UK & Ireland Natural Family Planning Conference 2012


I have been asked by my friend Jackie Parkes to help publicise this up and coming event:

UK & Ireland Natural Family Planning Conference 2012

Natural Family Planning refers to teaching methods that use the cyclical pattern of female fertility to help couples achieve their fertility intentions. 
We are holding an NFP conference to help us learn more about this subject and to network with others teachers in the UK and Ireland. Please join us!

Conference Details

When: Saturday 10th Nov
ember, 11am – 5pm. Registration & refreshments available from 10.15am.
Where: The ReachOut! Centre, 6 Oxford Place, Manchester, M14 5RZ.

Speakers:

• Dr John Kelly is a retired Obstetrician Gynaecologist who has previously worked in both London and Birmingham. He is a specialist in Symptothermal methods who promotes NFP in the UK and abroad.
• Dr Phil Boyle is a General Practitioner and a Certified FertilityCare Medical Consultant. He runs two NaProTechnologyTM clinics in Ireland.
• Dr John-Paul O’Sullivan is a final year trainee in General Practice in the West of Scotland. He has trained in both the Billings Ovulation Method TM and the Creighton Model FertilityCare SystemTM.
• Dr Helen Davies is a General Practitioner who became interested in NFP whilst working in Australia. She has taught the Billings Ovulation Method TM for more than 30years and runs the Billings Ovulation Method TM Centre in Crawley, West Sussex.
• Dr Olive Duddy is a retired GP who trained and worked in Manchester. She is also a Symptothermal method teacher and Chair of the Natural Family Planning Teachers Association in the UK.
• Margaret Neale is a national and international Educator with the Creighton Model FertilityCare SystemTM. She works with clients at the Life FertilityCare Clinic in Leamington Spa as part of her work in the UK.


Cost: £20. This includes the use of conference facilities, refreshments throughout the day and a networking lunch.

Next Steps:

Please contact nfpconference@hotmail.co.uk if you are interested in attending this event. A booking form will be available in the next few weeks for interested parties. Spaces on the conference are unfortunately limited so early booking is advised to avoid disappointment.
We look forward to meeting you soon!


Drs Anne Carus, Chris Evans & John-Paul O’Sullivan, Organisers

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