A new horizon
National Conference for GPs To Be 2007
Thursday 12 and Friday 13 July 2007
Renaissance Hotel, Solihull
CPD accreditation applied for
- Conference format
- Venue
- Conference dinner
- Accommodation
- Registration fees
- Funding
- Parallel sessions
- Programme
- How to register
- Conference booking terms and conditions
- Contact
This conference will help you
- Benefit from the knowledge and experience of your contemporaries and many prominent GPs
- Learn first-hand how general practice is changing, and what challenges lie ahead
- Develop the skills and resources to help you through your training and early professional years
- Understand the variety of options available within general practice
- Have the right information to help you maximise your careers options
The themes of the conference are:
- Making general practice work for you
- Helping GPs to be make the most of training opportunities
- Career options for newly qualified GPs
- The future of General Practice
Venue
The conference will take place at the Renaissance Solihull Hotel, a four star hotel situated in the heart of the midlands. The hotel is located just minutes from Birmingham International airport and railway station and is close to major motorways to enable delegates to attend from across the United Kingdom.
The hotel has recently been refurbished to an excellent standard, and has an indoor pool and spa facilities.
Conference dinner - “The best ‘out-of-hours’ session in town”
Join us for dinner, wine and entertainment on Thursday 12 July at 19.30 hrs. The conference dinner will commence with reception drinks, followed by dinner and dancing in the Brueton Suite.
The cost of attending the dinner at the Renaissance Solihull is £45.00; please indicate on the registration form if you wish to attend.
Accommodation
Accommodation at the Renaissance Solihull and at a number of other local hotels can be booked at special rates via Priority Hotel Reservations (PHR). Please contact PHR on +44 (0)845 6123 602 and quote BMA2 07 to access the special rates set up for the conference. Alternatively you may prefer to book online at www.phrplc.com using the event code ‘doctors’.
Registration fees
All registration fees include admission to the plenary and parallel sessions, a delegate pack, lunch and refreshments. Discounted rates are available to BMA or MDU members.
Cost for one day
BMA/MDU Member = £120.00 inc VAT
Non-member = £170.00 inc VAT
Cost for two days
BMA/MDU Member = £220.00 inc VAT
Non-member = £270.00 inc VAT
Conference dinner = £45.00 inc VAT
Funding
There are a number of other ways you can fund your attendance at the conference. For example, your Deanery may have separate funding for you to attend or, if you are a newly qualified GP, your Higher Professional Education funding may be used. Please contact your Deanery for further information.
Please return your registration form as soon as possible, and no later than Friday 6 July 2007.
Parallel sessions
Delegates will have the opportunity to attend three out of the five parallel sessions taking place each day at the conference. Please indicate your preferences on the registration form.
Thursday 12 July 2007
Parallel session 1: Locum and flexible working - Dr Beth McCarron-Nash, Flexible Careers Scheme/Portfolio GP, Devon
Parallel session 2: Managing your own health as a GP - Dr Michael Peters, Doctors for Doctors Unit, British Medical Association, London
Parallel session 3: Contracting for general practice - Dr John Canning, General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association, London
Parallel session 4: How to get into GP training? - Dr Barry Lewis, Director of Postgraduate Education, North Western Deanery, Manchester
Parallel session 5: What to do and when to do it in your GP Registrar year - Dr Alex Smallwood, GP Registrars Subcommittee, British Medical Association, London
Friday 13 July 2007
Parallel session 6: GPs with Special Interests - Dr Elliott Singer, GP, Chingford
Parallel session 7: Academic Primary Care - Professor Anthony Kendrick, Professor of Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton Medical School
Parallel session 8: nMRCGP - Professor Steven Field, Postgraduate Dean, West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham
Parallel session 9: E-learning - Dr Christiane Rehwagen, Clinical Editor, BMJ Learning, London
Parallel session 10: Partnership: are you ready to take the plunge? - Dr David Wrigley, Partner GP, Carnforth
Programme
Thursday 12 July 2007
09.30 - 10.00 hrs
Registration, refreshments and exhibition viewing
10.00 – 10.10 hrs
Welcome and introduction
Dr Andrew Thomson, Chairman, GP Registrars Subcommittee, British Medical Association, London
10.10 – 10.40 hrs
The future of general practice
Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman, General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association, London
10.40 – 11.10 hrs
The future GP
Professor David Haslam, President, Royal College of General Practitioners, London
11.10 – 11.30 hrs
Questions and answers
11.30 – 12.00 hrs
Refreshments and exhibition viewing
12.00 – 13.00 hrs
Parallel sessions 1
13.00 – 14.00 hrs
Lunch and exhibition viewing
14.00 – 15.00 hrs
Parallel sessions 2
15.00 – 15.20 hrs
Refreshments and exhibition viewing
15.20 – 16.20 hrs
Parallel sessions 3
16.20 – 17.15 hrs
Securing your career – money issues for medics
Dr Andrew Dearden, Chair, Pensions Committee, British Medical Association, London
17.15 hrs
Close
19.30 hrs
Reception drinks
20.00 hrs
The best 'out-of-hours' session in town
Friday 13 July 2007
09.00 – 09.30 hrs
Registration, refreshments and exhibition viewing
09.30 – 10.00 hrs
NHS complaints – recognising the common pitfalls
Dr Karen Roberts, The MDU, London
10.00 – 10.30 hrs
Continuing Professional Development
Dr Kate Adams, GP, London
10.30 – 11.30 hrs
Parallel sessions 4
11.30 – 12.00 hrs
Refreshments and exhibition viewing
12.00 – 13.00 hrs
Parallel sessions 5
13.00 – 14.00 hrs
Lunch and exhibition viewing
14.00 – 15.00 hrs
Parallel sessions 6
15.00 – 15.15 hrs
Refreshments and exhibition viewing
15.15 – 16.00 hrs
General practice – beware of the dog!
Dr Laurence Buckman, Deputy Chairman, General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association, London
16.00 – 16.15 hrs
Closing remarks
Dr Andrew Thomson
16.15 hrs
Close
How to register
Book using the on-line registration form here.
Conference booking terms and conditions
All bookings are subject to the terms and conditions set out below, and should be made on the registration form (one form per delegate).
1. Submission of your booking is an offer which will be acknowledged in writing by BMA Conferences. Acceptance of the booking will only take place if so agreed by BMA Conferences and not until receipt of cleared funds (if applicable) for the conference, and when specified in writing by BMA Conferences.
2. It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of BMA Conferences to alter the content and timing of the conference, the identity of the speaker, the date or the venue. In the unlikely event of the conference being cancelled, we will refund you the registration fee (except in circumstances as set out in clause 9 below), but we will not be liable to you for any other costs or losses, whether direct or indirect.
3. Information from the registration form will be used to provide a list of delegates for circulation at the conference. We will also process the personal data on the registration form, in order to ensure that necessary arrangements are made for you for the conference. This may include passing such information to the operators of the venue, for the purposes required for the conference. You will also have the option not to receive any future mailings from BMA Conferences, and if so you can tick the box on the registration form.
4. The prices quoted are inclusive of VAT (unless otherwise specified), which shall be payable on all bookings at the standard rate of 17.5% (or as amended) (VAT No 674 7384 91).
5. Please note that we may make a search with a credit reference agency, which will keep a record of that search and may share that information with other businesses. In the case of company bookings we may also make enquiries about the principal directors with a credit reference agency.
6. If you wish to cancel your booking, please inform BMA Conferences in writing immediately. Cancellation charges, for accepted bookings, are as a percentage of the registration fee, and are as follows:
Written notice:
- received up to 8 weeks before date of conference = 0%
- received up to 3 weeks before date of conference = 20%
- received up to 1 week before date of conference = 50%
- received less than 1 week before date of conference = 100%
8. You will need to comply at all times with the rules and regulations imposed by the venue. You will also need to ensure that you have your own insurances against any loss to your property you may suffer, or any loss or damage you may cause at the conference.
9. It is regretted that no refund will be made to those registrants who have booked and paid for the conference but who are unable to attend on the day, for whatever reason. However, substitutes may be made, provided that a name is sent in writing to BMA Conferences prior to the conference.
10. Should we be unable to perform any obligations under this Agreement due to causes or circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including any Act of God, war or threatened war, terrorism or threatened terrorism, fire, flood, drought, strike, lock out or actions of the venue, we will not be liable to you for this.
11. This agreement is subject to the laws of England and it is agreed that the courts of competent jurisdiction shall be the English Courts.
Contact
BMA Conferences, British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7383 6605/6137
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7383 6663
Email: confunit@bma.org.uk
Web: www.bma.org.uk/conferences