02 Feb
11:30 am - 3:30 pm
Royal College of Surgeons, College Library, 1st Floor
38-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, 2nd February 2023
Programme
1:30 Welcome and Register
12:00 – 12:45 Sandwich Lunch
12:45 – 12:55 1. What is the condition – reasons for deformity, range of deformities – Mr Ian Hunt, St George’s
12:55 – 13:15 2. Patient stories
2a Physiological Challenges
2b Psychological Challenges
13:15 – 13:30 3. History of intervention and different interventions available – Professor Babu Naidu, Birmingham and Mr Sean Marven, Sheffield
13:30 – 13:50 4. Evidence for efficacy/ benefits and also define the risks – Professor Dawn Jaroszewski MD Mayo Clinic USA
13:50 – 14:10 5. Patent stories of going through surgery and if there were any benefits
5a Physiological benefit
5b Psychological benefit
14:10 – 14:40 6. Why and How Scotland and Wales offer surgery
6a Miss Malgorzata Kornaszewska, Cardiff
6b Mr Carl Davis, Glasgow
6c Ms Ashley Johnstone, Physiotherapy,
Support and Rehabilitation, Glasgow
14:40 – 14:50 7. Proposed NHSE strategy – Spec Comm speaker
14:50 – 15:00 8. Best Practice for Pectus Paper – and desire for Centres of Excellence, National Database, agreed criteria, review outcomes– Mr Joel Dunning, Middlesbrough
15:00 – 15:10 9. Closing remarks – Patient spokesperson and
RCS Eng President
15:10 – 15:30 10. Time for media interviews / questions /discussion