About this event

  • Date and time Tue 5 Nov 2024 from 8:45am to 4:15pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Sleep Medicine, Occupational Medicine

Shift work and sleep disturbances can pose significant health risks, impacting employee well-being and productivity. As 24/7 operations and remote work become more common, addressing these issues is crucial. This conference will explore the latest research and best practices to mitigate these risks, support employees, reduce healthcare costs, boost workplace morale, and develop actionable solutions for healthier workplace environments.

Through expert-led discussions, participants will learn to implement evidence-based interventions, assisting employers, occupational health professionals, and policymakers in improving sleep health and overall employee well-being.

By attending this conference, you will:

  • Understand and identify shift work's key health risks
  • Develop actionable solutions to promote healthier workplace environments
  • Be able to advocate for healthier work schedules and environments within your organisations

The Occupational Medicine: Ramazzini prize will also be presented and awarded at this meeting. Click here to make your submission and find out more. The deadline for submission is Sunday 20 October 2024

 

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We would like to thank our sponsor Idorsia Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd for their financial support of this event. Please note they have no input or involvement over the organisation, agenda or speakers for the event. 

Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

CHAIRS: Dr Jane Hicks, President, Sleep Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant, Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Sam Valanejad, President, Occupational Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant Specialist in Occupational Medicine

Basic science of circadian rhythms

Professor John Axelsson, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Update on shift work and health

Professor John Axelsson

Doctor rotas and medical dangers with shift work

Professor Steven Lockley, Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey

Mitigating the risks with shift work

Professor Steven Lockley

Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break

Ramazzini award trainee presentations on "Sleep and shift work"

Brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms -- a review of the evidence base and implications for occupational health management of shift workers

Emma Hirons

Case report on the impact of shift work disorder and circadian misalignment in a night shift worker

Lucinda McWhor

Migraine in an early morning shift worker

Natalie Nobar

Primary adrenal insufficiency, sleep, and shift work

E Sarah L Porter

Lunch

Ramazzini award: Winner announcement

Dr Sam Valanejad

Shift work in the airline industry

Dr Daryll Wylie, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Medigold Health 

Update on the treatment of sleep apnoea

Dr Siriam Iyer, Consultant Respiratory & Sleep Physician, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Training Programme Director, Respiratory Medicine, South Yorkshire

Tea and coffee break
Rest for the mind: The link between sleep and mental health

Dr Judith Bird, Clinical Health Psychologist and Head of Mental Health, Medigold Health

Panel discussion
Close of meeting

Sponsors

Idorsia

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration will close on 04 November 2024 at 1:00am (GMT). Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.

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