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Cornwall Allergy Day
Friday 18 May 2012
Headlands Hotel, Newquay
09.00 – 09.30
09.30 – 09.45

Registration, tea and coffee
Morning session: Chair - Prof Edward Kaminski
Welcome and Introduction
Prof Edward Kaminski, Consultant Immunologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

09.45 – 10.30

Epidemiology of allergy – an overview
Dr Nick Osborne, Senior Research Fellow, European Centre for Environment and
Human Health (ECEHH), Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Truro

10.30 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.45

Tea/coffee
History taking & allergy testing in general practice
Dr Claire Bethune, Consultant Immunologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

11.45 – 12.30

Allergic rhinitis & asthma
Dr Glenis Scadding, Consultant Physician in Allergy, Royal National Throat, Nose
& Ear Hospital, London

12.30 – 13.30
13.30 – 14.15

Lunch
Afternoon session: Chair - Dr Claire Bethune
Urticaria & angioedema
Prof Edward Kaminski

14.14 – 15.00

Paediatric allergy
Dr Simon Bedwani, Consultant Paediatrician, Treliske Hospital, Truro

15.00 – 15.30
15.30 – 16.15

Tea / coffee
Management of anaphylaxis
Christine Symons, Immunology Specialist Nurse, Derriford Hospital

16.15 – 17.00

Case Histories
Prof Edward Kaminski & Dr Claire Bethune

17.00 – 17.10

Supporting GPs and patients online
Prof Ray Jones, Professor of Health Informatics, University of Plymouth

17.10 – 17.15

Closing
Dr Claire Bethune

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