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This page has upcoming eating disorders related conferences, training and other events. E-mail b.brewer@b-eat.co.uk if you have an event you would like to be listed.
Events are listed in chronological order.
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Eating Disorders London
Friday 6th June 2008 – 9am – 1pm
UPDATE: NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCED!
Organised by beat, this unique event for the London region should not be missed. With speakers covering a range of interesting and current topics, it’s the essential event for both professionals and carers wanting to learn more about eating disorders.
Keynote speaker: Professor Glenn Waller of Vincent Square Clinic, London. Title: Making cognitive-behavioural therapy work for adults with eating disorders: Putting the 'B' back into CBT.
Other speakers include:
- Dr John Morgan, head of the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders and author of 'The Invisible Man'
- Mrs Sheila Hamner, Service Coordinator - beat
Venue: NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations), Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London. Nearest tube/train station – King’s Cross. Piccadilly, Circle, Victoria, Hammersmith and City, Northern and Metropolitan lines all pass through King’s Cross Station.
Conference fees
beat Professional Network Members - £35pp
Non-members - £40pp
beat Self Help Network volunteers – FREE
Fees include teas & coffees on arrival
Patient & Carer Day - Aberdeen
7th June 2008 from 10.30 am – 3.00 pm
The Douglas Hotel, Market Street, Aberdeen
A new regional Eating Disorder Inpatient Unit is due to open later this year in Aberdeen and we need your help! We need your opinions and suggestions! We are going to host a ½ day session where you can help us get it right!! If we receive enough interest then we may run a similar session in Tayside and Highland. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who has had experience of inpatient care either as a patient/relative or carer.
We also want to hear your opinions on Outpatient Eating Disorders Services across the North of Scotland and part of the event will concentrate on this aspect of the patient journey.
To reserve a place please contact Linda Keenan, Managed Clinical Network for Eating Disorders on 01224 557624 or email linda.keenan@nhs.net by Friday 16th May.
All travel expenses incurred will be reimbursed and lunch will be provided.
One week course on Eating Disorders
16th - 20th June
Glenfield Hospital
Fee: £595
Lectures and workshops covering aetiology, treatment and research.
Contributions from:
- DR FRANCES CONNAN
- PROFESSOR GERALD RUSSELL
- PROFESSOR JANET TREASURE
- PROFESSOR GLENN WALLER
For further information contact Lynne Reeve on 0116 225 6230 or lynne.reeve@leicspart.nhs.uk
The 7th National Conference on Adolescent Eating Disorders: Partnership in Practice
Tuesday 9th December 2008, Churchill College, Cambridge
A one-day national conference focusing on collaborative working between young people, families and professionals.
Keynote speakers include:
Dr Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Joint Head of Feeding and Eating Disorders Service, Great Ormond St Hospital NHS Trust, London
Dr Tony Jaffa, Consultant Psychiatrist, Phoenix Centre, Cambridge
Professor Ulrike Schmidt, Consultant Psychiatrist, Eating Disorders Unit, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Head of Section and Professor of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, London
For more information call our Programme Administrators on 020 7977 6657/52
or visit www.rcpsych.ac.uk/cetc
Further details will be announced shortly
