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TB in the UK webinar

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An event to discuss how we should respond to the current state of UK TB

Thursday 6th February 2025 15:00-17:00 GMT

After 10 years of falling rates, TB in the UK is on the rise. This comes at a time when the demands placed on an over-stretched workforce are already increasing and the NHS is struggling to match expectation with delivery.  We thought, therefore, it was a good time to look at TB in the UK from all sides and to discuss why rates are rising, and how we can best respond.

In this 2-hour webinar, a short overview from key stakeholders was followed by expert panel discussion and questions from the audience.

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Programme

Chairs: Jess Potter / Marc Lipman (UCL-TB)

Speakers

  • Lord Nick Herbert, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on TB in the UK; chair of the Global TB Caucus 

  • A nurse's perspective: Sarah Murphy (Clinical Lead TB Specialist Nurse based in Kent)

  • TB in England: Esther Robinson (Head of TB, UKHSA) 

  • TB in Northern Ireland: Jillian Johnstone (Consultant in Health Protection, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland)

  • TB in Scotland: Hazel Henderson (Consultant, Public Health Scotland) 

  • TB in Wales: Tabitha Kavoi (TB Lead, Public Health Wales) Download slides; Paper: The role of nurses in national TB control programs: qualitative insights from TB cohort review in Wales

  • Insights in policy and practice: Martin Allen (GIRFT National Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine)

  • TB: The case for investment: Lara Gosce (Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling, LSHTM)

    • (for other slide sets, please contact the speakers directly, or email tb@ucl.ac.uk and we will forward)

Panellists

  • Samara Barnes (Affected Community co-lead, UKAPTB)

  • Jonathan Cohen (Consultant in Paediatric Care, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)

  • Shakib Hussein (Tuberculosis Outreach Team, North Central London TB Service)

  • Rachel Manners (Head of Respiratory Policy, UKHSA)

  • Adrian Martineau (Professor of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, QMUL)

  • Priyal Shah (Head of Communities and Inequalities, North Central London ICB)

  • Mark Tickner (Infection Control Lead, London Borough of Enfield)

  • Gerrit Woltmann (TB / Pneumonia service lead, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust)

  • Fatima Wurie (Department of Health and Social Care)

  • Dominik Zenner (Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, QMUL and General Practitioner in East London)

The webinar was recorded and will be made available online at the UCL-TB YouTube site after the event. Contact us at tb@ucl.ac.uk if you have questions.