26th January 2018REP Theatre, Birmingham

BritMODIS 2018

Organised byBritish Geriatrics Society, Marjory Warren House, 31 St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DN.

The British Geriatrics Society acknowledges with grateful thanks, the support given through sponsorship from:

Gold Partner Silver Partners

The ABN-MD SIG, BGS-MD Section and PDNSA have organised the 2018 BritMODIS conference for Neurologists, Geriatricans, Therapists and PD Nurse Specialists.

This meeting will provide a forum for education in movement disorders and is organised by the British Geriatrics SocietyMovement Disorders Section, Association of British Neurologists Movement Disorders Special Interest Group and theParkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist Association. This meeting will highlight current clinical practice and provide a platform to present research outcomes and showcase successful service delivery.

Meeting Aims • Further attendee’s overall knowledge and understanding of current research and practice in movement disorders in

older people• Improve attendee’s skills in the treatment and care of older people • Inspire attendees to achieve personnel excellence in care of older people• Present your own scientific work to a broader community

This programme has been granted 6 hours of CPD accreditation by the Royal College Of Physicians London (RCP) Code: 1116812

Exhibitors

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

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08.30 Registration and Coffee

Session 1 - Parkinson's Excellence Network

09.00 -

10.30

09.00 The UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network – where are we?Steve Ford, CEO, Parkinson's UK

09.15 Examples of good practice from Parkinson's Excellence Network

10.15 Where do we go from here?Donald Grosset, Clinical Director, Parkinsons' Excellence Network

10.30 Refreshments and posters

Session 2 - Association of British Neurologists

11.00 -

12.00

11.00 Development of Patient Care PathwaysDr Camille Carroll, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry

11.30 Personalised Medicine for PD: the way forwardDr K Ray Chaudhuri, Professor of Movement Disorders & Clinical Director National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence, King's College London

12.00 Lunch and posters

Session 3 - Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist Association

13.00 -

14.00

13.00 Understanding carer strain in Parkinson’s Annette Hand, Nurse consultant, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

13.30 Recognising sexual and relationship issues in PwP Miriam Parry, Movement Disorders Nurse Specialist, King's College Hospital

14.00 Refreshments and posters

Session 4 - British Geriatrics Society Movement Disorders Section

14.30 -

16.00

14.30 Using vision to understand dementia in Parkinson’s diseaseRimona Weil, Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, UCL

15.00 Neurophysiological control of blood pressure in Parkinson'sVictoria Haunton, Consultant Honorary Lecturer, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

15.30 Parkinson’s disease is a neuropsychiatric conditionRoss Dunne, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

Session 5 - Workshops

16.00 -

17.00

Workshop 1: Fracture Risk Workshop 2: Parkinson’s and Driving workshop

Emily Henderson, Consultant Geriatrician and Lead for Movement Disorders Research & Veronica Lyell, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Royal United Hospitals Bath

Jane Price, Parkinsons' nurse, Powys Teaching Health Board and PONSA Chaire & Louise Ebenezer, Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

17.00 End of Conference

Friday 26th January 2018

SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

Mr Steve Ford Steve joined Parkinson's UK as chief executive in 2005 after a career as general manager and chief executive in the NHS. Under his leadership, the charity has made significant progress towards its vision to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's. Steve believes strongly that change is best delivered in partnership. He’s bringing together everyone in the Parkinson’s community to speed up research, raise standards of care and empower people affected by the condition to take more control of their lives. Putting people living with Parkinson's at the heart of the charity has created passion and urgency. Steve believes that is the key to achieving Parkinson’s UK’s ambitious goals.

Dr Donald GrossetDr Donald Grosset is Honorary Professor at the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at Glasgow University and Consultant Neurologist at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. He has been appointed in 2017 as Clinical Director for the Parkinsons' Excellence Network.

Dr Camille Carroll Dr Carroll is an academic consultant neurologist at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and leads development of the Parkinson’s disease (PD) service in Plymouth. Her current focus is on clinical trials of neuroprotective interventions in Parkinson's disease, currently being the chief investigator of a multi-centre clinical trial of simvastatin as a potential neuroprotective therapy in PD (PD-STAT). She also has an interest in the use of technology (wearable sensors and apps) for early disease detection, personalising therapy and monitoring disease progression. She was appointed CRN National Specialty Lead for Neurodegenerative Disease in 2017.

Professor K. Ray Chaudhuri Professor K. Ray Chaudhuri is Professor of Neurology/Movement Disorders at King’s College Hospital and King’s College London and the Medical Director of the National Parkinson Foundation International Centre of Excellence at King’s College. He is member of the Nervous Systems Committee of the National Institute of Health Research, and is co-chairman of the appointments committee of the Movement Disorders Society, member MDS scientific programme committee (2013–2017) and Chairman of the MDS Non-motor Study Group. He is the co-editor in chief of the Nature group Nature Parkinson’s journal and is advisor to NICE UK. Professor Chaudhuri is the author of 330 papers, co-editor of four books on Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome. He is the chief editor of the first comprehensive textbook on non-motor aspects of Parkinson’s, and recipient of the BMA commendation prize. He is also the recipient of 2018 Van Andel award for outstanding research contribution in the field of nonmotor Parkinson, as well as Royal College of Phsyicians London award for outstanding research leadership in 2017.

Ms Annette Hand Annette Hand has worked with the Parkinson’s disease (PD) Northumbria Team for over 20 years, starting as the Research Associate before obtaining a nurse specialist post.

For the past 13 years she has worked as a Nurse Consultant in PD. Her main role is to co-ordinate the PD service, support patients and their families and manage the PD nurses within the team. She have worked on, and been involved with multiple research studies in various roles and has also been co-applicant on a number of research studies including examining sexual dysfunction, Information Prescriptions and Care Needs in PD. In 2014 she completed the Post Grad Diploma in Clinical Research and has just completed her Professional Doctorate with Northumbria University. Annette is the lead researcher on the longitudinal Care Needs project and her thesis focused on understanding carer stain and its relationship to care home placement for people with Parkinson’s.

Ms Miriam ParryMs Miriam Parry is a Senior Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist (PDNS) at The National Parkinson Foundation International Centre of Excellence, King’s College Hospital, London. Trained at Guy's hospital, London and Qualified since 1992, Ms Parry has many additional qualifications specific to Parkinson's disease. Miriam is a member of the Movement Disorders research team at King’s College London. Her research interests are the non- motor aspects of movement disorders, specifically in Parkinson's disease. Ms Parry is a committee member of the Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist association (PDNSA) and an associate member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (IPMDS). Miriam participates in teaching programmes nationally and on international platforms including; The King’s Apomorphine and Duodopa Master Classes and Parkinson’s UK. Miriam is a member of the CRISP – Community for Research Involvement and Support for people with Parkinson’s held at King’s College Hospital.

Dr Rimona Weil Dr Rimona Weil is a Wellcome Clinician Scientist at the Dementia Research Centre, UCL and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. Her research focuses on early detection of dementia in Parkinson’s disease using visuo-perception and neuroimaging.

Dr Victoria HauntonVictoria is a consultant geriatrician at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She graduated from Southampton medical school in 2004 and worked as a junior doctor in Salisbury, Warwick and New Zealand before taking up a registrar post in Geriatric/General Internal Medicine in Leicester in 2008. Between 2011 and 2014, she completed a MD at the University of Leicester researching cerebral haemodynamics in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Following her MD, she was appointed first as an academic clinical lecturer in Geriatric Medicine in 2014, and then as an honorary senior lecturer in 2016, where she continues to research cerebral haemodynamics and autoregulation in neurodegenerative disorders. She has additional research interests in cerebral haemodynamics in post-operative cognitive decline and heart failure. Victoria is the Ageing Specialty Lead for NIHR CRN East Midlands (South) and is the research representative for the British Geriatric

Society (BGS) Movement Disorders Section. She is also an honorary lecturer at Leicester De Montfort University and an associate editor for the East Midlands Research into Ageing Network Discussion Paper Series.

Dr Ross Dunne Dr. Dunne works in Manchester where he has been a consultant old-age psychiatrist for 2 years. Before that, he was an NIHR Dementia ACF in Cambridge and a HRB Research Training Fellow in Dublin. He is a faculty member on the Parkinson’s Masterclass© and its spin-offs the Dementia and Palliative Masterclasses. Clinically, he cares for older inpatients with dementia and/or mental illness and is the local ECT lead. He is an investigator for clinical trials of disease-modifying medications for dementia and mental illness. He is a WEMSI-trained wilderness physician and when not working can be found up the nearest mountain

Dr Emily Henderson Dr Emily Henderson is a Consultant Geriatrician and lead for Movement Disorders Research at the Royal United Hospitals Bath and a Honorary Consultant Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol. She was awarded a fellowship from Parkinson's -UK and The Association of British Neurologists to undertake a PhD in preventing falls in Parkinson’s. The results of this phase II trial were published in Lancet Neurology in 2016. She is Lead for the South West Parkinson’s Excellence Network and Subspecialty Lead for Ageing and Parkinson's disease in the West of England Clinical Research Network (CRN). Nationally, she is Chair of the British Geriatric Society Movement Disorder Section (BGSMDS), sits on the National Parkinson’s Disease Portfolio Development Group (PD-PDG) and is a Faculty member of the Parkinson's Academy.

Dr Veronica Lyell Dr Veronica Lyell is a Consultant Orthogeriatrician at the Royal United Hospital Bath with a specialist interest in Bone Health in Parkinson’s Disease, on which she has co-authored guidance, and educational resources. She is a committee member of the BGS Movement Disorder Section. 

Ms Jane Price Jane Price is a Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Advanced Practitioner in Powys. Qualified in 1986, she has been a Parkinson’s nurse since 2003 undertaking Independent prescribing, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and MSc in Care of the Older Person. She is the current Chair of the Parkinsons Disease Nurse Specialist Association (PDNSA), which works in partnership with Parkinson’s UK and the Parkinson’s Excellence Network.

Ms Louise EbenezerLouise qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1988, working in acute medicine and then a Ward Manager in Care of the Elderly medicine. She has been a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Parkinson’s disease since 2003. She is an honorary lecturer in Swansea University and co- facilitates and teaches on the Parkinson’s disease course – ‘Nursing Management of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders’. She is vice-chair of Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist Association (PDNSA).Louise also co-facilitates and helped set up the first Parkinson’s disease nurse course in Sub Saharan Africa. The first purely for nurses in Moshi, Tanzania for East African nurses in 2012.

SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES