The Allergy Academy is proud to present a ‘One Hour Q&A Hot Topic’ online session, to support the widening Covid Vaccination Roll-Out. This evening event will involve an online screen-share presentation over zoom, which is streamed live and recorded for later viewing. This event is run in association with the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Our talk is suitable for all healthcare professionals directly involved in COVID-19 vaccination and those interested in learning about the latest advice on safely vaccinating patients who report allergies. We are offering FREE access to joining delegates on a first-come, first-serve basis, so long as delegates share their Health Professional Membership Number as part of registration.

Aim:

We are now rolling out Covid vaccination across the majority of the adult British Public. In the initial stages, the MHRA issued pre-cautionary advice for atopic individuals receiving the vaccination, however the position has now changed.

We have a responsibility to ensure streamlined access to vaccine for all of those presenting, whilst ensuring that the very few requiring specialist evaluation are spotted and benefit from increased support.

Without having a clear plan for the many who report allergies and previous suspected reactions, there may be frustration and worsened acceptance among those groups who can be harder to reach.

We are excited to present an hour of interactive discussion from Dr Chris Rutkowski, Clinical Lead for Adult Allergy at Guy’s Hospital. We will outline how to deal with queries from patients with a background of allergies, and how to spot those who require specialist support. The session will be highly interactive, and offers the chance to ask your own questions over Zoom.

Course Organisers:

• Dr Chris Rutkowski, Adult Consultant Allergist and Clinical Lead for Adult Allergy, St Thomas' Hospital
• Tom Marrs, Paediatric Allergy Consultant, St Thomas' Hospital

Who should attend:

• Adult Allergy specialists
• Paediatric Allergy specialists
• Hospital doctors
• General Practitioners
• Paediatricians
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Trainees

Registration:

By registering for this event, you agree to the Allergy Academy and the team at Evelina's Education Centre having your booking name and details, which will not be shared further without your consent. During registration, delegates will be asked whether they wish to share their name and email addresses with our commercial sponsors, which is entirely optional.

Please ask any questions by contacting our team on Allergy-Academy@kcl.ac.uk

How to access the event:

The session will be delivered via Zoom.

On the day of the event, you will receive a notification email from Eventbrite with a Zoom link to the afternoon session. This will be sent out 2 hours before the session is due to start to your registered email address. Once received, please test your access to the site by clicking the link.

Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you have not received a confirmation email of the joining link from Eventbrite. If you require assistance accessing the Zoom link on the day, please contact EvelinaEducation@gstt.nhs.uk or call the team on 020 718 80853 / 07785994659.