Changing Practice, Changing Outcomes: National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Conference 2023
In collaboration with the RCGP Rural Forum
Speakers include
- Simon Yates, internationally acclaimed mountaineer whose experience is depicted in the film ‘Touching the Void’. Hear this fascinating story and reflect on how decisions are made in times of crisis, regardless if you’re holding someone on a rope or deciding on your next clinical move.
- Dr Pete Hodkinson, first UK specialty registrar and now Consultant in Aviation and Space Medicine and member of the European Space Agency Medical Board.
- Major General Tim Hodgetts, Surgeon General, Head of the Army Medical Services. Citizen aid and the use of bystanders to deliver lifesaving interventions, an insight into the military doctrine on using the people present to save life.
- Dr Lucy Coulter, Medical Expedition Doctor, Endurance22. The amazing story of the team who located this ship and how it feels to be responsible for their health in this austere environment.
- Dr Chris Press, first on the scene at the Manchester Arena bombing. How can we learn from such tragic events?
For more information on our speakers and workshops, see the tabs below
The RCGP Rural Forum
The RCGP Rural Forum represent rural and remote GPs and promote rural issues inside and outside the College Faculties.
Why attend?
- Hear from some of the most inspirational practitioners in the field of urgent, rural and digital medicine.
- CPD workshops in Emergency Eyecare, Skin Lesions and Emergency and Urgent Dental Care.
- Share knowledge, experience and best practice with other workers in remote and rural medicine.
- Be inspired to work in a rural setting – find out more from those who do.
7 June 2023
- Simon Yates, Internationally acclaimed mountaineer whose experience is depicted in the film ‘Touching the Void’.
‘Making Calls – taking decisions during medical/crisis events in remote and mountain locations.’
Using anecdotal material from his career, Simon will take his audience into the world of remote mountaineering. Simon discusses the risk assessments involved in operating in extreme environments and making calls during medical and crisis events. Illustrated with stunning mountain images.
- Dr Lucy Coulter, Medical Expedition Doctor, Endurance22
‘The medical support for a once in a lifetime discovery.’
Dr Lucy Coulter was the expedition doctor for Endurance22. The expedition in 2022 to Antarctica to search for the Endurance, Shackleton’s famous lost shipwreck. Lucy will describe her experience on the successful expedition, in a time when the world was beginning to open back up after the Covid pandemic.
- Dr James Hickman MBE, GP with Special Interest in Pre-hospital Emergency Care
‘Primary Care With Penguins’
The experiences and joys of life and medicine in the South Atlantic during a sabbatical as a Medical Officer in the Falkland Islands.
- Professor John Howarth MBE North Cumbria Primary Care Alliance
‘Leading in uncertain times – from Chechnya to West Cumbria’
These are uncertain times. We have war in Europe, the third year of a global pandemic, and an NHS working under intense pressure. Instability is characterised by excess mortality. Prof Howarth discusses how we can lead effectively in these difficult times.
- Professor Louise Locock, Chris Clark, Andrew Maclaren & Elizabeth Brewster
‘Moving, staying and leaving: staffing remote and rural healthcare.’
Speakers present insights from current research in the UK into what attracts healthcare staff to work in remote/rural areas. Analysing what encourages them to stay or leave, followed by an open discussion exploring how we can improve the situation.
Professor Martin McGrath, GP, telemedicine and urgent care clinician, primary care network clinical director, medical planner, UCLan educator and appraiser.
'A Roadmap to Drone Aeromedical Evacuation – What’s Round The Corner?'
Emerging drone, robotic and autonomous system capabilities may soon offer new options for aeromedical transfers. This session reviews underlying concepts, opportunities and barriers to help understand the future of aeromedical evacuation.
- Dr Chris Press Medical Lead, Northern Exposure, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Physician and experienced mountaineer and expedition medic.
‘First on the scene at the Manchester Arena bombings. How can we learn from such tragic events?’
8 June 2023
- Dr Pete Hodkinson, First UK specialty registrar and now Consultant in Aviation and Space Medicine. Member of the European Space Agency Medical Board.
'Overview of space medicine'
Overview of specialty, medical considerations to get in to space and what if things go wrong in space.
- Dr Jim Cox, Dr Tim Sanders, UCLan and Dr Christopher Clarke, Chair RCGP Rural Forum
“Rural Healthcare”: Rural Social Deprivation
The Second Edition of the textbook “Rural Healthcare” (Editors: Jim Cox, Tim Sanders and Chris Clark) was published in April. In this session, we will focus on the important content of the chapter that covers Rural Social Deprivation.
- Professor Sam Dearman Director of Medical Education and Consultant Psychiatrist, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
‘Rural Psychiatry; Reflections on Practice and Outcomes’
- Major General Tim Hodgetts, Surgeon General
‘Citizen aid and the use of bystanders to deliver lifesaving interventions’
Citizen aid and the use of bystanders to deliver lifesaving interventions. This was born out of military doctrine on using the people present to save life.
- Professor Andrea Manfrin, University of Central Lancashire
‘Setting Up a Rural Pharmacy in the Alps’
Andrea provides an outlook on a rural pharmacy's role in the community. He describes services provided and how they changed people's approach to health care in a remote location in the Italian Alps.
- Dr Shoba Subramanian BMBS, BMedsci, MRCGP, DRCOG, DipTropMed, GP and Medical Director, Europe, United Health Global Supporting the Health of Globally Mobile Populations.
'Going Against the Grain – An Honest Account of my Journey into Global Health'
Do you feel pressured to follow a set career path but have a burning desire to pursue something you’re passionate about? Are you wondering how to carve a route for yourself in a space where there is no playbook? Are you worried about things that are holding you back, including yourself? If so this session is for you – a revealing account of my journey into industry which led to landing my dream job.
Jeremy Windsor, University of Central Lancashire
Dr Jeremy Windsor, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Mountain Medicine at UCLan and a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
'Mountain Medicine’s Future'
Jeremy will explore the leading factors that have influenced injury and illness in the UK mountains and look into his evidence-based 'crystal ball' to see what will happen in the future!
Plus CPD sessions:
Emergency and Urgent Dental Care. Recognising and prioritising common dental problems in remote and rural areas. Professor Kathryn Taylor, UCLan.
An overview of common oral and dental problems that can present in remote and rural areas. It will highlight the recognition of conditions that require emergency and urgent care and those that may be managed conservatively.
Eye Trauma. Rupal Lovell-Patel, UCLan.
Overview of common eyecare trauma in primary care setting and management plans
Skin Lesions
NCRRM Conference 2023: Speaker biographies
Internationally acclaimed mountaineer Simon Yates is a veteran of over seventy expeditions to high and remote mountains.
Tim was commissioned in 1983 and trained at Westminster Medical School, qualifying with distinction in 1986.
Jim Cox is a retired, rural Cumbria GP and medical director of Cumbria Ambulance Service.
James Hickman is a Somerset GP and accredited Consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine.
Andrea is a pharmacist with international experience in community and hospital pharmacy, management consultancy, pharmaceutical industry.
Liz is a senior lecturer in medical education at Lancaster Medical School.
Dr Lucy Coulter is an Emergency Medicine Consultant based in Dorset, with a special interest in remote and pre-hospital medicine.
Shoba is a UK GP with specialist interest in global health. Having lived and worked across 8 countries she has considerable knowledge of global healthcare systems with expertise in travel health, tropical medicine, aviation medicine and occupational health.
Professor Martin McGrath is a general practitioner, urgent care clinician, primary care network clinical director, medical planner, educator and appraiser.
Dr Tim Sanders is a rural GP based in North East Cumbria and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the UCLan National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine.
Andrew is a Lecturer in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Aberdeen.
John is Professor of Primary Care with UCLan. A GP with a Fellowship in Public Health he spent his early career working in 13 conflict zones.
Jeremy Windsor is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Mountain Medicine at UCLan and a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
Louise is Professor in Health Services Research at the University of Aberdeen.
Kate is Professor/Honorary Consultant at UCLan/Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
She is experienced in the recognition and management of emergency and acute facial and dental conditions. She is Postgraduate Lead for Dental Programmes and teaches/supervises MSc Oral Surgery students.
Rupal is an optometrist working in academic and community optometry settings.
Consultant in Aviation and Space Medicine, Head of Aerospace Medicine (Clinical and Education) King’s College London, member of the European Space Agency Medical Board.