Paediatric Asthma in Primary Care

5.45pm Arrival and Registration with Hot Buffet

6.30pm “Aspirations & Challenges in Asthma Patient Care… where are we?”

Professor Mike Shields, Professor of Child Health, Royal Hospital & Queen’s University Belfast

6.40pm “Adolescent Asthma and issues with Transition”

Lesley Kennedy, Respiratory Nurse Specialists, BHSCT

7.00pm “Diagnosing Asthma in Children in Primary Care… potential issues and solutions”

Dr J. Henderson (SHSCT) and Dr D O’Donoghue (BHSCT) Consultants in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

7.45pm “Putting PAAP at the centre of Asthma Education”

Lesley Kennedy, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Royal Hospital, Belfast

8.30pm Workshop “Assessing Inhaler Technique and Improving Adherence – time well spent”

Dr Dara O’ Donoghue, Professor Mike Shields, Lesley Kennedy, Barbara Maxwell, Catherine Russell, Royal Hospital (BHSCB) Dawn King (SHSCT) and Dr Jonathan Henderson (SHSCT).

9:15pm Panel Discussion and Q&A

9.30pm Meeting Close

To confirm your place at this meeting, please contact barbara.maxwell@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Looking forward to seeing you for what should be a productive and informative meeting,

Professor M. Shields, Dr Dara O’Donoghue, Dr Jonathan Henderson

Consultants in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children and Craigavon Area Hospital

This educational meeting is kindly supported by GSK and Circassia who have had no input to the agenda or speakers for this meeting.