9.00 am Registration and coffee

9.25 am Welcome address
Dr John Scadding, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine

A surfeit of symptoms – a cause for concerns?
Chair:Dr Tim Carter, Chief Medical Adviser, Department for Transport

9.30 am The Challenge of unexplained symptoms
Professor Peter Salmon, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool

9.55 am Questions

10.00 am Demographics of subjective health complaints: an international perspective
Professor Holger Ursin, University of Bergen, Norway

10.25 am Questions

10.30 am From Symptoms of disability
Dr Max Henderson, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry

10.55 am Questions and open discussion

11.10 am Coffee

Challenging the path of inactivity
Chair: Professor Anthony J Newman Taylor, Royal Brompton Hospital

11.35 am Tackling psychological and social determinants of health illness, disability and work-incapacity
Professor Mansel Aylward CB, UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research Cardiff University

12.00 pm Questions

12.05 pm Building health-related resilience
Dr Nicholas Kendall

12.30 pm Questions and open discussion

12.45 pm Lunch

Clinical and vocational interventions
Chair: Professor Peter White, Professor of Psychological Medicine, Barts and London

1.45 pm Returning people with mental health problems to work
Dr Bob Grove, National Health & Employment Interventions, The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, King’s College, London

2.10 pm Questions

2.15 pm Sick note or bust: GPs and the fitness for work consultation
Dr Debbie Cohen, UnumProvident Centre for Psychsocial and Disability Research, Cardiff University

2.40 pm Questions and open discussion

2.55 pm Tea

Pathways to work
Chair: TBC

3.15 pm Is work good for your health and your wellbeing?
Dr Kim Burton, University of Huddersfield

3.40 pm Questions

3.45 pm Health, work and wellbeing
Lord Kirkwood, House of Lords

4.10 pm Questions and open discussion

4.30 pm Closing remarks
Professor Mansel Aylward CB, UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research Cardiff University

4.40 pm Close of meeting

Registration required:

Yes

Free:

No