Kellogg’s recently sponsored a workshop for Health Care Professionals in partnership with H.E.A.R.T. UK at their Annual Conference entitled “Vascular Risk in Primary Care: The Latest Guidance in Screening & Cholesterol Practice”.
The aim of the half day workshop is to help health care professionals such as Nurses and Dietitians to be aware and understand the latest guidance on cholesterol management, to develop guidance for lipid support clinics for patients diagnosed with raised cholesterol, to identify people at risk and to be able to effectively counsel patients to make positive lifestyle changes.
Guest experts were invited to speak at the event and included:
IDENTIFYING RISK: The latest guidance vascular risk screen and cholesterol practice - Sarah Jarvis, GP, London
VASCULAR RISK IN ACTION: The practicalities of setting up a risk assessment clinic - Michaela Nuttall, CHD Co-ordinator, Bromley PCT
SUPPORTING LIFESTYLE CHANGE: How small changes in diet can augment cholesterol management - Linda Main, Registered Dietitian, HEART UK
MOTIVATING CHANGE: How best to facilitate lifestyle change - Karan Thomas, Freelance Consultant, Thomas Stott Associates