The Osteopathic Centre for Children and The Forum on Maternity and the Newborn of the Royal Society of Medicine

Osteopathy - Its application in neonatal and maternity care.

Friday 5th May 2006 at the King's Fund, 11 - 13 Cavendish Square W1G 0AN

PROGRAMME

9.00 - 9.30 Registration

9.45 - 9.50 Welcome by Chair of the morning session
Sir Cyril Chantler, Chairman of the Board of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.

9.50 - 10.00 Introduction
Stuart Korth, Co-founder and OCC Director of Osteopathy.

10.00 - 10.30 “Osteopathic care of the pregnant mother”
Gabriella Colangelo, senior consultant at the OCC clinic in Manchester.

10.30 - 10.50 Discussion

10.50 - 11.00 Coffee

11.00 - 11.30 “Osteopathic care of the post-partum mother”
Karen Carroll, clinical tutor and OCC consultant.

11.30 - 11.50 Discussion

11.50 - 13.00 Mini-sessions

Research
Andrew Maddick Education Co-ordinator at OCC. Lecturer at the British School of Osteopathy.

Osteopathic diagnosis of the unsettled baby
Carina Petter, Practising osteopath at clinics in London and Hampshire.

Osteopathic views of difficult birth (mother)
Janice Moss, A volunteer at OCC since 1997. Practising osteopath in Middlesex.

Osteopathic views of difficult birth (baby)
Mary Jane Anderton, Senior OCC consultant.

13.00 LUNCH

Chair of the afternoon session: Gillian Fletcher, former President of the National Childbirth Trust.

14.00 - 14.30 “The parents' view”
Gill Manvell & Caroline Diehl - both parents who have had first hand experience of the benefits of paediatric osteopathy. Gill is a Trustee of the OCC and Caroline is the Chief Executive of The Media Trust.

14.30 - 15.00 “Osteopathic care of the newborn”
Peter Armitage, OCC consultant.

15.00 - 15.20 Discussion

15.20 - 15.50 “Osteopathic care of the premature baby”
Mark Wilson, consultant osteopath at Barnet Hospital neonatal intensive care unit.

15.50 - 16.10 Discussion

16.10 - 16.30 Closing remarks – “The future” Stuart Korth

Tickets price £100.00 (Fellows and Associates of the Royal Society of Medicine £60.00), are available from Amanjit Gill, or telephone her at The Osteopathic Centre for Children on 020 7490 1114.