Winner of BAS competition announced

The British Association of Sclerotherapists is delighted to announce that Gaynor Hughes of Aistheta in Somerset and Dorset is the lucky winner of the "Win a Free Place" Competition. 

The prize is a complimentary ticket to attend the BAS 2018 conference on 15th May at Dorney Lake Conference Centre, near Windsor, as a guest of the British Association of Sclerotherapists. BAS conferences attract an audience of vascular surgeons, medical aesthetic practitioners and vascular and sclerotherapy nurses from throughout the UK and Ireland, providing highly relevant CPD for all who offer vein treatments.

Gaynor, who has been working in aesthetics since 2011, is an independent nurse prescriber and member of both BACN (British Association of Cosmetic Nurses) and The ACE (Aesthetic Complications Expert) Group. She became a full member of The British Association of Sclerotherapists in January this year, and this will be the first BAS conference she has attended. 

She says: " I am thrilled to be the winner of the BAS free place competition for the 2018 conference! The programme has a superb mix of topics and I am so looking forward to hearing from the experts and leaders in this field. It is a great opportunity to update my skills and increase my knowledge in microsclerotherapy especially the sessions that cover venous anatomy, understanding techniques and complications, observing live demonstrations and much more. It is good to see that the day is designed for both doctors and nurse specialists alike."

Conference ​Highlights: 

• Mr Ian Franklin, Honorary Secretary of the Venous Forum, presents on Treating varicose veins and also Pelvic congestion syndrome
• Mr Jonothan Earnshaw of Gloucester Royal Infirmary addresses the Management of perforating veins
• Monica Smith, Clinical Trainer at Medi UK discusses Modern management of lymphoedema
• Judy Holdstock, Senior Vascular Scientist and Dr Steven Tristram, Consultant Vascular Physician, speak on Duplex ultrasound imaging and Doppler evaluation respectively
• On improving sclerotherapy outcomes, topics include How to make foam sclerotherapy work for you, Venous anatomy of telangiectases and reticular veins, Pre-treatment evaluation and counselling of microsclerotherapy patients, and Avoiding complications.
• The ever-popular expert demonstrations of foam sclerotherapy (Mr Philip Coleridge Smith) and microsclerotherapy (Julie Halford RGN and Claire Judge RGN)
• Delegates can visit one of the meeting sponsors, Ultrasound Technologies, to try out a Doppler and obtain feedback on how best to use a Doppler for venous evaluation.

Full programme can be seen on BAS website https://www.bassclerotherapy.com/events/2018-sclerotherapy-conference/programme/"Conference Date: Tuesday 15th May 2018Venue: Dorney Lake Conference Centre near Windsor and London HeathrowHow to book: BAS website https://www.bassclerotherapy.com/events/2018-sclerotherapy-conference/register/