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Sunday 05 April 2026
Salisbury Foundation Trust

Conference Programme

17th National RISCI Conference

Preliminary Programme - subject to change

CPD points applied for: Royal College of Physicians

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8:45-9:15

Registration and refreshments - Solstice Suite

Morning Session - Solstice Suite

9:15

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Welcome: Kathryn Harris -Ìý Highly Specialist Respiratory Practitioner, Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre.

Opening address: Duncan Murray – Chief Medical Officer, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

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9:25

RISCI Chair’s Session:

RISCI GBI –Who we are; RISCI website, guidance & resources available and current projects

Ian Benson,

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Acute and Respiratory Physiotherapy Lead, National Spinal Injuries Centre,

Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Presentations:

9:45

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Successful use of electrical stimulation for dysphagia in SCI patient - case study

Jess Willetts Speech and Language Therapist, & Dr Dinithi Juliyange ST4 registrar in Spinal rehabilitation medicine, Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, Salisbury.

10:00

Can you breathe with 1/3 of your diaphragm? Case study C4 AIS A with hemidiaphragm palsy

Chelsie Hart Respiratory CNS, Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, Salisbury.

10:15

Return of the MAC?

Sarah Morgan, Speech and Language Therapist & Aimi Forrest, Weaning ACP, The Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Southport Hospital

10.30

A systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for dysphagia within cSCI

Sharon Leigh, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist; National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville.

10.45 – 11.15ÌýÌýÌý Break – refreshments and trade exhibition and poster viewing and voting -Ìý Equinox Room

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11:15

Learning from legal cases

Sarah Crowther KC

Aspire Law, Platinum Sponsor, (not CPD accredited)

11:45 - 13:20Ìý Ìý LUNCH – trade exhibition, poster viewing and networking - Equinox Room

Afternoon session - Solstice Suite

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Ìý13:20

RISCI Keynote Session:

Life With a Ventilator and SCI: A Patient and Family Experience

Robert Camm Ìý(patient)

and Ian Camm (father)

Speaker bio:

Presentations:

14:10

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A multimodal respiratory weaning intervention for adult critical careÌý

Tammy Lea Clinical specialist physiotherapist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

14:25

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Returning to bassline: Innovative rehabilitation for a recording artist after high level spinal cord injury

Grace McCormack Speech and Language Therapist, The London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Stanmore.

14:40

The Development of a Spinal Respiratory Service

Mr Anthony Tromans

Retired consultant, Salisbury

14:55 - 15:30Ìý Ìý BREAK – refreshments with trade exhibition and poster viewing and voting - Equinox Room

15:30

DAISY-CHAIN building a collaborative network to support better dysphagia management for people with acute SCI

Dr Jackie McRae, Associate Professor & Honorary Consultant Speech and Language Therapist, City St George’s, University of London & St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15:40

RISCI Key Message Session:

Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Spinal Cord Injury – experience from a UK perspective

Ian Benson, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Acute and Respiratory Physiotherapy Lead;

Sharon Leigh, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist;

Dr Anjani Prasad, Consultant Respiratory Physician, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville;

Kate Roberts, Senior Specialist Physiotherapist – The London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Stanmore.

16.30

Awarding of prizes for best poster and oral presentation

Next conference host

Closing remarks

16.40

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