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21-22 NOVEMBER 2025
MANCHESTER CENTRAL

London

2025 Programme

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The full conference programme for CPC North 2025 is being released in stages, with each of the five conference theatre agendas unveiled one by one over the coming weeks.

Check back regularly to explore the latest agenda announcements and start planning your visit to 21-22 November 2025 at Manchester Central.

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09:30 10:15

Labelling of dispensed oral medicines for children

Clinical Theatre 1
13:00 13:45

CVD prevention: identifying and treating Familial Hypercholesterolaemia and high cholesterol

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Catherine Tucker, Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Integrated Care Team - Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
14:15 15:00

Antimicrobial stewardship – working together towards the National Action Plan

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Kevin Frost, Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Antimicrobials) - Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
15:15 16:00

Medicines optimisation opportunities and the 10 Year Plan

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Tony Avery, National Clinical Director for Prescribing - NHS England

Heather Holmes, Medicines Policy Lead - NHS England
16:15 17:00

Digitally empowered menopause clinics: the future of pharmacist-led women’s health

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Anthony Singh, BMS Accredited Menopause Specialist & Clinical Pharmacist

09:30 10:15

Yorkshire Heart Failure Academy

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Rani Khatib, Consultant Pharmacist in Cardiology & Cardiovascular Research - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Shannon Nickson, Lead Pharmacist Primary care education (Midlands and East of England), CPPE - Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education
13:00 13:45

Deprescribing: a journey towards optimal medication use

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Anita Imtiaz, Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Burnley East Primary Care Network
14:00 14:45

Lessons from regional aseptic pathfinder sites

Clinical Theatre 1
15:00 15:45

Promazine: a system-wide approach to tackling generational overprescribing across Greater Manchester (GM)

Clinical Theatre 1

09:30 10:15

Portfolio careers in pharmacy

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Chairperson

Reena Patel, Senior Healthcare Strategy Consultant & Principal Pharmacist - Leeds Health & Care Partnership - West Leeds PCN

Speakers

Yasir Sacranie, Director - MicroPharm

Maria Nasim, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow - NHS England
11:45 12:15

Addressing burnout and managing wellbeing: best practices for building a healthy and happy workplace.

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Join the team at Pharmacist Support,; the profession's independent charity, - for an enlightening session delving into the critical topic of wellbeing in the pharmacy profession. In this session, Dani ...

Speakers

Danielle Hunt, Chief Executive - Pharmacist Support

Melissa Cochrane, Wellbeing Development Senior Manager - Pharmacist Support
13:30 14:00

Opportunities for pharmacy within virtual wards and hospital at home

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Michelle O'Neill, Principal Pharmacist for Virtual Wards - Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Debra Morris, Principal Pharmacist for Hospital at Home - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
14:15 14:45

Environmental and social impacts of medicines waste in care homes

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Nuala Hampson, Pharmacy Lead and Senior Educator - The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
15:00 15:30

Bridging health inequalities: the role of translated medication labels

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Hashim Shah, Principal Pharmacist - BWC NHSFT Outpatient Pharmacy Services - Birmingham Women's and CHildren's NHS Trust
15:45 16:15

The path to credentialling

Innovation & Integration Theatre
16:30 17:00

Transforming Chronic Kidney Disease

Innovation & Integration Theatre

09:30 10:15

Embedding pharmacy research in practice

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Kayleigh Davison, Lead Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner & NIHR In Practice Fellow - Horden Group Practice, Easington Central PCN & Newcastle University
11:30 12:00

HIV drug interactions

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Lucy Hedley, HIVPA Deputy Chair & Lead Procurement Pharmacist – Pharmacy Procurement & Homecare - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
13:15 13:45

Session delivered by CPPE

Innovation & Integration Theatre
14:00 14:30

How can you support adult social care? A whole system approach

Innovation & Integration Theatre

A panel discussion around enhanced/advanced pharmacy technician roles using critical care as a case study which will be structured around the 4 pillars of practice.

Speakers

Alicia Robson, Pharmacist Specialist - Care Quality Commission
14:45 15:15

Extending the role of the Pharmacy Technician: a critical care case study

Innovation & Integration Theatre

In this panel session members of the critical care pharmacy community will talk about the expanded role that pharmacy technicians can deliver, covering the four pillars of professional practice - clin ...

Speakers

Adam Sutherland, Associate Professor in Healthcare Quality & Safety - University of Bradford
15:30 16:00

Session to be confirmed

Innovation & Integration Theatre

09:30 10:15

Pharmacy Technician professional practice

Keynote Theatre

Speakers

Liz Fidler, Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice - NHS England
13:00 13:45

The future of ICBs and ICSs within the current NHS England landscape

Keynote Theatre

Speakers

Richard Cattell, Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer - NHS England
14:15 15:00

Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England's keynote address

Keynote Theatre

Speakers

David Webb, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England - NHS England
15:15 16:00

Unified and collaborative pharmacy professional leadership: what does the future look like?

Keynote Theatre

Chairperson

Mahendra Patel, UKPPLAB Independent Expert Member - UKPPLAB

Speakers

Joseph Williams, BOPA Chair - British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)

Graham Stretch, President - PCPA

Amy Laflin, Vice President/Interim President - APTUK

Claire Anderson, President - Royal Pharmaceutical Society
16:15 17:00

Prescribing in Community Pharmacy; insights from the Pathfinder Programme

Keynote Theatre

The NHS England Independent Prescribing in Community Pharmacy Pathfinder Programme was designed to create a commissioning framework for prescribing in community pharmacy services. Key workstreams incl ...

Speakers

Wasim Baqir, Senior Pharmacist, Pharmacy Integration Fund - NHS England

Anne Joshua, Interim Deputy Director of Pharmacy Commissioning - NHS England

Jonnie Dance, Senior Analytical Manager - NHS England

09:30 10:15

Analogue to digital medicines - national update

Keynote Theatre

Speakers

Rahul Singal, Chief Pharmacy & Medicines Information Officer (CPMIO) - NHS England
13:00 13:45

AI in pharmacy practice- practical examples

Keynote Theatre
14:00 14:45

Antimicrobial resistance, the national picture

Keynote Theatre

Speakers

Gill Damant, Regional Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship for the North West - NHS England
15:00 15:45

Lessons from a pharmacist leadership coach– how to be more emotionally resilient in the face of increasing demands/pressures

Keynote Theatre

Speakers

Harpreet Chana, Founder & CEO - The Mental Wealth Academy

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Clinical Pharmacy Congress North conference programme is brought to you by CloserStill Media Limited (Organisers of the event), in association with our partners and sponsors. The views and opinions of the speakers are not necessarily those of CloserStill Media Limited or of our partners and sponsors.