Rare Conditions: What Happens in Healthcare when Transitioning into Adulthood?

Wednesday 15th November 2023

View the recording here!

ProgrammeSpeakerTitleTopic
Healthcare Professionals
9:30Ms Liz DouganProject Manager, Office for Rare ConditionsIntroduction/Office for Rare Conditions
9:40Dr Martina RodieConsultant Neonatologist, Office for Rare ConditionsTransition
9:50Dr Anne DevennyPaediatric Respiratory Consultant, RHCRespiratory
10:00Ms Ali HallMSN Paediatric Haematology /Oncology Aftercare Nurse Specialist, RHCHaematology & Oncology
10:10Ms Kirsty StevensonTransition WorkerChildren’s Hospices Across Scotland
10.20 Break
10:35Ms Claire Cairney, Cardiac Nurse Specialist + Dr Maria Ilina, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, RHCCardiology
10:45Ms Sharon FisherEpidermolysis Bullosa Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, RHCDermatology
10:55Dr Guftar ShaikhConsultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, RHCEndocrinology
11:05Professor Sameer ZuberiConsultant Paediatric Neurologist, RHCNeurology
11:15 Break
3rd Sector
11.30Donna Tomlin, Information Officer and Project Manager + Lynn Shields, Parent AdvisorCONTACT
11:40Rhianne ForrestCoordinator, CYP Health & Wellbeing Services, Children’s Health ScotlandChildren’s Health Scotland
11:50Iona CampbellCIR Project Manager, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus ScotlandSBH Scotland ‘Early Intervention Support for Young People Transitioning into Adulthood’
12:00Xander LyonsYoung Peoples Worker, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus ScotlandSBH Scotland ‘Transition Support in Practice’
12:10Hannah Frost,  Media Working Group member  + Beth Dillon,  TrusteeThe Luna Project
12:20 Q&A