Annual complementary therapies conference

The day is focused upon therapies as an adjunct to conventional forms of treatment. It is hoped that outcomes will help to inform both the provision of integrated services and the future research agenda for complementary therapies.

Speakers:

All speakers are experts in their field and will share with you their experiences and visions for the future, exploring how to translate practice into research by using the patient experience as the driving force.

Topics include:

• The keynote address will be given by Dr Lesley Storey, National Cancer Research Institute,
who will be addressing the consequences of ignoring research.
• Ethical considerations for complementary therapies
• Service improvement
• Nutrition
• A patient’s perspective
• Acupuncture in chronic and acute pain management
• Award winning rapid response complementary therapy team, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff
• Using aromatherapy with multiple sclerosis
• Complementary therapies for chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy

 
Audience:

This conference is open to healthcare professionals, educationalists, students, patients and carers with an interest in the issues surrounding the use of complementary therapies.