BACR Annual Conference 2010

Thursday 7 – Friday 8 October

Crowne Plaza Liverpool

Hard to reach or easy to miss?

THURSDAY 7th OCTOBER 2010
Registration opens from 11.30am
12.00 -12.40 / Preconference session
An update on tariff:
CR service redesign and commissioning by NHS Improvement / Professor Patrick Doherty, National Clinical Lead for CR, NHS Improvement
12.00 – 1.30 / Lunch
1.30 - 1.40 / Conference Opening: Welcome to Liverpool / Dr Gill Furze, Scientific Officer, BACR
1.40 – 1.50 / Engaging with You the members and YOUR BACR / Dr John Buckley, President, BACR
Chair: Dr John Buckley Social marketing approach and JBS3
1.50 – 2.10 / NACR: How are we doing? Who are ‘hard to reach communities’ in cardiac rehabilitation / Professor Bob Lewin, Professor of Rehabilitation, University of York
2.10 – 2.55 / Keynote session
Hard to reach or easy to miss? How to use social marketing to support access to cardiac rehabilitation / Professor Jeff French, Founder and Director, National Social Marketing Centre
2.55 – 3.30 / Keynote session
Joint British Societies Guidelines (JBS3) – new recommendations / Professor John Deanfield, Chair, JBS3 Working Group
3.30 – 4.15 / Tea, Coffee, Posters and NACR problem solving workshop
Chair: Professor David Brodie Breaking down barriers in cardiac rehabilitation - Part 1
4.15 – 4.55 / Keynote session
Cardiovascular disease in South Asians – different challenges? / Dr Kiran Patel, Chair of Trustees, South Asian Health Foundation
4.55– 5.05 / Practice example :
Addressing the needs of ‘hard to reach’ patients in complying with a Phase III cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme / Anne Welsh, Head of Clinic,Action Heart
Chair: DrRod Taylor
5.05 – 5.25 / Changing the name of BACR
For the name change : Dr John Buckley, President, BACR
Against the name change :Dr Hugh Bethell, Founder President, BACR
5.25 – 5.30 / Closing Remarks
5.30 – 6.30 / AGM and Wine Reception (*members only)
7.45 pm / Drinks reception
8.15pm / Dinner

Improving access to our services

***Amended Programme***

FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER 2010
From 8.30am / Registration (day delegates only)
Chair: Dr Gill Furze The policy agenda
9.00 – 9.35 / Keynote session
10th anniversary: review of the NSF for CHD / Professor Roger Boyle CBE, National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke
9.35 – 9.55 / Commissioning packs for cardiac rehabilitation: an overview / Professor Patrick Doherty, National Clinical Lead for CR, NHS Improvement
9.55 – 10.05 / PANEL QUESTIONS
Breaking down barriers in cardiac rehabilitation - Part 2
10.05 – 10.15 / Practice example :
CAPTURE Cornwall: improving access to cardiac rehabilitation in the elderly / Dr Hasnain Dalal, General Practitioner, Cornwall
10.15 – 10.25 / Practice example :
A web based alternative to cardiac rehabilitation / Reena Devi, PhD Student, Coventry University
10.25 – 10.30 / Questions
10.30 – 11.00 / Tea and Coffee and Posters
Chair: Jenni Jones Meeting the core components of cardiac rehabilitation
11.00 – 11.10 / Practice example :
Barriers to the uptake and engagement in cardiac rehabilitation services among people from lower socio-economic backgrounds / Barbara Conway, CHD Clinical Team Leader, NHS Darlington
11.10 – 11.20 / Practice example :
Improving access to rehabilitation for under-represented groups in Lothian / Dr Iain Todd, Consultant in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation,NHS Lothian
11.20 – 12.15 / MEET THE EXPERTS SESSION - Interactive case presentations
  • Case 1: Diabetes
  • Case 2: ACS
  • Case 3: CHF
  • Case 4: ICD
Dr Susan Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Paul Smith, Specialist Nurse, Hywel Dda NHS Trust
Alison Mead, Specialist Dietitian, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust
Annie Holden, Health Physician Manager, Mytime Active,
Dr Gail Bohin, Clinical Psychologist , Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12.15 – 12.30 / PANEL QUESTIONS
12.30 – 1.30 / Lunch and Posters
Chair: Sally Hinton Engaging with the prevention agenda
1.30 – 1.50 / What can we learn from the Health Checks programme about reaching out? / Heather White, Deputy Head of Vascular Programme, NHS Improvement
1.50 – 2.25 / Why do men hate going to the doctor? Using a stand up comedian to deliver health messages to men. / Shashi Carter, Senior Health Development Officer, Coventry City Council
John Ryan, Comedian
2.25 – 2.50 / Keynote session
The challenge of reaching out to cardiologists; what can we do to get them interested in cardiac rehabilitation? / Dr Malcolm Walker, Consultant Cardiologist, UCLH
2.50 – 3.00 / PANEL QUESTIONS
3.00 – 3.15 / Prizes and best practice awards / Dr John Buckley, President, BACR
3.15 – 3.30 / Evaluation and close of meeting
Followed by Tea and networking opportunity