**CORONAVIRUS UPDATE**
The BAS 2020 conference which was to take place on 19th May has been deferred due to the coronavirus restrictions, and we apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience. We will keep the situation under review and when it is deemed safe to do so we plan to reschedule the meeting to a later date.
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Please note that this is a provisional programme and is subject to change.
Numbers for the optional Basic Life Support Refresher are limited, so please book early to secure a place.
Venue: Eton College Rowing Centre, Dorney Lake Conference Center, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor SL4 6QP
Tuesday 19th May 2020
| 09.00h | Registration, tea and coffee |
| 09:30h | Welcome Dr Stephen Tristram, Chairman of the BAS |
| 09:30 – 09.45h | Mind the Gap: Identifying Patients Whose Expectations Can Never Be Met |
| Dr Haroun Gajraj, Clinical Director, The VeinCare Centre, Dorset & Hampshire | |
| 09.45 – 10.05h | Managing expectations |
| Emma Davies, Cosmetic Nurse Specialist, Dorset | |
| 10.05 – 10.20h | Post-treatment management following microsclerotherapy |
| Claire Judge, Clinical Nurse Specialist, London | |
| 10.20 – 10.50h | Strategies for improving the outcome of sclerotherapy for telangiectases and reticular veins |
| Invited speaker: Dr Torsten Willenberg, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland | |
| 10.50 – 11.20h | Coffee (visit trade exhibition and poster presentations) |
| 11.20 – 11.40h | Medico-legal problems and how to avoid the lawyers – Panel discussion |
| Prof Bruce Campbell, Mr Philip Coleridge Smith, Hamilton Fraser Cosmetic Insurance | |
| 11.40 – 12.00h | Lessons learned in a lifetime of treating veins |
| Prof Bruce Campbell, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Exeter | |
| 12.00 – 12.20h | Debate: “This House Believes That Compression Is Important After Microsclerotherapy” |
| For: Mr Alastair Lewis, Consultant Vascular Surgeon (TBC)
Against: Miss Catharine McGuinness, Consultant Vascular Surgeon |
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| 12.20 – 12.40h | Think like a photographer: how to take good before and after photographs |
| Kevin Jacob, Illingworth Research | |
| 12.40 – 14.00h | Lunch (visit trade exhibition and poster presentations) |
| 13.00 – 14.00h | Basic Life Support training |
| Restricted numbers session – separate registration required | |
| Live demonstrations Plenary session with video coverage in main auditorium
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| 14.00 – 14.30h | Foam sclerotherapy: Mr Philip Coleridge Smith |
| 14.30 – 15.30h | Microsclerotherapy: |
| Claire Judge, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Kate England, Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner |
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| 15.30 – 16.30h | Afternoon session |
| 15.30 – 15.45h | Good light and magnification vs gadgets and physics |
| Mr Zola Mzimba, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, County Londonderry | |
| 15.45 – 16.05h | Pelvic varicose veins and pelvic congestion syndrome |
| Mr Manj Gohel, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cambridge | |
| 16.05 – 16.20h | Venous diameter, clinical severity and quality of life – does the size of the incompetent vein matter? |
| Mr Manj Gohel, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cambridge | |
| 16.20 – 16.30h | Tips, tricks and unusual cases from member of the BAS |
| Chaired by Dr Steve Tristram, Basingstoke | |
| 16.30h | Close |
| 17.00h | Annual General Meeting (BAS members only) |
