ||
Session Title | Learning Outcomes | ||
09:30-10:15 | How do recent developments in allergy impact practice? | An overview of new research/evidence published in 2017 and applicability to practice Katherine Knight | |
10:15-11:00 | Evaluating Omalizumab for patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria | Setting up a CSU service, evidence, outcomes, patient experiences Keyna Bintcliffe | |
11:00-11:15 | Tea/Coffee | ||
11:15-12:00 | Are food challenges still the gold standard diagnosis for food allergy? | This session will provide an overview of diagnosis techniques and how they impact on diagnosis of food allergy Alia Boardman | |
| 12:00-12:45 | Have we got asthma care right yet? | What has happended in primary care to support implementation of NRAD recommendations? Cris Roxas | |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| Afternoon Session | Chair: Alia Boardman | ||
14:00-14:45 | Are we ready to use immunotherapy for the treatment of asthma? | What are the new EAACI recommendations? What is the evidence? Will these be adopted for cliniical practice? Roisin Fitzsimons | |
14:45-15:30 | Selective nut eating, who is it right for? | Pros and Cons of select nut eating, how do we select the patient, what advice do we give the family? Rachel De Boer | |
13:30-15:45 | Tea/Coffee | ||
15:45-16:30 | Spare pens in schools - providing clarity or confusion? | Implications of the new legislation, how do we roll this out, what does it mean for the school, service, GP and family? Dee Brown | |
16:30 | Close of meeting | ||