British Peripheral Nerve Society

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BPNS Dinner following Autumn Meeting and AGM

Start Date

End Date

Friday 24 Sep 2021 18:30 PM

Friday 24 Sep 2021 20:30 PM

Location

Brunswick House, 30 Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, London SW8 2LG

Details

The BPNS Dinner on 24th of September 2021 will be held after the conference at Brunswick House restaurant in Vauxhall. This is a short 10-15 minute walk from the meeting venue (Oval Cricket Ground) and a few minutes walk from Vauxhall station.

Dinner starts at 1830. We will have the bar area for drinks from 1800.

Dinner will be £55, including starters, sides and desserts. Drinks will be extra.

The restaurant has a fixed menu with a chicken main. A vegetarian menu can be provided on request. If you require this please ensure you complete the special requirements section below.

Menu

Shared snacks (all served)

Sourdough, butter
Olives, Fennel & Orange
Spiced Almonds, Peanuts and Cashews
Chicory, Whipped Cod's Roe
Coppa, Jesus Sausage, Cornichons

Shared starter (all served)

La Latteria Burrata, Sour Cherries, Marcona Almonds
Datterini Tomato, Leafy Celery, Sunflower Miso, Summer Herbs
Jersey Royals, Pickled Girolles, Cured Egg Yok and Brown Shrimp
Raw Dexter Beef, Smoked Bone Marrow and Crispy Shallot

Shared Main

Roast Chicken, Wild Mushrooms & Sherry Sauce
vegetarian option available

Shared Dessert

Cru Virunga Chocolate Pot

Further information on the Restaurant website (www.brunswickhouse.london)

Please contact nervemuscle@stgeorges.nhs.uk with "BPNS dinner" in the subject line if there are specific queries.

Queen Square Annual Update in Neuromuscular Disorders

This course will be held from Wednesday 13th May to Friday 15th May in the Clinical Neuroscience Lecture Theatre, Lower ground, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3B

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Brain Fellowships

Applications are invited for 1 year fellowships funded by the Guarantors of Brain. These fellowships provide bridging salary support to early career clinicians based in the UK prior to obtaining a research fellowship. Further details can be found HERE

New NHSE commissioning policies for rituximab and IVIg

We are pleased to announce that, largely due to the efforts of our president Prof Lunn, rituximab is now approved for treatment of IgM paraproteinaemic demyelinating peripheral neuropathy (anti-MAG phenotype, with or without anti-MAG antibodies): 1910-rituximab-for-treatment-of-PDPN-policy-v2.pdf (england.nhs.uk). Whilst we have hitherto been able to treat some patients with rituximab by sending them to a haematologist, this was not possible if the bone marrow showed insufficient evidence of underlying lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. These patients can now be treated, regardless of bone marrow result, either by you or by your friendly haematologist, under the new commissioning guidance.
Also thanks to Prof Lunn (alongside non-neurology colleagues), the updated IVIg commissioning policy is now available: Commissioning-Criteria-Policy-for-the-use-of-Ig-Version-Finala.pdf (mdsas.com). Newly commissioned diagnoses of relevance to peripheral nerve now include acute autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy, and neuromyotonia.
Finally, with thanks largely to the efforts of Dr Rinaldi in Oxford, rituximab can now be used for the treatment of autoimmune nodopathies (with nodal/paranodal antibodies): NHS England » Rituximab therapy for the treatment of nodal/paranodal antibody positive inflammatory/autoimmune neuropathy in adults and postpubescent children.

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