I hope it is in order to give (late) notification of a meeting next week
(see below) at the RSM in London on assessing fitness to drive.  It is £30
for fellows and £40 for others - there were places left last time I
checked.  I think it should be pretty good (but then I'm biased - hon sec
meetings....).  I am sure Jane Fiddaman would welcome enquiries if anyone
is interested in the next few days

Regards

Dr David Bulpitt MB BS, MRCGP, AFOM
Tel: 01277 651218 Mob: 07958 224291


Developing fitness standards in the transport industries


Tuesday 20 February 2001
09.30 - 16.20 in the West Hall, Royal Society of Medicine



09.30 - Registration and coffee

10.00 - Chair: Dr Steven Boorman MFOM, President, Section of Occupational
Medicine

Why have standards?

10.00 "History and regulation"
Dr Tim Carter, DETR, London

10.20 "International dimension"
Dr Simon Janvrin, Chief Medical Officer, Civil Aviation Authority, Gatwick
Airport

Risk of sudden impairment

10.40 "Heart disease in aviation"
Dr Michael Joy, Consultant Physician & Cardiology, St Peter's Hospital,
Chertsey

11.00 "Epilepsy in driving"
Professor David Chadwick, Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool

11.20 "Insulin use"
Dr Raymond Johnston, Civil Aviation Authority

11.40 - Coffee break


Stable impairments

12.00 - "Vision - validity & relevance of visual field testing"
Dr Mark Dunne, Lecturer, Optometry & Vision Sciences, Aston University,
Birmingham

12.20 - "Mobility - scope/accommodation of drivers with disabilities"
Mrs Morigue Cornwell, Director, Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled
People

12.40 - Discussion - on relative safety gains versus loss of opportunities

13.10 - Lunch


Variable impairments

14.10 - "Alcohol/drugs and medications"
 Dr Rob Tunbridge, Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne, Berkshire

14.30   "Fatigue in driving"
Speaker to be confirmed

14.50   - Discussion - practicalities of regulatory control and option for
collecting and using evidence

15.20 - Tea break

15.40   "How can the health professionals contribute to transport safety
and
what are the barriers"
Dr Jane Durston, Senior Medical Adviser, Drivers Medical Unit Manager,
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea

16.00 - Summing up

16.20 - Close of meeting


5 CME/CPD credits
PGEA has been applied for



____________________
Jane Fiddaman
Academic Department
The Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street
London    W1G 0AE

tel: +44 (0)20 7290 2983
fax: +44 (0)20 7290 2989

Dr David Bulpitt MB BS, MRCGP, AFOM
Tel: 01277 651218 Mob: 07958 224291