Sleep Question Time

An opportunity to bring your questions to the experts around Sleep and overall health. Bring along questions or challenging cases you may be dealing with, or raise them up front during registration for the Doctors to prepare responses to on the evening.

7.30pm, 12th Jul, 2021 - 9.00pm, 12th Jul, 2021

Online Webinar

The BSLM is inviting you to our very own “Question Time” Sleep event. Just like the BBC 1 programme, we are bringing together a panel of experts, from the world of lifestyle medicine and the media, to answer questions posed by members and non-members of the BSLM. This is a stand-alone event focusing on the topic of sleep, one of the key pillars of lifestyle medicine, and one that has generated a lot of attention over the last 12 months, with the stresses associated with living through the pandemic.

Chaired by Neil Bindemann, who as well as being BSLM Director of External Affairs, sits on the Sleep Council Advisory Board and bringing a personal and professional, as well as a social and emotional insight into aspects relating to sleep.

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Experts

Sui Wong

Dr Sui H. Wong is a consultant Neurologist and Neuro-Ophthalmologist based in London. She is a diplomate of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and supports patients with lifestyle measures for management of their condition when appropriate. In this talk she shares the work on setting up a group consultation service for people with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

Neil Bindemann

Neil trained in both Immunology (BSc – University of Glasgow) and Neurobiology (PhD – University College London) and has a keen interest in the developing science of neuro-immunology, especially concerning mental health. Through Innervate Ltd, which he set up in 2001, Neil has a passion for supporting advances in healthcare communication between professionals and the public, working in partnership with healthcare professionals. He has stimulated the creation of various initiatives including the Primary care and Community Neurology Society and Community Therapists Network.

Vicki Dawson

Vicki is CEO and Founder of The Sleep Charity, a small national award- winning charity empowering the nation to get a good night’s sleep. Her professional background is in education, she specialised in behaviour management and SEND, holding several senior leadership positions. Vicki sits on the Board of the British Paediatric Sleep Society.

Alison Macartney

GP partner in Edinburgh for over 20 years. Also a GP trainer and appraiser. I completed a degree in psychology prior to studying medicine. My interests are lifestyle medicine, diabetes, dementia and sleep. This includes CBTi, promoting education and practical help with sleep into chronic disease management and every day general practice consultations. I am working to integrate evidence based lifestyle medicine into general practice and the wider community I work in.

Sheena Fraser

I am a GP Partner and trainer with an interest in Lifestyle medicine and Dermatology and minor surgery. I practice in a small urban surgery in Glasgow. I am particularly interested in focusing on the root causes of disease with an aim to improving health prevention and managing disease in a more holistic way. I am very interested in food and how we can use diet to improve disease management.

Michael Farquhar

Mike Farquhar has been a consultant in sleep medicine at Evelina London Children’s Hospital since 2012, having trained in Glasgow, Nottingham, Sydney and London. Evelina London’s sleep department provides comprehensive assessment and management across the whole spectrum of paediatric sleep disorders, including the largest group of children with narcolepsy in the UK.

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