Joining Forces 2012

 'Responding to new challenges'

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0945–1000 Introduction and welcome
Dr Martin James
Clinical Lead of the Peninsula Heart & Stroke Network and the South West Stroke Research Network 

1000 -1045 Keynote Address
Professor Tony Rudd
Professor of Stroke Medicine, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Trust, London

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Debate: Warfarin should be replaced by the new anticoagulants as soon as possible
Proposer: Dr Neil Baldwin  FRCP(London)  - Consultant and Clinical lead for Stroke North Bristol NHS Trust
Opposer : Dr Mo Lewes of Boehringer Ingelheim
Chair:  Dr Damian Jenkinson
The TRACS trial results
Anne Forster-  Professor of Stroke Rehabilitation, University of Leeds and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chair: Leigh Boxall
Psychological Support post stroke
Dr Steve Margison - Consultant Neuro Psychologist, South Devon Healthcare NHS Fdn Trust and Ms Sara Leonard Network Manager Dorset Cardiac and Stroke Network
Chair: Ms S Gillham

Role of vascular diseases in the causation and progression of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia
Professor Nitin Purandare - Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry University of Exeter
Chair: Maggie Scott
Stroke rehabilitation: Hi-tech vs. Low-tech what is the evidence?
Professor Jane Burridge - Professor of Restorative Neuroscience, University of Southampton

The Stroke Improvement Programme - Project Showcase
National Stroke Improvement Team:
Sarah Gillham - National Improvement Lead
Rhoda Allison - Consultant Therapist in Stroke
Sue Hall - National Improvement Lead for Stroke.

Quantitative MRI of Acute Stroke
Professor Risto Kauppinen -Chair in Imaging, University of Bristol

"Hemianopia and neglect - new concepts and therapies"
Professor Christopher Kennard - Head, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Oxford

Stroke follow up: The Greater Manchester Experience
Dr Pippa Tyrell - Senior Lecturer in Stroke Medicine, University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Stroke Physician at Salford Royal Foundation Hospitals' NHS Trust.

 SHORT SESSIONS

  • Metabolic Effects of Acute Stroke
    Dr David Strain, NIHR-HEFCE Clinical Senior Lecturer in gerontology and vascular physiology. Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School (Exeter), University of Exeter
  •  Early Supported Discharge
    Liz Tremayne-Ward, senior occupational therapist, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
  •  NHS South of England   - An update on Stroke
    Simon Cook, Associate Director of Programme - Acute Care, NHS South of England

Networks Report and Progress - Research and Service Improvement across the South West
Dr Martin James