Regional Maternity Survey Office
NORCAS ANNUAL MEETING
Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey
MONDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2015
THE DURHAM CENTRE, DURHAM, DH1 1TN
30 YEARS OF NORCAS SURVEILLANCE
09.15
Coffee and registration
09.45
Welcome – NorCAS Achievements and legacy
Martin Ward Platt Clinical Director, Regional Maternity Survey Office. Consultant Neonatal
paediatrician, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10.20
Recurrence of congenital anomalies in successive pregnancies
Judith Rankin Academic Director, Regional Maternity Survey Office. Professor of Maternal and
Perinatal Epidemiology, Newcastle University
10.40
Epidemiology of partial urorectal septum malformation sequence (or ‘persistent cloaca’)
in England and Wales
Peter Tennant Research Associate, Newcastle University
11.00
Coffee
11.15
Keynote: Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) and chromosomal microarrays - new
approaches to prenatal testing
Diana Wellesley Consultant in Clinical and Prenatal Genetics, Southampton University Hospital,
Register lead, Wessex Congenital Anomaly Register.
11.55
Changes in diagnostic testing – Implications for clinical practice.
Sheila MacPhail. Consultant in Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust.
12.20
Negotiating acceptable termination pf pregnancy for non-lethal fetal anomalies; health
professional and social care professional views
Lisa Crowe Research Associate, Newcastle University.
12.50
Public Health England – National congenital anomaly and rare disease registration.
Sarah Stevens Consultant in Public Health, Public Health England
13.15
Lunch
14.00
Pulse oximetry and the identification of congenital heart defects: results
Sundeep Harigopal Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14.20
A Systematic review of survival in children born with congenital heart disease
Kate Best PHD Student, Newcastle University
14.50
Trisomy 21 and the incidence of congenital heart disease
Joan Morris Professor of Medical Statistics, Wolfson institute, Director of the National Downs
Syndrome Cytogenetics Register (NDSCR)
15.20
Workshop choice
Congenital Talipes: Antenatal Diagnosis, Management, Postnatal Management and Outcome
Dr Karen Lincoln Consultant Obstetrician; Dr Kumar Kumarendran Consultant obstetrician ; Kendra Exley specialist
sonographer; Amanda Trees, senior physiotherapist James Cook University Hospital
Examination of the Newborn
Rob Bolton Associate Specialist Paediatrician, South Tyneside NHS FoundationTrust
Fetal anomaly screening programme: regional results
Nicola Miller: Co-ordinator Regional Maternity Survey Office , Public Health England
16.00
Close
Regional Maternity Survey Office
NORCAS ANNUAL MEETING
Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey
MONDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2015
THE DURHAM CENTRE, DURHAM, DH1 1TN
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Regional Maternity Survey Office
NorCAS - Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey NorSTAMP - Northern Survey of Twin and
Multiple Pregnancy NorDIP - Northern Diabetes in Pregnancy Survey PMS - Perinatal Mortality
Survey NNN - Northern Neonatal Network NECCPS - North of England Collaborative Cerebral
Palsy Survey