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Hospital Open Day June 2008

We had another open day this year, organised by Dr Julian Barth and Keith Allen at Leeds.

The open day was at Britannia House, Britannia Road, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0DQ,  on Sunday 1st June 2008.

The programme was
10.30 Coffee
11.00 am.    Welcome Keith Allen, Consultant Clinical Scientist.
11.15 am.    John Chamberlayne, News/update on the BPA and discussion of local groups
11.45 am.    The AIP Study, Dr Helen Murphy, Liverpool
12.15 pm.    Cutaneous Porphyria: Dermatological Aspects,  (Speaker will be a Dermatologist)
12.45 pm.    Role of the Laboratory: Dr Elizabeth Fox, Biochemist, Leeds
1.15 pm.      Lunch followed by Laboratory tour (in groups)
3.15 pm.      Question & Answer Session
4.00 pm.      End

Lunch/Coffee was provided by courtesy of Orphan Europe UK Ltd.

Previous open days have proved to be very popular, and this was equally interesting.