Final programme

09.30 – 10.00
Registration / tea + coffee

10.00 – 10.10 Welcome
Dr Sanjay Patel, Consultant in Paediatric ID, Southampton

SESSION 1 Chair: Dr Saul Faust
10.10 – 10.40
Debate – “This house believes that children should be told their diagnosis when they are first diagnosed with HIV”
Dr Emma Lim, Consultant in Paediatric ID, Brighton
Dr Jennifer Evans , Consultant in Paediatric ID, Cardiff

10.40 – 11.00
Vaccinating children with HIV: what and when?
Dr Alasdair Bamford, SpR in Paediatric ID and NIHR Research Fellow

11.00 – 11.30
TEA / COFFEE

SESSION 2 Chair: Professor Mike Sharland
11.30 – 12.00
Transition: what we are currently doing and what should we be doing?
Dr Jolanta Bernatoniene, Consultant in Paediatric ID, Bristol

12.00 – 12.30
Peer support – are we the best people to be talking to adolescents about sex?
Katrina Humphries, HIV Specialist nurse, Southampton

12.30 – 1.00
“Children should be seen and not heard!” – Interactive case and discussion
Dr Sanjay Patel, Consultant in Paediatric ID, Southampton

1.00 – 1.45 LUNCH

SESSION 3 Chair: Dr Sanjay Patel
1.45 – 2.15
Dealing with adolescents – “don’t bury your head in the sand”!
Dr Steve Welch, President of CHIVA and Consultant in Paediatric ID, Birmingham

2.15 – 2.45
“They XXXX you up your mum and dad, they may not mean to but they do!” How to deal with complex psychological issues!
Dr Saul Faust, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology &
Director of Wellcome Trust Clinical research Facility, Southampton

2.45 – 3.30
“Developmental and psychological outcomes in children with perinatally acquired HIV being cared for in UK centres: putting knowledge into practice for future monitoring and interventions”
Diane Melvin, Consultant Child Clinical Psychologist, St Mary’s Hospital

3.30 – 3.45
TEA / COFFEE

SESSION 4 Chair: Dr Steve Welch
3.45 – 4.15
Funding for HIV services in regional centres – are we getting what we’re supposed to?
Care Group manager, Women’s and Children services, Southampton

4.15 – 4.45
Debate -
“This house believes that children with HIV no longer need to travel down the M3 / M4 to be seen at supra-regional centres?”
Dr Sanjay Patel, Consultant in Paediatric ID, Southampton
Professor Mike Sharland, Consultant in Paediatric ID, St Georges Hospital

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