Medicine, as we know it, is no longer affordable or sustainable. Nor is it able to curb the increase in obesity, mental health problems and most long-term disease. Dr Michael Dixon, Chair of the College of Medicine, will highlight how it is now time for Integrative Care to take centre stage - combining the best of our current medicine with an approach that enhances our natural abilities to self-heal and stay healthy using lifestyle and a wider range of therapies.

Speakers

Dr Michael Dixon, GP, Chair of the College of Medicine, Fellow of the Royal College of GPs, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Former Chair of NHS Alliance and Former Co-chair of the National Social Prescribing Network

The session will focus on the evolving role and range of social prescribing in national healthcare.

The Panel: Professor Tony Avery OBE, National Clinical Director for Prescribing NHS England; Dr Lucy Pollock, consultant geriatrician and best selling author; Charlotte Osborn-Forde, CEO National Academy of Social Prescribing; Dr Kelly Thornber, Co-Director Pharma Pollution Hub; Hamaad Khan, co-lead Beyond Pills Hope for the Future; Sian Brand, Chair Social Prescribing Network (hosted by CoM), College of Medicine

Speakers

Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca, Clinical and Global Lead, National Academy for Social Prescribing and Council Member, The College of Medicine, United Kingdom

Prof Tony Avery OBE, National Clinical Director for Prescribing, NHS England, a GP in Nottingham and Professor of Primary Health Care at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Hamaad Khan, Global Development Officer for the National Academy for Social Prescribing, United Kingdom

Charlotte Osborn-Forde, Chief Executive Officer, National Academy for Social Prescribing, United Kingdom

Dr Kelly Thornber, Co-Director of the Pharma Pollution Hub and a Research Fellow in Sustainable Development at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Siân Brand, Chair Social Prescribing Network (hosted by CoM)

Dr Lucy Pollock, Geriatric doctor and best selling author, United Kingdom

Dr Leslie Stone and Chris Moore have been applying principles of health preconception and pregnancy management by integrating genomic and nutrient biomarker testing with nutrition, nutrient, and lifestyle interventions.  They will highlight how this has successfully decreased adverse pregnancy and pre-term birth rates resulting in significant reduction in associated healthcare costs, and improved health resilience across the lifespan. 

Speakers

Chris Moore, CEO & Co-founder of Nordic Group, United Kingdom

Dr Leslie Stone, Medical Doctor & Functional Medicine Practitioner with a fellowship in surgical obstetrics, USA

Prof Robert Thomas is currently undertaking a national double blind Randomised Control Trial looking at gut health and prostate cancer outcomes - the first prospective clinical study in the world!  He will explain how they are helping to educate patients to improve gut health in routine practice plus highlighting the work around diet, lifestyle, physical activity and sleep.  

Speakers

Prof Robert Thomas, NHS Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, a visiting Professor at Cranfield University and a clinical teacher at Cambridge University.

Professor Debbie Sharp is leading the evaluation of a pilot social prescribing project that has linked general medical practices in deprived areas of SW England with two local farms.  Patients have been referred by their GP for the project which is intended to demonstrate the potential role of healthy food, engaging with the outside environment, farming and sustainable food production with improving individual health and healing.

Speakers

Prof Debbie Sharp OBE, Professor of Primary Health Care at the University of Bristol & College of Medicine Scientific Advisory Member, United Kingdom

Dr Gersh is adept in all areas of women's health but is especially renowned for her expertise in female hormones. Her holistic approach to the female aging process looks at comprehensively addressing the impacts of circadian rhythm disruption, sleep disturbances, pharmaceuticals, environmental toxins, nutrient and hormonal deficiencies, gut microbiome imbalances and chronic stress.

Speakers

Dr Felice Gersh, A Board-certified Physician in both OB/GYN and Integrative Medicine and a Globally-recognised Expert on Women's Hormones, Gut Microbiome, and Circadian Rhythm, USA

Dr Boon Lim is an NHS consultant Cardiologist, and obtained a PhD from Imperial College on the Autonomic Nervous System in heart rhythm abnormalities. He has published on heart rate variability and having trained as a HeartMath coach, he incorporates breathwork coaching in his day to day practice with cardiac patients, and staff members. In this session, he will discuss why heart rate variability matters, and demonstrate simple training techniques to enhance acute and long term heart rate variability.  

Speakers

Dr P Boon Lim, An experienced Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist, United Kingdom

Dr Torkil Færø, is a GP and emergency physician and author of the Pulse Cure which is one of the best selling non fiction books in 2023 in Norway, and is still on the national best seller list one year after publication.  He will explain the science and physiology behind what these wearables can tell you and how you can use them to positively improve both yours and your patients overall health.  

Speakers

Torkil Færø, Doctor MD

A new health initiative promoting playing the bagpipes to improve certain lung conditions and breathing difficulties has been launched at Dumfries House. The King’s Foundation unique pilot healthcare programme will incorporate bagpiping and holistic therapies with the aim to provide participants with a range of self-management tools to empower them to improve their overall health and wellbeing.

Speakers

Michael Dooley, Gynaecologist

Meaghan Miller, Health and Wellbeing Manager, The King's Foundation, Dumfries House, United Kingdom

Lady Oona Ivory, Founder and Chair, The National Piping Centre

Finlay MacDonald, Director of Piping, The National Piping Centre, United Kingdom

Central to the IPM congress is the role it plays in bringing together healthcare practitioners from a range of disciplines but who share the common goal of practising whole person, patient centred care. We aim to celebrate the common threads and foster mutual understanding and respect for different perspectives while inspiring more practitioners to embark on this rewarding approach to healthcare. 

In this panel discussion you will hear from an integrative medicine doctor, Dr Elizabeth Thompson; a practicing GP Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews; a Herbalist, Alex Laird; a dentist, Dr Roop Mann and a functional medicine physician, Dr Mohammed Enayat.

Chairperson

Dr Elizabeth Thompson, Joint President ECIM21, CEO and Holistic Doctor, National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM)

Speakers

Mohammed Enayat, GP and Functional Medicine Physician - HUM2N & NHS

Alex Laird, Herbal Practitioner & Director of Living Medicine, United Kingdom

Dr Laura Marshall Andrews, NHS doctor, Author of 'What Seems to Be the Problem' & College of Medicine Council Member, a registered functional medicine Practitioner & Yoga instructor, United Kingdom

Roop Mann, Dentist

As a Naturopath and Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kristi Morlan-Hughes has dedicated her professional path to the study and practice of root-cause medicine and has a particular passion in supporting the development of multi-disciplinary teams.  She previously served as a Director of Medical Education at the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) for a decade and now continues to guide health coaches, nutrition professionals, and root-cause focused health care providers in their medical education journey in her various programmes and group learning opportunities.

Speakers

Dr Kristi Morlan-Hughes, Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Physician, Owner of DocereVita Clinic and Natural Medicine Dispensary & Educator and Chief Medical Education Officer NutriDyn