Annual Irish Dermatology Nurses Association Meeting

Programme: Europa Hotel, Belfast: Friday 9th May 2025

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08.00 – 08.50: Registration

09.20- 9.30: Opening Remarks & Welcome

09.30 -10.00: Vulval Dermatoses

Dr Eilís Níc Dhonncha, Consultant Dermatologist, Galway University Hospital , Saolta Group

10.00 -10.30: IDNAL Business meeting and AGM

10.30 – 11.15: Coffee/ Exhibition

11.15 -12.15: Teledermatology/AI

Dr Julia Schofield, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Lincolnshire, UK

12.00- 12.45: Patch testing – Tips for best practice

Dr Deirdre Buckley, Consultant Dermatologist, Sulis Hospital, Bath, UK

12.45 -14.15: Lunch / Exhibition

14.15 -14.55: The myths and misconceptions of food allergy and its impact on QoL

Mairéad Sheehan, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Children’s Allergies , CHI Crumlin, Dublin

14.55 – 16.45: Top Tips Session

14.55 – 15.15: Top Tips Phototherapy Ann Kavanagh & Ruth McCarthy, St Vincents University Hospital

15.15 – 15.35: Paediatrics- Ulcerated Haemangiomas Annette Durkan & Annmarie Ormonde, CHI Crumlin

15.35 – 15.55: Biologics for psoriasis: Coping with the revolution Deirdre Kennedy St James Hospital

15.55 – 16.15: Top Tips Efudix Niamh Beatty, Galway University Hospital & Louise Flemming St Vincents University Hospital

16.15 – 16.45 Top Tips Open Forum & Panel Discussion

16.45: Closing Remarks and Meeting Close