7th Annual Midlands Obesity Symposium Programme

09:00 - 09:30

Registration & refreshments with opportunity to meet sponsors

09:30 - 11:15

Session 1: Tier 3 the regional picture (what’s in the black box)
Chair: Dr David Hughes, ASO Midlands Network Lead

09:30 - 09:40

Introduction to 7th Midlands Obesity Symposium 2023
Speaker: Dr David Hughes, ASO Midlands Network Lead

09:40 - 10:00 

Title: Worcester:
Speaker: Penny Lock-Pullan

10:00 - 10:20

Title: Birmingham Community Healthcare
Speaker: Eleanor McGee, Birmingham Community Healthcare

10:20 - 10:40

Title: Coventry
Speaker: Sally Abbott and Dr Tom Barber, UHCW

10:40 - 11:00

Title: Derby
Speaker: Dr David Hughes, Derby

11:00 - 11:20

Discussion

11:20 - 11:40

Refreshments with opportunity to meet sponsors

11:40 - 12:45

Session 2: Consequences, Cost and Care
Chair: Dr Jonathan Hazlehurst, UHB

11:40 - 12:10

Title: BMI cut offs for obesity treatment should be adjusted dependent on ethnicity: speaker not confirmed
Speaker: Tom Barber

12:10 - 12:40

Title: Saxenda in Obesity Services (STRIVE Study)
Speaker: Dimitrios Papamargaritis and David Webb, Leicester

12:40 - 13:40

Lunch with opportunity to meet sponsors

13:40 - 15:25

Session 3
Chair: Wasim Hanif

13:40 - 14:00

Title: VLCD embedded within a large Tier 3
Speaker: Neil Harmitt

14:00 - 14:30

Title: How Psychology fits into Weight Management Services MDT
Speaker: Dr Emma Shuttlewood

14:30 - 15:00

Title: VLCD vs Semaglutide
Speaker: Oluwaseun Anyiam RCP Obesity Fellow

15:00 - 15:30

Title: OAGB: who, why, how
Speaker: Ms Jennifer Darrien; Bariatric Surgeon; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

15:30 - 15:45

Refreshments with opportunity to meet sponsors

15:45 - 16:40

Session 4 - Annual Debate
Chair: TBC

15:45 - 16:40

Annual Debate: Revisional surgery should be first line in the treatment of patients with inadequate response to primary surgery

• For: Mr Rishi Singhal; Bariatric Surgeon; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
• Against: Mr Martin Wadley; Bariatric Surgeon; Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

16:40

Closing Remarks
Speaker: TBC