Main Conference Programme Day 2
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Main Conference programme Day 2 - 17th June 2026
| 8.15 – 9.00 | Registration, Coffee and Poster Viewing | ||
| 9.00 – 9.45
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Eponymous Lecture: Donald Hunter
Leadership through Influence Major General (rtd) Professor Tim Hodgetts CB CBE DL, former Armed Forces Surgeon General |
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| 9.45-10.30
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Parallel 10
Clinical Update: Metabolic disease
Obesity and metabolic disease/GLP-1s Dr Dan Border, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
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Parallel 11 + 14
Writer’s Workshop How to get your work (research, audits, service evaluations) published Aimed at novice authors + abstract submitters Lecture + Q&A and breakout group based discussion based on methods. Facilitators: Professor Gail Kinman, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology Birkbeck Business School Professor Fehmidah Munir, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Loughborough Dr Stefania D’Angelo, Senior Research Fellow/ Statistician at University of Southampton / London Centre for Work and Health’ Dr Vaughan Parsons, Research Manager and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, London Centre for Work and Health Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
Parallel 12 + 15
Quality Assurance (QA) of OH Advice to Employers in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention
9.45-10.05: QA of training – development of training framework 10.05-10.25: QA of health surveillance 10.25-10.45: HEOPS fitness standard, governance and role 10.45-11.05: National audit of UKAP, cross over between protecting patients and protecting employees 11.05-11.15: Round table of speakers + Q&A
Speakers: Dr Ali Hashtroudi and Mrs Janet O’Neil, National School of Occupational Health Dr Imogen Koopman Other speakers to be confirmed |
| 10.30 – 11.15
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Parallel 13
Clinical Update: Clinical Update on Pain Dr Wendy Chaplin, Research Fellow working on the Pain at Work Trial, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham |
Parallel 11 + 14 cont
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Parallel 12 + 15 cont
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| 11.15 – 11.45 | Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters | ||
| 11.45 – 12.15
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Plenary Lecture
Occupational Medicine and The Strategic Public Health Agenda: Prevention and Health Inequalities Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, Regional Director, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities |
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| 12.15 – 13.00
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Parallel 16
Professional Practice Update Engage Study (Embedding evidence into practice) An interactive workshop to seek feedback on a proposed action plan to develop practitioners’ advanced skills and capabilities to engage in research and access and translate evidence into clinical practice and policy. Facilitators: Professor Jo Yarker, Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Professor in Occupational Psychology, University of Birkbeck Dr Vaughan Parsons, Research Manager and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, London Centre for Work and Health Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Dr Karen Pratt, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
Parallel 17
Oral Poster Session
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Parallel 18
Topic TBC
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| 13.00 – 14.00
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Lunch and Exhibition
13.20 - Academic Forum |
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| 14.00 – 14.30
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2026 Colt lecture: Silicosis
Dr Jo Feary, Honorary Consultant in Occupational Lung Disease and Asthma, Royal Brompton Hospital and Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College |
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| 14.30-
15.00 |
Plenary Lecture
ADVANCE STUDY – Rehabilitation back to Work Gp Capt Alex Bennett, Defence Professor of Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Medicine, Research and Clinical Innovation, HQ Joint Medical Group, Academic Department of Military Rehabilitation (ADMR) DMRC, Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire |
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| 15.00 – 15.10
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Prize Giving | ||
| 15.10 – 15.30
Discussion 15.30 – 16.00
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Plenary lecture (15 mins)/panel discussion
Is clinical use of Cannabis a smoking gun? Speaker and Panelists TBC |
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| 16.00 | Closing Remarks – SOM/FOM joint messages to take home
SOM and FOM Presidents |
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Pre-Conference Day – 16th June 2025
| SOM Council/Exec meeting | |
| Workplace Visits | |
| 19.00 – 21.00 | Welcome Reception with Registration at The Royal Pavilion |
Main Conference programme Day 1, 17th June 2025
| Main Hall and Parallel 1
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Parallel 2
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Parallel 3
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| 8.00–9.00 | Registration, Coffee and Poster Installation | |||||||
| 9.00 | Welcome from the SOM President and FOM President | |||||||
| 9.10 | Welcome Address
Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)
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| 9.25 -10:10
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Eponymous Lecture: Thackrah Lecture
Occupational Health; the forgotten solution to our Healthcare Crisis? |
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| 10.10
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Peter Taylor Award Winner Trainee Presentations and Awards
Specialist training in Occupational Medicine: averting a doom cycle
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| 10.40–11.10
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Plenary Lecture
Follow the yellow brick road: navigating pathways from practice to evidence-based policy Dr Jo Daniels, UKRI Policy Fellow, Science, Research and Evidence Directorate, Department of Health and Social Care and University of Bath
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| 11:10-11:40
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Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters | |||||||
| 11:40-12:25
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Parallel [1&4 – 90 mins]
Clinical Update: Ill Health Retirement Workshop – New Guidance Update by the SOM Pensions Specialist Interest Group Dr Shairana Naleem, Medical Director, Health Partners
Dr Simon Sheard, Medical Director, Health Partners
Dr Clare Piper, Medical Director: Clinical Lead Pensions, Health Partners Pre-booking required: please book when you register or modify your registration to include this.
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Parallel 2
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Parallel 3
Confidentiality, consent and disclosure in the public interest Dr Antonia Karus-McElvogue, Medico-Legal Adviser, MDDUS Session kindly supported by MDDUS
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| 12.25-13.10
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Parallel 5
Clinical update: Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Dr Roger Cooke, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, leading expert in the field of HAVS,
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Parallel 6
OH MDT panel discussion Our role as workplace advisors
Professor Diana Kloss MBE, Professor and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Manchester
Dr Ali Hashtroudi, Senior Medical Director, Optima Health and Head of National School of Occupational Health, NHS E
Amanda Hinkley, Head of Occupational Health, Safeguarding Lead, Associate Caldicott Guardian, Fellow of Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing, Division of Workplace, and Health and Safety, People and Workplace Directorate, UK Health Security Agency
Jo Vallom-Smith, Occupational Therapist specialising in Occupational Health
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| 13:10-14:10
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Lunch, Exhibition and Posters | Academic Forum (13:30 start) | ||||||
| 14:10-14.55
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Parallel 7
Clinical Update: Vision and Work Dr Marisa Rodriguez Carmona, Lecturer in Optics, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London
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Parallel 8
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Parallel 9
SOM International Group Session Dr Bobby Joseph- Occupational Health in India - challenges and successes
Dr Dominic Yong – ANZSOM - Occupational Health issues in Australia
Dr Richard Heron – IOMSC update
Dr Rupali Das - Climate change and OH
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| 14:55-15.25
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Lecture
Local Oncology Update - Systemic Anti-cancer Treatments and Their Impact on Work Dr Louise Hancock, Honorary Specialty Doctor in Medical Oncology, Royal Sussex County Hospital and Consultant Occupational Physician, Medigold Health
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| 15.25-15:55
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Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters | |||||||
| 15:55-16.25
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The Colt Foundation Lecture
How Occupational Health professionals can influence manager behaviour to improve Health and Wellbeing Professor Jo Yarker, Registered and Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Professor in Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London |
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| 16.25-16:55
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Plenary Lecture
Employment legislation update, including the Employment Rights Bill Mr Mark Landon, Partner, Employment, Pensions and Immigration Team, Weightmans, London
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| 17.15-18.15 | SOM AGM | |||||||
| 19.30 | Gala Dinner and Dance (dress code: Black Tie optional) at The Grand Hotel, Brighton
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