Programme organisers: Dr Peter Winocour, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Dr Rob Gregory, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

09.30          Registration and coffee

09.55          Welcome and opening remarks
                   Professor Jane Dacre, president, Royal College of
                   Physicians

Session 1: Implications of complex LTC for in patient care, post graduate training and patient centred integrated care

Chair:  Dr Rob Gregory, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

10.00        The view from the RCP
                 Dr Bod Goddard, Royal College of Physicians

10.15       Patient based discussion panel – case based examples
                Panel: Dr Bod Goddard, RCP; Mark Duman, patient user
                group representative; Professor Nigel Mathers, primary
                care rep; Dr Dev Singh, secondary care representative

11.00     Coffee

Session 2: Recognition and effective care of multi morbidity and therapy

Chair: Dr Peter Winocour, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

11.20        Managing breathlessness and co-morbidity in COPD
                 Professor Mike Morgan, national clinical director for
                 respiratory disease

11.50        Practical management of steroids in non-endocrine
                 practice
                 Professor John Newell-Price, Society for Endocrinology
 

12.20        Dementia and end of life care in patients with other
                 long term conditions
                 Professor Alan Sinclair, Association of British Clinical
                 Diabetologists (ABCD)

12.50        Lunch

Session 3: Diabetes and cardio-renal disease  
Chair: tbc

13.50        Managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes
                  - new joint ABCD and Renal Association guidelines
                 Dr Peter Winocour, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
                 and Dr Andrew Frankel, Health education England

14.30         Case based discussion – management of DM and
                  cardio-renal complications (including heart failure) 
                  Dr Peter Winocour, East and North Hertfordshire NHS
                  Trust and Dr AndreW Frankel, Health education England
                  and Dr Hugh McIntyre, Brighton and Sussex Medical
                  School

15.20          Tea

Session 4: Beyond the physical – holistic care for patients with LTC and multi-morbidity

Chair: tbc

15.40        Effective delivery of care to patients with serious
                 mental illness and physical disease – ensuring parity of
                 esteem and parity of care
                 Professor Richard Holt, University of Southampton

16.10        Delivery of joint medical and social care for complex
                 LTC - The UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network
                 Professor David Burn, Newcastle University and Parkinson’s
                 UK

16.40        Closing remarks by the chair

16.45        Close of conference