Free Seminars - Healthcare Professionals
Attendance certificates provided.
May also be of interest to expert patients.

There are 11 free seminars for health professionals - principally doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Free attendance certificates will be available for your personal training record. Although the seminars are not designed for the public, they are not prevented from attending. There are no tickets and seats are available on first come first served basis (although the rooms are large and nobody was turned away in 2008).

Friday 12 June 10:00am - 11:50am
BDA Food Allergy and Intolerance Specialist Group. Summer meeting of the British Dietetic Association's Food Allergy and Intolerance Specialist Group - members only.

Friday 12 June 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Probiotics, prebiotics and allergy. Dr Robert Boyle, Clinical lecturer in paediatric allergy at Imperial College London, explains the role of pre and probiotics in the prevention and management of allergic conditions.

Saturday 13 June 2:30pm - 3:15pm
Managing severe allergies in schools. With nut and other severe allergies growing at an alarming rate, there are few schools without at least one pupil at risk of anaphylaxis. Senior child and family nurse Sue Clarke, who advises the Anaphylaxis Campaign, will deliver training designed for school nurses (but of wider interest ) - including allergen avoidance, risk assessment and the use of adrenaline auto-injectors

Seminars brought to you in association with alert4allergy.org - the free email and text message alert service for people with food allergy.

Seminar content is the sole responsibility of speakers and does not necessarily represent the opinion of The Allergy Show organisers, exhibitors and partners.