Programme

Please note: the Dementias Online Workshop programme may change before the event.

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Welcome and housekeeping
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How I assess a patient with suspected dementia

Jeremy Isaacs, Consultant Neurologist, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Q&A
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Supporting patients and families after a diagnosis

Rachel Thompson, Consultant Admiral Nurse, Lewy body dementia & Co – Chair, Dementia, Delirium and Brain Health Special Interest Group of the BGS, Dementia UK

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Q&A
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Disease modifying treatments for AD

Speaker TBC

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Q&A
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Break
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Radiology for the Non-Radiologist

Kevin Bradley, Director of Clinical PET Research, School of Medicine, University of Cardiff

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Q&A
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Biomarkers for beginners

Vanessa Raymont, Associate Professor, University of Oxford and Dementias Platform UK

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Q&A
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Sponsored Symposium
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Lunch
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Optimising use of current anti-dementia drugs

Peter Passmore, Professor of Ageing & Geriatric Medicine, Queen's University Belfast

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Q&A
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New Diagnostic Criteria for AD / Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease

Robert Barber, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University

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Q&A
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Stroke and dementia

Úna Clancy, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Research for Scotland Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

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Q&A
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Break
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Effective management of BPSD

Ben Underwood, Associate Professor in Applied and Translational Old Age Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

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Q&A
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Practical management of seizures

Thomas Cope, Consultant Neurologist, Cambridge University Hospitals and Cambridge and Peterborough NHS FT

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Q&A
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Summary and why attend Dementias 2026