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CoPMRE Sixteenth Annual Symposium: Frailty: Enhancing Lives

9 October 2019 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Are you interested in discussion around Frailty? The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Research and Education (CoPMRE) is pleased to announce its Sixteenth Annual Symposium, Frailty: Enhancing Lives. This symposium is suitable for primary and secondary care doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, academics, industry and anyone with an interest in medical research and education.

Following the government’s industrial strategy grand challenge on Ageing Society, this year’s conference will be exploring the theme of frailty. The key areas will be:

  • Current health needs – the demographic and societal challenge
  • Predicting transition to frailty
  • The role of digital technology in maintaining independence

 

Benefits of attending

  • Learn how the Ageing Society Grand Challenge is supporting a healthy ageing strategy locally and nationally
  • Gain a greater understanding of the health challenges facing an ageing population
  • Discover how the role of technology is enhancing the lives of the elderly
  • Learn how a more holistic approach can deliver better outcomes for patients
  • Hear how Bournemouth University is enriching the lives of an ageing population
  • Have an opportunity to network and knowledge transfer
  • Gain CPD credits

 

Speakers include:

Keynote Speakers –

  • Professor Martin J Vernon: National Clinical Director of Older People, NHS England
  • Professor Mark Hawley: Professor of Health Services Research (ScHARR), Director Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH), University of Sheffield

 

Other Speakers include:

  • Cheryl Davies: Wessex AHSN
  • Dr Matt Thomas: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Riaz Dharamshi: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Simon Bourne: My mhealth
  • Professor Jane Murphy: Bournemouth University
  • Professor Hamid Bouchachia: Bournemouth University
  • Chantel Cox: Bournemouth University
  • Dr Vanessa Heaslip: Bournemouth University
  • Professor Lee-Ann Fenge: Bournemouth University
  • Arif Reza Anwary: Bournemouth University

 

This event is free to attend but places are limited so please register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Booking: Please click here to book your place.

For more information contact: adixon@bournemouth.ac.uk

 

Parking information for Executive Business Centre: There is no parking available at the Executive Business Centre, for information on how to reach the University please visit our website. The nearest pay and display parking is located on Cotlands Road.

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