PCPA Leadership Conference - London

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About the event

Book your place early before the event is oversubscribed!

Join PCPA at our inaugural Primary Care Leadership Conference.

Network with pharmacy leaders and discover innovative solutions together.

This event is FREE and open to all pharmacy leaders and senior pharmacy professionals in primary care. Priority is given to PCPA members. 

For this event there is a £50 "No Show" fee, if you do not attend or cancel 48hrs prior to the event. Once place has been confirmed, we will be contacting ALL confirmed registrants by phone to confirm attendance prior to the event.

Please note: Pictures of the event will be taken to be used in promotional mailings to PCPA members. If you do not wish for your photo to be taken, please advise the PCPA registration desk on the day.

This event will be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies through the purchase of Exhibition stands.

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. The following attending sponsors will have an exhibition stand at this event: A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Daiichi Sankyo, Glenmark, Novartis, Optum, Rosemont, Theramex.

Information at these stands is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only.

Venue: Friends House Euston, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ

Agenda

09.00 - 09.20    Registration: Meet, greet and network with colleagues from across your region

09.20 - 09.25    Welcome to the day - Graham Stretch & Helen Kilminster

09.25 - 09.55    Panel Discussion: Building the Future of Primary Care Pharmacy: Engaging in the NHS 10-Year Plan

09.55 - 10.05    Join the conversation: What’s important to you right now? This session has been sponsored by Optum, which has had no input into the content, organisation, conduct, or outputs relating to the Event.

10.05 - 10.50    Workshop Session 1 - Choice of 2 workshops

10.50 - 11.20    Refreshment break and exhibition

11.20 - 12.10    Workshop Session 2 - Choice of 2 workshops

12.10 - 13.10    Lunch and exhibition

13.10 - 14.05    Workshop Session 3 - Choice of 2 workshops

14.05 - 14.25    Refreshment break and exhibition

14.25 - 15.10    Workshop Session 4 - Choice of 2 workshops

15.10 - 15.55    Staff retention- Brainstorming, Sharing Challenges and Successes

15.55 - 16.00    Round Up and Close      

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Workshops

09.25 - 09.55    

Building the Future of Primary Care Pharmacy: Engaging in the NHS 10-Year Plan. Speaker: Richard Cattell

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10.05 - 10.50    Workshop Session 1

Delivering Pharmacy Prescribing - Return on investment  Speakers: Graham Stretch & Wasim Baqir

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Leadership in CVD Prevention - What does it look like for me? Speaker: Helen Williams

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11.20 - 12.10    Workshop Session 2

Progress Towards Advanced Practice for GP Pharmacy Technicians  Speakers: Nicola Stockmann & Abbie Stirling

Key points:

• Barriers we currently face collectively and personally: confidence vs. competence
• How to advocate for pharmacy, your profession and you
• Understanding of current APTUK post-qualification work around career frameworks and pathways for pharmacy technicians.

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Closing the Health Inequalities gap- Best practice initiatives  Speakers: Sarah Baig & Nazir Hussain

Key points:

• Understanding and improving that patient journey is essential to improving respiratory outcomes.
• Small changes can have a huge impact on the lives of respiratory patients.
• Targeting and managing high-risk respiratory patients in primary care is an effective way of tackling health inequalities in respiratory care. 

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13.10 - 14.05    Workshop Session 3 

Integrating Pharmacy Teams Across Primary Care Speakers: Vanessa Burgess & Shilpa Shah

Key points:

• Tips on what you can you do differently in your area of practice with respect to integration.
• How can you build relationships with other pharmacy colleagues in Primary Care?
• Can you have a portfolio career?

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Current Dilemmas in Medicines Optimisation Speakers: Sophie Bhandary & Raliat Onatade & Minesh Parbat

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14.25 - 15.10    Workshop Session 4

Negotiating Skills Speaker: Roisin O’Hare

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Deprescribing Challenges and Successes in the Frail Elderly Speaker: Sundus Jawad

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15.10 - 15.55    

Staff Retention - Sharing Challenges and Successes  Chair: Sue Alldred. Panel: Scott Gill, Jimmy Hipperson, Gareth Malson, Minesh Parbat & Nipa Patel

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Please note:

All places will be confirmed but are on a provisional basis. 

PCPA will contact all registrants to confirm their final place.

PCPA provide all sponsors/exhibitors with a full delegate list. This includes name, job title and county and does not contain any contact details. By registering for this event, you are in agreement with this information to be shared in a closed environment.