Posted: 9th August 2019
Updated: 19th September 2019
The group will be hosting their annual patient forum on Saturday 21st September 2019. This is an opportunity for patients with pancreatitis to listen to pancreatology specialists, meet other patients and share information/suggestions.
Pancreas North are a pancreatitis patient support group based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pancreas North meet on the first Thursday of each month (from 6:30pm – 8:30pm) for an informal chat for any problems relating to pancreatitis available for an informal chat to discuss any problems relating to pancreatitis on ward 5, Freeman hospital.
| Time | Session | Host/Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | Registration | |
| 9:50 | Introduction | Louise Carr |
| 10:00 | Severe Acute Pancreatitis Treatment without surgery? | John Leeds |
| 10:30 | Collaborative hub & spoke working in Pancreatology | Jeremy French |
| 11:00 | Coffee | |
| 11:15 | Autoimmune Pancreatitis | Manu Nayar |
| 11:45 | Nutrition intervention | David Bourne |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Psychology in pancreatitis - patients & carers | Penny Wilmott / Helen Aylott |
| 13:30 | Guts UK - What we can do to help | Julie Harrington |
| 14:00 | Coffee | |
| 14:15 | Breakout Sessions: Resilience? Acute Pancreatitis, Chronic & hereditary pancreatitis | Penny Wilmott / Helen Aylott, Jen Logue, Richard Charnley |
| 15:00 | Wrap up | Louise Carr |
For further details:
Email: pancreasnorthhelpgroup@hotmail.com
Call: 07732 986 805
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