Allergy in Practice Course (2025)

Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 5th June 2025

Programme

The course is 4 days - split into 2 days online (which can be booked independently) and the second pair of days which are run face-to-face

 

Dates:

  • Virtual study days: 20th and 21st May 2025 online - lectures, seminars, discussions
  • Face-to-face study days: 4th and 5th June 2025, London - seminars, practical sessions, small group work, simulation training

 

PROGRAMME

Please note, the programme below is provisional and is subject to change. The final programme and speakers will be confirmed closer to the course dates.

Day 1: Tuesday 20th May 2025, Virtual via Team

 

Topic

Speaker

09.00-09.30

Welcome and Introductions

Dr Klara Liddell & Rebecca Batt

09.30-10.15

Epidemiology

Rebecca Batt, Paediatric Allergy Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10.15-11.00

What is immunotherapy?

Dr Tom Marrs, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

11.00-11.15

Break

11.15-11.45

Taking an Allergy Focused History

Dr Morium Akthar, Paediatric Allergy Consultant, St George's Hospital

11.45-12.30

Basic immunology

Dr Alexandra Santos, Paediatric Allergy Consultant, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London 

12.30-13.15

Lunch

13.15-14.15

Pharmacological Management of Allergic Disease

Dr Klara Liddell, Allergy Academy Fellow, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

14.15-15.00

Diagnostic techniques

Dr Kate Swan, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

15.00-15.10

Break

15.10-16.00

Psychology and health beliefs in allergy

Rebecca Arnold, Clinical Psychologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Q&A and close of day

 

 

Day 2: Wednesdday 21st May 2025 - Virtual via Teams

 

Topic

Speaker

08.55-09.00

Welcome

Dr Klara Liddell & Rebecca Batt

09.00-09.45

Allergic Rhinitis & Immunotherapy

Mary-Jo Fogarty, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation 

09.45-10.30

Urticaria (including biologics)

Dr Andreina Marques-Mejias, Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Allergy,  Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10.30-10.45

Break

10.45-11.30

Drug Allergy

Dr Elizabeth Powell, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

11.30-12.15

Asthma: Supporting Improvement in Primary Care

Dr Siân Howell, GP and Clinical Lead with Clinical Effectiveness South-East London (CESEL)

12.15-13.00

Lunch

13.00-14.00

Introduction to eczema

Dr Holly Boyd, Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatric Allergy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

14.00-14.30

Venom Allergy

Dr Joanna Lukowska, Allergy Consultant, UCL

14.30-15.00

Break

15.00-15.45

Pregnancy, Infant feeding, Early Introduction

Dr Tom Marrs, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

15.45-16.30

Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES)

Anna Conrad, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Q&A and close of day

 

Day 3: Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Face to Face, London

 

Topic

Speaker

09.00-09.10

Welcome and Introductions

Dr Klara Liddell and Rebecca Batt

09.10-10.10

Case study with interactive history taking

Rachel De Boer and Rebecca Brocklehurst, Specialist Allergy Dietitians, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10.10-10.30

Break

10.30-11.15

Case Study Discussion – Anaphylaxis on Day Unit

Rebecca Batt, Paediatric Allergy Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

11.15-11.45

Food Avoidance, selective nut eating, food labelling

Sara Dawson and Rebecca Brocklehurst, Specialist Allergy Dietitians, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

11.45-12.30

Non-IgE Allergies in Adults: When is it not IgE mediated & other stories

Marianne Williams, Specialist Dietitian

12.30-13.15

Lunch

13.15-14:00

Milk oral immunotherapy

Anna Conrad, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

14:00-14.45

Palforzia Oral Immunotherapy Workshop 

Rebecca Batt and Dr Klara Liddell 

14.45-15.00

Break

15.00-15.45

Adult Allergy

Hannah Hunter, Specialist Adult Allergy Dietitian, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

15.45-16.15

Spirometry & FeNO

Daniel Woodcock/Krushila Narendrakumar, Paediatric Respiratory Physiologists, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Q&A and close of day

 

 

Day 4: Thursday 5th June, 2025 - Face to Face, London

 

Topic

Speaker

09.00-09.10

Welcome to the Practical Day

Faculty

09.10-10.00

Practical Skin Prick Testing

Drug Allergy Testing

Sabrina Yamoah-Afrifa, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10.00-10.15

Break

10.15-11.15

Conversations for empowerment

Russell Harvey, The Resilience Coach

11.15-12.00

Eczema Practical Management

Sarah Allmark, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

12.00-12.45

Practical Management of Respiratory Illness

Fiona Henley, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

12.45-13.30

Lunch

13.30-16.15

SAIL centre for practical management of allergic reactions

TBC

16.15-16.30

End of course discussions

Faculty