Food Allergy Workshop

Action Against Allergy workshop for parents of allergic children.

Introduction:
Professor Gideon Lack, Head of Service, Children's Allergy Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Food allergy basics and possible new treatments:
Dr Adam Fox, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Treating allergic reactions, when to use an Epipen, allergy in school:
Roisin Fitzsimons, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Parent's perspective:
Alice Sherwood, author, lecturer and mother of a severely allergic son.
Question time:
The panel lead interactive discussion of parents' questions.

This workshop will advise on how to treat your child when they have an allergic reaction and answer such questions as: should you be carrying adrenaline with you? What are the prospects of a cure for food allergy?