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PCPA North Symposium 17th March via Zoom

March 17, 2022   Online

PCPA North Symposium via Zoom. 

Develop your clinical knowledge through interactive practical workshops and delivered by nationally renowned experts.

This event is FREE and open to all pharmacy professionals.

Places are limited and priority given to PCPA members. This is a national event but with a regional flair.

This is an online event 12.40 - 16.30. This event will be locked from 1pm onwards. Parts of this event will be recorded.

Workshops selections will be released, once they become live. If you do not make a selection, these will be made on your behalf.
 
Once your place has been confirmed, we will send you your delegate pack which will include your bespoke Zoom login details and the event programme. This will be sent just prior to the event.
 
This event will be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies through the purchase of Exhibition sessions.
These companies have had no input into the design or content of the event agenda, except where a company has a separate company sponsored workshop. This promotional educational sessions have been sponsored and developed by the companies shown and is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only: Abbott, Amgen, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, FDB, Nutricia.

Agenda

12.40 - 13.05    Expert Panel Session: Question Time - Managing the Backlogs - Insights and Innovations: 

  • Chair - Sue Alldred
  • Speakers: Juliet Bell - Lis Farquhar - Kate Gatenby -Gareth Malson - Shelley Mannion

13.10 - 13.25    Educational Exhibition Session 1

13.30 - 14.10    Workshop Session 1

14.15 - 14.30    Educational Exhibition Session 2

14.30 - 14.40    Comfort Break

14.40 - 15.20    Workshop Session 2

15.25 - 15.40   Educational Exhibition Session 3

15.40 - 15.50    Comfort Break

15.40 - 16.30   Workshop Session 3

16.30   Close

Workshop Sessions

Please select which session you would like to attend from the options below, then scroll down to click the Submit Workshop Choices button. We will endeavour to grant your first choice where possible. If sessions are oversubscribed, we will allocate you an alternative session.


Your selections will be sent in a Personalised Agenda prior to the Event. PCPA does not print agendas for environmental reasons.

We look forward to welcoming you to this PCPA event.

13.10 - 13.25    Educational Exhibition Session 1


The Triangle of Diabetes Care – Three goals for better outcomes

  • Improving HbA1C
  • Reducing the frequency of hypoglycaemia
  • Limiting glucose variability
  • Why they are all important in managing everyday up and downs of diabetes and reducing the risk of long term complications to improve overall health and wellbeing

This promotional educational session has been organised and fully funded by Abbott and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only


Anticoagulation Management for Treatment of Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Putting the Patient First - A Shared Decision

  • Shared Decision making is widely encouraged to improve patient satisfaction, medication, persistence, adherence and patients should be actively involved in their anticoagulation treatment decisions
  • Select a DOAC that is simple for you and simple for your patient

This promotional educational session has been organised and fully funded by Bayer and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only. Adverse Event Reporting and Prescribing Information is available at the end of this presentation (February 2022. RP-XAR-GB-3923)


Opportunities for Optimisation in COPD

  • The coronavirus pandemic has caused a backlog of patients across several therapy areas including COPD, now is an important time to build a stratified view of COPD risk amongst patients.
  • How can GSK Respiratory help provide a benefit for patients, the NHS and the environment. 
  • What services and solutions can GSK offer to support identification, review and optimisation of patients with COPD.

This is a promotional session from GSK and will discuss GSK medicines 


13.30 - 14.10    Workshop Session 1


Osteoporosis - FRAX, DEXA and parental therapies - Speaker: Dr Shabina Sultan

Key points:

  • Risk Assessment (FRAX/Qscore) and who needs DEXA
  • How often to repeat DEXA, who and when to consider ‘drug holidays’
  • When and who to refer for parental therapies

This workshop session has been organised and fully funded by AMGEN and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only


Help! How do I review a patient with chronic pain? - Speaker: Lis Farquhar

Key points:
  • Look at the role of a health care professional in helping someone learn to live well with chronic pain
  • How does medication fit into this? What is realistic to expect?
  • How to encourage conversations that equip people to make informed choices

14.15 - 14.30    Educational Exhibition Session 2


The bigger picture in Type 2 Diabetes – the Cardio-Renal-Metabolism (CRM) System

Key points:

  • Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at increased risk of experiencing cardiovascular (CV) and renal complications, and they contribute to substantial burden to the healthcare system.
  • Progression of interrelated diseases (T2D, CV and kidney disease) can occur due to dysfunction of the CRM system, which in turn may lead to an increased risk of CV death.
  • Proactive management of the CRM risk factors requires a holistic view of the patient and a range of tools and resources are available to support this high risk patient group

This promotional educational session has been organised and fully funded by Boehringer Ingelheim and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only


Osteoporosis: helping patients adhere to medication in primary care

Key points:

  • Prolong – the Prolia patient support programme
  • Prolia Proactive – GP system searches to help manage Prolia patients
  • MIMs learning – CPD accredited osteoporosis training

This promotional educational session has been organised and fully funded by Amgen and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only


Malnutrition and nutrition impact symptoms in cancer: the role of the primary care Pharmacist

Key points:

  • Nutrition impact symptoms– what they are and the Pharmacist’s role in supporting management
  • Identifying the right ONS to support patients struggling with cancer symptoms
  • Overview of new Malnutrition Pathway cancer resources

This promotional educational session has been organised and fully funded by Nutricia and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only


14.40 - 15.20    Workshop Session 2


Evolving Developments in the Management of Asthma (This session contains promotion) - Speaker Professor Dave Singh

Key points:

  • Asthma Guidelines
  • Triple Therapy in Asthma
  • The carbon footprint of inhalers

This session is sponsored by Chiesi Ltd and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only


High Risk Drug Monitoring for Older Patients - The Role of the Pharmacy Technician - Speaker: Shelley Mannion 

Key Points:

  • Understanding the risks associated with high risk drugs and older patients.
  • Pharmacy Techinican Led High Risk Drug Monitoring in Care Homes.
  • Developing the role of Pharmacy Technician to Support High Risk Drug Monitoring in Care Homes.


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