Joint Respiratory SpR and Camden COPD & Home Oxygen Service Team Training Day: COPD – a holistic approach
11th February 2020
7th floor HSEP seminar room
Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead
0915-0930 Welcome and Coffee
0930-0945 Introduction and Plan for the Day
1000-1045 What’s new in COPD? GOLD and NICE – Prof John Hurst, RFH and UCL respiratory (Lecture slides)
1045-1130 ‘Live’ MDT – All
1130-1145 Comfort Break
1145-1230 Supporting Smoking Cessation – Mes Grim, smoking cessation lead, Camden COPD and Home Oxygen Service
1230-1330 LUNCH
1330-1415 A Practical Approach to Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Heidi Ridsdale, clinical lead, Camden COPD and Home Oxygen Service
1415-1530 Hyperinflation and Endobronchial Valves – Dr Melissa Heightman, consultant respiratory physician, UCLH & Whittington
1530-1600 Discussion and Close
Really good training day – very practical. Lots of advice on smoking cessation techniques and practicalities of LTOT/SBOT. Good focus on cost/benefit analysis of COPD interventions