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21-22 NOVEMBER 2025
MANCHESTER CENTRAL

London

2025 Programme

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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

Chairperson

Richard Cattell, Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer - NHS England

Speakers

Andrew White, ICS Chief Pharmacist - NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Susanne Lynch, ICS Chief Pharmacist - NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

Kenny Li, Chief Pharmacist - NHS Greater Manchester
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, 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

09:30 10:15

Labelling of dispensed oral medicines for children

Clinical Theatre 1
10:00 10:30

Session to be confirmed

Clinical Theatre 1
10:45 11:30

The Role of Pharmacists in Contraception

Clinical Theatre 1

In this session, A attendees will gain the knowledge and support needed to navigate the complexities of contraceptive methods. The focus will be on providing personalized, comprehensive care, which in ...

Speakers

Anthony Singh, BMS Accredited Menopause Specialist & Clinical Pharmacist
11:45 12:15

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
13:30 14:15

Antimicrobial stewardship – working together towards the National Action Plan

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Kevin Frost, Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Antimicrobials) - Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
14:30 15:00

Innovation in aseptic manufacturing via NHS Pathfinder Medicines Manufacturing Centre in the North East

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Marc Sutton, Managing director - North East & North Cumbria Medicines Manufacturing Centre
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
12:00 12:45

Sponsored session to be confirmed

Clinical Theatre 1
13:00 13:45

Addressing prescribing practices and learning disabilities- the STOMP agenda

Clinical Theatre 1
14:00 14:45

Deprescribing: a journey towards optimal medication use

Clinical Theatre 1

Polypharmacy has become one of the most pressing challenges in modern healthcare, often leading to adverse outcomes, reduced adherence, and diminished quality of life for patients. Deprescribing—the p ...

Speakers

Anita-Joy Imtiaz, Clinical Pharmacist - NHS East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
15:00 15:45

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

Clinical Theatre 1

Speakers

Stephanie Pacey, Head of Medicines Optimisation and Prescribing - Stockport - NHS Greater Manchester

Katherine Hosseini, Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Pennine Care Foundation Trust

Georgios Koundourakis, PCN lead pharmacist - Cheadle PCN, Stockport Integrated Pharmacy Service

09:30 10:15

Use of artificial intelligence in oncology pharmacy

Clinical Theatre 2
10:45 11:30

Session delivered by NHS England

Clinical Theatre 2

Speakers

Jane Brown, Pharmacy Dean - NHS England
14:15 15:00

Overflow theatre: Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England's keynote address

Clinical Theatre 2
15:15 16:00

Deprivation in the North and the effect on prescribing analysis

Clinical Theatre 2

Speakers

Monica Mason, Head of Prescribing Support - NHS Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre (Newcastle)

Helena Nettleton, Principal Pharmacist - NHS Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust
16:15 17:00

Managing medicine shortages

Clinical Theatre 2

Chairperson

Simon Wilson, Chair - Medicines UK’s Secondary Care Group

Speakers

Maja Gkiokas, Associate Director, NHS Strategy - Teva Pharmaceuticals

09:30 10:15

Pharmacogenomics in the NHS 10 Year Plan– roles and opportunities for pharmacy

Clinical Theatre 2

Speakers

Jessica Keen, Pharmacy Lead - North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance
10:45 11:30

Sponsored session to be confirmed

Clinical Theatre 2
12:00 12:45

Sponsored session to be confirmed

Clinical Theatre 2
13:00 13:45

Session delivered by NHS England

Clinical Theatre 2
14:00 14:45

Lithium in the acute care setting

Clinical Theatre 2

Speakers

Jennifer Southern, Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Mental Health) - Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
15:00 15:45

Hot topics in frailty through a pharmacy lens

Clinical Theatre 2

Speakers

Ðula Alićehajić-Bečić, Consultant Pharmacist Frailty - Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Louise Organista, Advanced Frailty Pharmacist & Honorary Associate Professor - University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Ihab Ali, Divisional Lead Pharmacist for Medicine/Frailty - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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, Regional Market Access Director - UKFRN
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

Nuala will share a summary of the Medicine waste in care homes project, which was funded via the Q exchange. Hear how project teams with representatives from care homes, GP practices and community pha ...

Speakers

Nuala Hampson, Pharmacy Lead - 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

Speakers

V-Lin Cheong, Consultant Pharmacist Older People and Interfaces of Care - Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
16:30 17:00

Transforming Chronic Kidney Disease

Innovation & Integration Theatre

09:30 10:15

Embedding pharmacy research in practice

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Kristina Medlinskiene, Principal Pharmacist - Education & Training - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

Yunzheng Jiao, Principal Pharmacist Research & Innovation - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
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

Overcoming challenges of recruitment and retention through a grow your own strategy

Innovation & Integration Theatre

Speakers

Laura Healey, Lead Pharmacist Education & Training - University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Alison Woods, Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician & Lead Pharmacy Technician for Education and Training - University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Adam Railton, Senior Pharmacy Technician - University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

09:15 09:45

Developing a framework to integrate novice pharmacy independent prescribers (NPIPs): a focus group service evaluation project

Strategy Theatre

The session will discuss a project that aims to design a framework for novice pharmacy independent prescribers (NPIPs).As of August 2026, all graduates who complete the 52-week Foundation Training Yea ...

Speakers

Hiyam Al-Jabr, Research fellow and Senior Research Associate - Keele University and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sarah McAleer, Education, Governance and Research Lead Pharmacist - Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
10:00 10:30

Horizon scanning

Strategy Theatre
11:45 12:15

Session delivered by the PDA

Strategy Theatre

Session content coming soon
12:30 13:15

Advanced Pharmacy Technician roles

Strategy Theatre
13:30 14:00

Unlocking the potential of non-professionally registered staff

Strategy Theatre

Speakers

Curtis Booth, Clinical Pharmacy Technician Manager - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Laura Tweddle, Senior Clinical Pharmacy Manager & Workforce Development Lead - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14:15 14:45

Session delivered by the GPhC

Strategy Theatre

Session content coming soon
15:00 15:30

Drug administration in the PN patient- thinking outside the bag

Strategy Theatre

After this presentation the delegate will be more aware how to manage the administration of medications in patients who are receiving PN where the enteral route is often compromised.

Speakers

Ruth Newton, Nutrition/ GI surgical pharmacist and Medical Education - Medical School at Liverpool University
15:45 16:15

Utilising the RPS Greener Pharmacy toolkit to demonstrate pharmacy services’ commitment to sustainability

Strategy Theatre

Speakers

Emma Boxall, Deputy Chair of the Greater Manchester Sustainability Group & Lead Critical Care/Theatres Pharmacist - Northern care alliance

Rob Elsey, Head of Strategic Pharmacy Transformation, GM Pharmacy Programme - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Jo Aldham, Programme Manager, GM Pharmacy Programme - Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
16:30 17:00

Clinical homecare: care without compromise

Strategy Theatre

Members of the National Clinical Homecare Association (NHCA) provide exceptional care to over 690,000 patients in their own homes. This vital sector delivers the highest quality clinical care while ge ...

Speakers

Alison Davis, Chief Commercial Officer - Pharmaxo

Susan Gibert, Director of Customer Experience - HealthNet Homecare

Chris Carver, Director - HealthNet Homecare Limited

09:45 10:15

Regional inclusive pharmacy practice

Strategy Theatre

Speakers

Amna Sara Khan-Patel, Clinical Fellow - NHS England

Laura Angus, Chief Pharmacy Officer and Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation - NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
11:45 12:15

Shaping the Pharmacy Technician future

Strategy Theatre

Session content coming soon
13:45 14:15

Health inequalities- is there really anything we can do?

Strategy Theatre

Speakers

Daniel Jones, Lead Education & Training Pharmacist - Manchester foundation trust
14:30 15:00

Session delivered by the GHP

Strategy Theatre

Session content coming soon
15:15 15:45

Managing liver complications- pharmacist's perspective

Strategy Theatre

Speakers

Akwasi Mintah, Pharmacist (Gastroenterology and HIV) - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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