November 2023
Chair: Graham Stretch, PCPA President, Chief Pharmacist and Partner, Argyle Healthcare
Speaker: James Hipperson, Lead Pharmacist and Partner, Lawson Road Surgery, Norwich
Key Takeaways:
- Approaches taken to help patients come off dependence forming medication
- The use of research to inform approaches
- The power of good prescribing data and patient aids
November 2023
Chair: Helen Williams, National Specialty Adviser for CVD Prevention, NHSE & Consultant Pharmacist for CVD
Speaker: Liz Corteville, CVDPREVENT QI Lead, NHS Benchmarking Network
3 key takeaways:
1. In the UK, atrial fibrillation (AF), high blood pressure (BP) and raised cholesterol levels are leading causes of heart attack and stroke, common conditions that account for a quarter of premature deaths and 25% of the life expectancy gap between most affluent and most deprived communities.
2. The national CVDPREVENT audit shows that many people with CVD risk factors are not on optimal treatment and that there are significant inequalities between different demographic groups.
3. Urgent action from the pharmacy profession is required to redress the current situation and save lives.
October 2023
Speakers:
- Graham Stretch, PCPA President, Chief Pharmacist and Partner, Argyle Healthcare
- Clare Howard, Clinical Lead for Medicines Optimisation at Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN)
October 2023
Chair: Clare Murray, PCPA Research Lead, Lecturer, Queens University Belfast
Speakers:
- Clair Huckerby, Chief (Consultant) Pharmacist, Our Health Partnership
- Serge Engamba, Vice Chair of the Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT), GP and Deputy Specialty Lead (East of England NIHR CRN)
Points to be covered:
- How pharmacy professionals can contribute to research from undergraduate to advanced level
- Practical examples of how pharmacy teams have engaged with research in Primary Care
- How you can make a start in your current role
- An Introduction to Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT)
October 2023
Speakers: Abbie Stirling, Emma Smith, Laura Butroid, Jemma- Rose Whittam
PCPA celebrates Pharmacy Technician Day
Points to be covered:
- Lipids: what do we mean?
- Understanding Q risk
- An approach to a lipids consultation
October 2023
Chair: Graham Stretch, PCPA President, Chief Pharmacist and Partner, Argyle Healthcare
Speakers: Tony Avery, National Clinical Director for Prescribing at NHS England, GP and Professor of Primary health Care, Nottingham University
Faye Prescott, Head of Medicines Optimisation - Morecambe Bay locality
Ruth Dales, Senior Improvement Manager and Patient Safety Specialist, Medicines Safety Improvement Programme
Key takeaways:
- Addressing overprescribing: Strategies for ICBs and Primary Care
- Deprescribing opioids in general practice: a case study from NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
October 2023
Speaker: Anne Holdoway, Consultant Dietitian.Chair: Graham Stretch, PCPA President, Chief Pharmacist and Partner.Three take away objectives:
• Develop skills to initiate nutrition conversations and integrate nutrition screening into pharmacy reviews to help identify undernutrition / malnutrition and seize opportunities to reinforce dietetic tips.
• Appreciate how nutritional status, body mass, muscle mass and diet can influence outcomes and metabolism of drugs prescribed to treat long term conditions.
• Understand what matters to patients and communicate the merit of dietary adjustments and nutrition support as part of a holistic approach to managing long-term conditions.
This webinar is brought to you by the Malnutrition Pathway and sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Nutricia.
October 2023
Speaker: Dr Sanjay Suman, Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Director of Elderly Care services at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Kent.
Key Takeaways
September 2023
Prevention is at the heart of NHS Long Term Plan and the foundation for many regional and local plans to tackle key population health issues, including cardiovascular disease
September 2023
Speakers:
- Hadeel Mohamed, Advanced Pharmacist Education & Training (South & East Leeds GP Group) and PhD researcher (University of Bradford)
- Dr Zoe Edwards, Lead Research Practitioner, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Practice Pharmacist, Affinity Care, Bradford
Points to be covered:
- Why research in primary care is important.
- The research pillar of the Advanced Pharmacist curriculum and how research could be relevant to your career progression
- First steps to finding out what research is happening in your area and how to get involved
July 2023
Speakers:
- Philip Newland Jones, Consultant Pharmacist for Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Hannah Beba, Consultant Pharmacist for Diabetes, Leeds Health and Care Partnership
Points to be covered:
- Review the weight management and remissions programme options during this time of GLP-1 shortages
- Opportunity to review other appropriate therapy and review of GLP-1 treatment
- Address psycho-social concerns relating to the shortages
This webinar has been funded by the Boehringer and Lilly (BI & Lilly) Alliance. The BI & Lilly Alliance have had no input into the agenda, speaker selection, presentations or collateral.
July 2023
Chair: Shelley Mannion, Pharmacy Professional Development Lead, Bradford College
Speakers:
- Laura Butroid, Pharmacy Technician, Well Up North Primary Care Network
- Jemma-Rose Whittam, Pharmacy Technician, South Central PCN
Points to be covered:
- Role comparison of a newly qualified pharmacy technician and experienced pharmacy technician
- Showcasing role development post registration and in the advanced role
- Further and higher education opportunities to enhance scope of practice
July 2023
Chair: Lelly Oboh, Consultant Pharmacist, Care of Older People, Overprescribing Pharmacist Lead SE London ICS
Speaker: Professor Tony Avery, OBE, GP and National Clinical Director for Prescribing at NHS England
Chair: Dr Graham Stretch, PCPA President and Chief Pharmacist and Partner Argyle Health Group
Speaker: Professor David Wright, Professor of Pharmacy, University of Leicester
Session 1: The importance of formulation in people with dysphagia
This talk will cover the following:
- Dysphagia definition and what it means for patients
- Dysphagia and how this affects medicines safety
- Practical advice and resources for pharmacists supporting people with dysphagia
This educational session has been sponsored by Rosemont and is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only.
May 2023
Speakers:
- Nipa Patel, PCPA Vice President London and the South East, Senior PCN Pharmacist, North West Surrey Heartlands
- Beth Harries, Senior Pharmacist with a Specialist Interest in Frailty, Sussex
Key takeaways:
- Guidance for effective reviewing of patients following their initial osteoporosis treatment duration
- Practical tips for counselling patients on osteoporosis treatment and helping them understand their ongoing treatment plan
- Case based discussions to support your clinical decision making regarding treatment next steps
This non-promotional webinar has been organised and funded by Amgen and is intended for UK Healthcare Practitioners only.
Website hosting page: SC-UKIE-AMG162-00542 Prep Date May 2023
May 2023
Chair: Nuala Hampson, Greener PCPA Lead, Lead Facilitator, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Speaker: Brian MacKenna, Director of NHS Service Analytics, Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Pharmacist Adviser, NHS England
Key Takeaways:
- An introduction to behaviour change
- Live demo of Open Prescribing and how to use it for Greener NHS work
- What makes prescribers change their behaviour - examples from OpenPrescribing research
May 2023
Speakers:
- Su Down, Nurse Consultant in Diabetes and Clinical Lead for the Intermediate Diabetes community service in Somerset
- Catherine Hilton, GP Practice Pharmacist, Townsend House Practice, Seaton
Agenda:
- Considerations when reviewing Continuous Glucose Monitoring data
- Diabetes Management in Primary Care - case based discussions.
This session is funded by Abbott's diabetes care division and is intended for UK Healthcare Practitioners only.
April 2023
Chair: Darush Attar-Zadeh, Respiratory Lead PCN Pharmacist
Speaker: June Roberts, Independent Respiratory Nurse Consultant
This session covers:
- Diagnosis of COPD and initial treatment and management
- 5 Fundamentals of COPD Care
- Tobacco dependency - smoking cessation
- The Very Brief Advice approach - Ask: Advise: Act
March 2023
Speakers: Helen Williams and Robin Conibere
Key Takeaways:
1. FH is a genetic condition associated with very high cholesterol levels which result in early CV events and increased risk of death
2. Primary care needs to consider FH as a possibility in patients with high cholesterol levels and take steps to confirm or exclude a diagnosis
3. Statins and second line lipid lowering therapies should be optimised to lower LDL by more than 50% and reduce CV risks associated with FH
March 2023
Speakers: Graham Stretch, Sophie Liggat, Abbie Stirling
This webinar covers face to face and telephone consultations and discusses difficult conversations, the use of chaperones, access for all patients and taking care of yourself.
February 2023
An overview of Lipids management and case study discussion.
Speakers:
Robin Conibere, PCPA SW VP & Pharmacist Partner Beacon Medical Group
Helen Williams, Consultant Pharmacist for CVD & National Speciality Adviser for CVD Prevention, NHSE
2023
December 2022
Chair: Sue Alldred, PCPA VP North
Speaker: Philip Newland Jones, Consultant Pharmacist Diabetes & Endocrinology, Clinical Director Diabetes & Endocrinology University Hospitals Southampton
3 Key learnings
- What and how to measure blood glucose beyond SMBG
- Understanding Time in Range in the management of diabetes
- Guidance and eligibility - Who and what
This webinar has been sponsored by Abbott Diabetes Care Division and is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.
December 2022
Chair: Graham Stretch, PCPA President and Chief Pharmacist and Partner Argyle Health Group
Speaker: Ravi Sharma, Head of Pharmacy and Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Key Takeaways:
- To understand the principles underlying the use of genetic information to inform prescribing
- To understand the NHS policy landscape and approach for implementing pharmacogenomics
- To gain insight into some practical examples of how pharmacogenomics can improve patient care and safety
- The potential impacts of pharmacogenomics on the NHS and patient care
- To be aware of the enablers and barriers to implementing pharmacogenomics into clinical practice
December 2022
Chair: Robin Conibere, PCPA SW VP
Speaker: Kavita Oberoi, Founder & Managing Director of Oberoi Consulting
Key takeaways:
- Understanding the coding that places patients on QOF heart failure registers
- Understanding how the value of a Heart Failure QOF point is calculated
- The importance of accurately coding patients with heart failure from a clinical perspective
This webinar is presented by Kavita Oberoi and contains promotional information on their product. There are other systems available.
November 2022
Speakers: Shelley Mannion, Rachel Rowlands, Emma Smith, Abbie Stirling, Graham Stretch
Key Takeaways:
- Pharmacy Technician clinical roles in practice
- Resources supporting clinical practice development
- Professional development supporting clinical roles
October 2022
Chair: Robin Conibere, PCPA Vice President SW, Practice Clinical Pharmacist, Beacon medical Group
Speaker: Helen Williams, National Specialty Adviser for CVD Prevention, Consultant Pharmacist for CVD, South London
Key Takeaways:
- What is FH?
- How is FH detected and managed?
- What is the role of primary care?
Speakers:
- Dr Graham Stretch, PCPA President and Chief Pharmacist-Partner Argyle Health Group
- Nick Haddington, Pharmacy Dean for the South West, Thames Valley and Wessex, Nationally Leading on IETP years 104, Health Education England
- Deborah Moreno-Chamorro, Independent Prescribing Lead, University of the West of England
Key takeaways:
- How to become a DPP
- How to access training, resources and support
- Gain practical insights from a Pharmacist DPP
Speakers: Clare Morlidge, Lead Renal Pharmacist Lister Hospital Stevenage, Cathy Pogson, Renal Pharmacist, Portsmouth and Chaandni Sharma, Lead & Senior GP Clinical Pharmacist, SW London
July 2022
Speakers: Clare Morlidge, Lead Renal Pharmacist Lister Hospital Stevenage, Charlotte Mallindine, Advanced Renal Pharmacist, Lister Hospital, Stevenage
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the pharmacist role in prevention and identification of AKI & CKD
- To be confident in counselling patients around sick day guidance
- To be confident in dose titrating in renal impairment
July 2022
Speaker: Su Down, Diabetes Nurse Consultant, Somerset
Learning outcomes:
- How to view and understanding the data in the App.
- Viewing Time in Range, making it meaningful to the patient
- Use of language to maximise the consultation
This webinar is funded by Abbott's diabetes care division and is intended for UK Healthcare Practitioners only.
2022
July 2022
Speakers: Graham Stretch, Nuala Hampson & Wendy Tyler-Batt
Download resource pack: pcpa.co/PharmacyDeclares
June 2022
Speakers: Shelley Mannion, Helen Belben, Kate Edwards, Sophie Liggat, Abbie Stirling
Objectives:
- Explore how best to utilise PTPTs in Primary Care during their Initial Education and Training
- Challenges faced within these roles and on training sites
May 2022
Speakers: Samantha Cudby, Lelly Oboh and Louise Nash
Objectives:
April 2022
Speakers:
Robin Conibere, Anne Joshua, Luvjit Kandula and Ann Neville
Key takeaway messages:
- What is the progress of GP CPCS nationally
- How to embed GP CPCS into general Practice and Community Pharmacy
- How to achieve integrated working relationships
March 2022
Speakers: Sotiris Antoniou, Consultant CV Pharmacist, and Nipa Patel, Lead PCN Pharmacist
Objectives- The prevalence of severe Hypercholesterolaemia/FH - Preparation for the national DES in April - Identifying patients suitable for secondary care refereal
This non-promotional webinar has been organised and funded by Amgen and is intended for UK Healthcare Practitioners only.
Job code: SC-UKIE-AMG145-00867 Date of Prep: February 2022
February 2022
Chair: Helen Williams. Speakers: Professor Stephen Wheatcroft, Dr Waqas Tahir
Objectives:
- How to identify heart failure
- How to optimise treatment for heart failure
- How to understand the pathway of care for heart failure patients
This webinar has been sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim and has been developed with and reviewed by them to ensure compliance with ABPI requirement
NP-GB-102720 Feb 2022
January 2022
Speakers: Dr Graham Stretch, Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders, Katy Mellor
Summary: (What Matters Most) conversations in future care planning
A compassionate bereavement response + practice bereavement support tools
Daffodil Standards - quality improvement ideas for EOLC medications
Review of common agents and symptom progression and control
Speakers: Dr Graham Stretch and Anne Bentley
- The effects of anticholinergics
- Practical Approaches to medication review
- Initiatives to reduce anticholinergic burden
December 2021
Speakers: Helen Kilminster, Nipa Patel, Ade Williams
2021 DES specification
Community Pharmacy perspective
Opportunities in Respiratory Care
December 2021
Webinar: Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention
Speakers: Dr Graham Stretch, Dr Mohammed Abbas Khaki and Sam Cudby. Osteoporosis management and the role of vitamin D and calcium.
This webinar has been fully funded by Thornton and Ross part of the STADA Group. The views are those of the speaker and not of the company. This is intended for UK Health Care professionals only.
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December 2021
SPEAKERS: Professor Tony Avery and Delia Bishara
October 2021
Speakers: Shelley Mannion, Sophie Liggat, Gwen Yale, Graham Stretch and Daisy Brookes
October 2021
Speakers: Dr Graham Stretch and Dr Roger Henderson
Sponsored by Thornton & Ross, part of the Stada Group
October 2021
Overprescribing Review by Graham Stretch PCPA
September 2021
Speakers: Lucy Eldridge and Sam Cudby
September 2021
Speakers: Graham Stretch, Helen Williams, Nipa Patel, Helen Kilminster
This webinar explains the rationale for and the implementation of the BP@Home Service
July 2021
Speaker: Debbie Hollywood
Practical guidance on the deprescribing process at a practice level
July 2021
Speakers: Babir Malik, Sadia Qayyum
An interactive revision session for trainees
July 2021
Speakers: Beenal R Rajyaguru and Babir Malik
An interactive revision session for trainees
July 2021
This webinar was developed in partnership with the NPA.
July 2021
Speakers: Babir Malik and Khalid Khan
An interactive revision session for trainees
July 2021
Speaker: Yasir Sacrani. An interactive revision session for trainees.
June 2021
Speaker: Yasir Sacranie
An interactive revision session for trainee pharmacists
June 2021
Speakers: Babir Malik and Sadia Qayyum
An interactive revision session for trainees
June 2021
Presented by Dr Barry Jubraj & Dr Graham Stretch
Giving a history and transfer of information - Medicines administration at home - Consulting with those with a learning disability - Thinking of the parent or carer?
April 2021
Practical survival tips and strategies from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists and PCPA
April 2021
March 2021
An interactive revision session based around BNF Chapter 3. Speakers: Babir Malik, Nipa Patel and Dr Toby Capstick
March 2021
Presented by Dr Graham Stretch and Darshna Patel - February 2021
February 2021
An interactive revision session with quizzes based around BNF Chapter 4 Speakers: Babir Malik, Laura Buckley, Sue Alldred
February 2021
Presented by Helen Williams and Babir Malik
February 2021
Speakers: Graham Stretch, Helen Williams, Terry Dowling, Nipa Patel
February 2021
Speakers: Dharinee Hansjee and Graham Stretch. Featuring Diagnosis and management, Care Home Charter
January 2021
Maximising the Potential of Remote Patient Contact
"Coach Don't Tell": An Engagement and Motivational, Consultation Approach
November 2020
Diabetes Risk Stratification and Management
Demonstration of Quantis.
November 2020
FEATURING The role of Pharmacy Technicians in Primary Care, CPPE Pathway
September 2020
FEATURING PCPA Induction Pack & Guide to employing a GPPT, Training and Development and Questions to the Panel
September 2020
Recording of the follow up PCPA Webinar Managing COVID-19 in Care Homes 14.5.20
May 2020
Recording of the PCPA Webinar Managing COVID-19 in Care Homes 7.5.20
May 2020
PCPA presents this case based webinar with expert presentations and case studies.
April 2020