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BSLM Newsletter: May 2020
We hope you're well.
Dear member,
The global COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented pressures on our healthcare teams. This is undoubtedly the worst communicable disease pandemic we have faced in our lifetimes.
Meanwhile millions still suffer with chronic, non-communicable conditions. Lifestyle medicine remains as critical as ever to their treatment, management and reversal.
Our newsletter this month brings you some important news from the society, and from the world of lifestyle medicine.
Thank you for your support and stay well.
BSLM2020 conference
We announced earlier this week that due to COVID-19 we are moving our virtual annual conference to September.
This will be our first ever online conference, bringing together expert speakers covering all aspects of lifestyle medicine.
We do hope you can join us for what promises to be a truly special event.
At this stage, our plan is still to hold IBLM certification exams in London on June 26th and in Edinburgh on October 24th.
And we still want you to submit your poster presentation abstracts for the online conference—however we have now extended the deadline for these to June 26th.
For details on the conference, the certification exam and our call for abstracts head to our website.
To book tickets for BSLM 2020 head to Eventdex.
Virtual group consultations
Providing continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions is a key challenge for healthcare professionals during COVID-19.
Innovation is needed to ensure patients get the support they need. Virtual group consultations are one such innovation.
During April and May, BSLM is running a series of free webinars with leading experts in group consultations. The webinars will give you the tools and resources needed to start virtual consultations now with your patients.
Find out more at bslm.org.uk/vgc.
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Lifestyle Medicine news
NULMS relaunch
The National Union of Lifestyle Medicine Students has relaunched with a new logo and a new vision for energising medical students interested in lifestyle medicine.
The society wants to start a new dialogue around lifestyle medicine and what it means to students.
A new NULMS team is to be unveiled soon. You can read more from NULMS President and BSLM Undergraduate Director Abe Ellahi Bashir on our website.
In the meantime please keep up to date with news from NULMS via their social media channels: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Lifestyle medicine in the media
BSLM has been making the headlines in recent weeks. Quotes and insight from our chairman Rob Lawson and member Shireen Kassam were included in a feature on the benefits of lifestyle medicine which appeared in the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Scottish Herald.
You can read the full article here.
Meanwhile Dr Zoe Williams, BSLM director for London, recently presented an episode of the BBC’s Horizon programme exploring the science of calories and the genetic factors which affect our eating. You can watch the programme on the BBC’s iPlayer.
The BSLM at the Aberdeen Health and Wellness Festival 2020
BSLM was strongly represented at the Aberdeen Health and Wellbeing Festival at Robert Gordon University in January.
BSLM Regional Directors Dr Zoe Williams and Dr Julie Gray were joined by local GP Dr Adaeze Ifezulike at the event—the first of its kind in North East Scotland.
Thanks to all concerned for helping to promote lifestyle medicine and the society at the event!
Read Dr Gray’s report on the event on the BSLM website.
Patients are on song!
The Birley Singing Group, which now has around 30 members. Photo: Dawn Varney
Patients at Birley Health Centre in Sheffield are finding their voice with a new weekly singing session.
Practice nurse Dawn Varney has set up the group to help patients with a range of mental and physical conditions, from dementia to COPD.
A full report on the group’s success appeared in Sheffield’s local paper the Star.
Obesity and weight survey
The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Services is running a survey on obesity and weight.
The team want to hear what you think the priorities for research should be around this key lifestyle medicine related issue.
Head to the Nuffield website for more information and to take part.
New on the BSLM blog
Marmot 10 years on: The role of lifestyle medicine in reducing health inequality
By Dr Rob Lawson, BSLM Founder
The 2010 Marmot Review looked at the social and societal causes of health inequality in the UK. Ten years on, Dr Lawson reflects on lifestyle medicine's role in reducing health inequality, while discussing some of the wider societal issues that need to be tackled alongside individual health.
Send us your blog and newsletter ideas
Do you have an idea for a blog for the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine newsletter and website? Or would you like us to highlight your lifestyle medicine success stories? We’d particularly like to hear about evidence-based and innovative ways you are using lifestyle medicine in practice. Drop us an email by clicking here—we’d love to hear from you.
NHS Networks
The latest info from the NHS's news sharing service
Read the latest topical updates regarding Lifestyle Medicine from NHS Innovation's newswire.
- People not conditions—the cultural shift needed for population health management
- NHS launches mental health hotline for staff tackling Covid-19
- Support for children during the Covid-19 crisis
- Enabling remote working for GPs and practice staff
- Rebuilding our NHS: Why it's time to invest
- Promoting physical activity to manage long-term conditions
News from NICE
Community Events
There are many great community events coming up throughout the year. Here are just a few from the BSLM events page:
Saturday 16–Sunday 17 May 2020
Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance International Online Summit
Event Details +
The LMGA have moved their international summit online. The topic for this year is 'Leading change: Lifestyle Medicine in the anthropocene'. The summit will feature talks from an international cadre of Lifestyle Medicine experts.
NEW DATE: 09:00–17:00 Monday 7 December 2020
Kernow/Cornwall BSLM Conference 2020
Pavilion Centre, Royal Cornwall Showground, Whitecross, Wadebridge,
Cornwall PL27 7JE
Event Details +
We've rescheduled the 3rd Kernow British Society of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Cornwall to December. Speakers include TEDx speaker and founder of Primal Play Darryl Edwards, consultant gastroenterologist Dr Alan Desmond and consultant in public health Dr Caroline Court.
Submit events that you'd like to see included on the BSLM events page
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