Date: Saturday October 16th 2021

Venue: Jury’s Inn, Godstow Road, Oxford OX2 8AL

We were delighted to hold the 2021 Kangaroo Club Information Day as an in person event, it was an enjoyable and interesting day, at a great new venue.

From 10:00 Registration, with Coffee on Arrival

10:30 Welcome, Domestics and Introduction – Laura Dunn, Kangaroo Club Chairman

10.45 The Pathogenesis and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Dr Oliver Brain, Consultant Gastroenterologist, OUH NHS Foundation Trust

11:15 An Update on Pouch Surgery and Subsequent Monitoring – Mr Bruce George, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, OUH NHS Foundation Trust, and Kangaroo Club President, with Ms Kat Baker, IBD Surgeon, OUH NHS Foundation Trust

11.45 Brief Break

11.55 Thoughts of the Pioneers – Mr Michael Kettlewell, Retired Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, OUH NHS Foundation Trust, and Professor Derek Jewell, Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College and Professor Emeritus of Gastroenterology, University of Oxford.

12.20 Diet – a panel discussion, open to questions from the floor, led by Angie Perrin, Clinical Education Lead, Salts Healthcare

12.50 Lunch – and an opportunity to meet and chat with other pouch owners and their partners

13.30 Kangaroo Club Update and AGM

13.45 Pharmaceutical Advice – Sarah Cripps, Gastro-Pharmacist, OUH NHS Foundation Trust

14:15 Brief break

14:25 Pilates Exercises for Good Pouch Function – Beverly Chandler, Certified (Level 4) Therapeutic Pilates Instructor

14.55 What is the Salts Academy? – Angie Perrin

15.05 Nursing Pouch Support – Fran Woodhouse and Simon Turley, Senior Specialist Nurses, Colorectal Nursing Team, OUH NHS Foundation Trust

15.20 Question and Answer Session – Fran Woodhouse and Simon Turley – Led by Angie Perrin, Clinical Education Lead, Salts Healthcare

16:00 End