PROGRAMME

We're hard at work curating the programme for MIMS Learning Live London 2025.

In the meantime, why not take a sneak peek at what our Chair's will be discussing?

Stream A


Women's Health


Stream B


Dermatology


Stream C


CVRM


Registration

Chair's Welcome

Menopause and breast cancer

Women's Health

  • How do we approach HRT in a woman with a family history of breast cancer? 
  • How might a history of breast cancer affect menopause?
  • What are the options for treating menopausal symptoms for a patient who has a history of breast cancer?
  • Can we ever prescribe HRT after breast cancer?

Management of sun-related damage

Dermatology

  • Effects of sun exposure and types of damage
  • Management of actinic keratosis
  • When to refer for suspected SCC, BCC and malignant melanoma

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

CVRM

10:00 - 10:45

Sponsored session

Women's Health

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10:00 - 10:45

Sponsored session

Dermatology

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10:00 - 10:45

Sponsored session

CVRM

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11:15 - 12:00

Abnormal vaginal bleeding - when do we need to worry?

Women's Health

  • Heavy bleeding
  • Irregular bleeding
  • Women who are more at risk of postmenopausal bleeding
  • Bleeding on HRT

Speaker: Dr Lindsey Thomas

11:15 - 12:00

Commonly seen rashes that are not eczema, psoriasis or acne

Dermatology

  • Improve your diagnostic skills of common rashes
  • Know how to manage them
  • Distinguish the ones that need referring

Speaker: Dr Angelika Razzaque

11:15 - 12:00

Sex and the heart

CVRM

  • ED is a marker of underlying cardiac disease, but we are not asking!
  • Sex is beneficial in terms of life expectancy
  • Sex is safe in evaluated patients
  • Guidelines exist and exercise tests may be helpful
  • PDE5 inhibitor drugs are cardio-protective and nitrates have no prognostic benefit

Speaker: Professor Mike Kirby

12:00 - 12:45

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Women's Health

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12:00 - 12:45

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Dermatology

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12:00 - 12:45

Sponsor session

CVRM

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12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

Dermatology Women's Health CVRM

13:45 - 14:00

Frailty: Management in Primary Care and the Community

Women's Health

  • Frailty basics and why it is important
  • Identification and management of frailty in primary care
  • Role of the Community Frailty Team

Speaker: Dr Alistair Robertson

13:45 - 14:30

How to apply the new British Asthma Guidelines in clinical practice

Dermatology

  • How to make a realistic and accurate diagnosis
  • How to manage those with a new diagnosis
  • How to manage those already on treatment to get them up to date

Speaker: Dr Steve Holmes

13:45 - 14:30

Earlier cancer diagnosis

CVRM

  • Key principles of early diagnosis
  • Barrier of the above and how to overcome 
  • The future 

14:30 - 15:00

Sponsor session

Women's Health

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14:30 - 15:15

Sponsor session

Dermatology

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14:30 - 15:15

S6 COPD: Think Different, Stay Curious

CVRM

  • Preventing the development and decline of COPD
  • How best to manage COPD to improve outcomes
  • Looking to the future

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee break

Women's Health

15:15 - 15:30

Coffee break

Dermatology

15:15 - 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 - 15:15

Sponsored session

Women's Health

15:30 - 16:15

Sponsored session

Dermatology

15:30 - 16:15

Sponsored session

CVRM

16:15 - 17:00

Gastroenterology

Women's Health

16:15 - 17:00

Cancer care

Dermatology

16:15 - 17:00

Paediatrics update

CVRM

This event is made possible by sponsorship from organisations including pharmaceutical companies, med tech companies and service providers, none of which have influenced the event agenda, content development or the choice of speakers, except for the sponsored symposia presentations. Sessions delivered with input from our supporters will always be marked on the programme and a list of all sponsors can be found here.