Programme and streams

This year's redesigned programme spans across three streams over two days, including our brand new interactive learning zone and spotlight session.

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REALITY OF HEALTHCARE CHANGE REALITY OF HEALTHCARE CHANGE
HEALTH CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME HEALTH CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME
WORKFORCE & CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING ZONE & SPOTLIGHTS LEARNING ZONE & SPOTLIGHTS

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The Reality of healthcare change workstream houses our plenary sessions and strive to understand the real implications of the changing health care environment and the impact for the profession.

You will hear from leading figures in pharmacy, and the wider health care sector, across the two days as we outline and recognise the challenges facing your profession, and how we will support you through these turbulent times for pharmacy.

Chair: Paul Bennett FRPharmS, Chief Executive, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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Time	Title	Speakers
11am - 12:30pm	CEO's welcome to Annual Conference 2017	Paul Bennett FRPharmS Chief Executive, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
	Presidential address	Prof Ash Soni OBE FRPharmS President, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
	What are the drivers behind the need for change in population health management?	Professor Sir J.A. Muir Gray Director, Better Value Healthcare, Adviser, Public Health England, Chair, NHS Health and Social Care Digital Service
	Disrupted healthcare	Dr Pervaise Khan MRPharmS Managing Director, Accenture Life Sciences Strategy
1pm - 1:50pm	Fringe session: The Journey of a Prescribing Pharmacist and Leading Change Supported by Novartis	Paul Forysth Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Cardiology (Primary Care) / Heart Failure Specialist, West Glasgow ACH
1pm - 1:50pm	Fringe session: Lunchtime CV building workshop and Interview skills training session	Susie Zaffran Business Partner, RPS

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Time	Title	Speakers
8:35am - 9:15am	Breakfast session: What is RPS doing for hospital pharmacy?	Ruth Wakeman FFRPS MRPharmS Associate Directorof Professional Standards, RPS Cathy Picton FFRPS FRPharmS Consultant and Lead Author, RPS
8:35am - 9:15am	Breakfast session: Imrpoving acces to contraception	David Taylor Professor Emeritus, University College London
2pm - 3:30pm	Minister's address	Steve Brine Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care
	Chief Pharmaceutical Officer's address Q&A session	Dr Keith Ridge FRPharmS Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, England Dr Rose Marie Parr FFRPS FRPharmS Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government Andrew Evans MRPharmS Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Welsh Government Dr Mark Timoney Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Northern Ireland
	The reality of healthcare change	Lord Victor Adebowale CBE Chief Executive, Turning Point

Icons-Orange Health challenges of our time will focus on the difficulties that the pharmacy profession needs to face in light of the significant health issues affecting the NHS and wider healthcare market.

This stream will look at diseases, conditions and drugs that are impacting the profession right now and in the future, such as diabetes, dementia, obesity and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The sessions in this stream will also address how services could respond to the increasing burden with innovative models of care.

Chair: Professor Mike Hannay DSc, MRPharmS, Managing Director, East Midlands Academic Health Science Network

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Monoclonal Antibodies: what every pharmacist should know
Time	Title	Speakers
2pm - 3:30pm	Understanding the foundations of mAb	Paul Varley Vice President, Science and Collaborations, Medimmune
	Pharmaceutical aspects of mAb in practice	Dr Andrew Watts Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
	Applications for mAbs in oncology	Nisha Shaunak MRPharmS Lead Pharmacist for Oncology, Cancer Commissioning Pharmacist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Long term conditions
Time	Title	Speakers
4pm - 5:30pm	Diabetes - forefront and future	Philip Newland-Jones MFRPSII MRPharmS Consultant Pharmacist Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
	Depression and dementia – community and secondary care considerations in mental health and non-mental health settings	Nikki Holmes MRPharmS Head of Pharmacy – Forensic Services, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
	Obesity; a current health challenge	Dr Terry Maguire FRPharmS Owner, Maguire Pharmacy

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New insights on antimicrobial resistance
Time	Title	Speakers
9:30am - 11am	Update on AMR in the UK	Professor John Watson Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
	NIA, Sore Throat Test & Treat service and the wider role of community pharmacy in the antimicrobial stewardship agenda	Malcolm Harrison MRPharmS NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow, Senior Manager, Projects and Contract Development, Boots UK
	AMR and antimicrobial stewardship	Dr Jacqueline Sneddon FFRPS MRPharmS Project Lead, Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group, the Scottish Medicines Consortium
	Antibiotics resistance breakers	Prof Chris Dowson Professor of Microbiology, University of Warwick

How services will respond to current and future challenges
Time	Title	Speakers
11:30am - 1pm	Vision of healthcare in the future	Professor Hilary Thomas Partner and Chief Medical Adviser, KPMG
	NHS 111	Richard Bowen MRPharmS Programme Director, NHS 111 Wales Lloyd Hambridge MRPharmS Pharmacist Practitioner, NHS 111 Wales
	NHS 24 and telehealthcare – exploring future possibilities	Dr John McAnaw Head of Pharmacy, NHS 24
	Intergrated urgent care	Anne Joshua Head of Pharmacy Integration, NHS England

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Workforce and career development will explore the challenges that face individuals across the profession, looking at ways that you can develop your skills and strengths to maximise career opportunities within your existing role, or when taking the next step in your career.

The sessions in this stream will provide a snapshot into some emerging or alternative career choices such as working in a GP practice, industry, and urgent and emergency care. They will also look at opportunities to develop resilience, with personal skills development, as well as review of various career paths open to you. We will also be looking at the current issues affecting the workforce including revalidation, and holding a debate on transformative practices for developing the workforce.

Chair: Clare Howard FFRPS FRPharmS, Independent Adviser Medicines Optimisation, Clare Howard Associates, and Clinical Lead Medicines Optimisation, Wessex AHSN

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Panel debate
Time	Title	Speakers
2pm - 3:30pm	Transformative practices for developing the workforce, including viewpoints from England, Wales, Scotland and Internationally	Dr Patricia Oakley MRPharmS Teaching and Research Fellow, Organisational Psychology and HRM Dept. of Management, King's College, London Dr Rose Marie Parr FFRPS FRPharmS Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government Professor Ian Bates FFRPS FRPharmS ‎ Director FIP Education Taskforce, The School of Pharmacy, University of London Andrew Evans MRPharmS Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Welsh Government
2pm - 3:30pm	Workforce development: Right number, place and time	Christopher John MRPharmS RPS Workforce Development Support, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

New, alternative, and emerging careers

Time

Title

Speakers

4pm - 5:30pm

Snapshot review of alternative and emerging roles for the profession

Pharmacist in GP practice
Prisons
Accident & Emergency
Pharmaceutical Industry
Academia
Care Homes

Dr Lawrence Brad
GP Partner, Westbourne Medical Centre

Steven Williams
Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Westbourne Medical Centre

Sommaya Hussain
Pharmacy Team Leader, ‎Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Victoria Heald MRPharmS
Lead Pharmacist for Emergency Admissions and ED, ‎Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Gino Martini FRPharmS
Country Medical Leader (Interim), Roche Pipeline and Roche Foundation Medicine Roche Products Limited

Dr Michael Twigg MRPharmS
Lecturer in Primary Care Pharmacy, University of East Anglia

Dr Graham Stretch
Senior Pharmacist, Ealing GP Federation

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Revalidation ready: Reshaping our profession
Time	Title	Speakers
9:30am - 11am	GPhC's vision for revalidation – journey for pharmacy	Nigel Clarke Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council
	RPS makes you revalidation ready	Professor Peter Kopelman Emeritus Professor of Medicine, St George’s, University of London
	Revalidation Q&A	Nigel Clarke Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council Professor Peter Kopelman Emeritus Professor of Medicine, St George's, University of London Catherine Duggan Director of Professional Development and Support, RPS

Developing personal skills
Time	Title	Speakers
11:30am - 1pm	Developing professional and personal wellbeing and resilience	Jamie Hayes FFRPS MRPharmS Director, Welsh Medicines Resource Centre, All Wales Therapeutics & Toxicology Centre James Rind Director, Trainer and Clinical Lead and Occupational Health Physiotherapist, Workstrong and University of South Wales

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Our brand new interactive Learning zone for 2017 will provide an opportunity for you to attend a variety of workshops, insight-led sessions, debates, and demonstrations tailored to your learning needs.

The smaller group environment will encourage an open and interactive approach to learning, and is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your CPD record. We'll be hosting a debate on OTC, a CV and interview skills workshop, professional development sessions (including Faculty, Foundation and leadership), and error reporting standards demonstrations.

The Spotlight sessions give you a great chance to focus in on current issues of importance to the profession, and delve into details. The fast paced sessions will focus on a number of key topics including looking at research in practice, and a much talked about topic, automation, in our debate; 'Dispense with dispensing'.

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	Learning zone		Spotlight session
Time	Title	Speakers	Title	Speakers
2pm - 3:30pm	Pharmacists leading integrated care in cardiovascular disease – interactive talk Supported by Novartis	Dr Rani Khatib Consultant Pharmacist in Cardiology & Cardiovascular Clinical Research, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Leeds	Debate: Dispense with dispensing?	Chair: Sandra Gidley Alistair Murray Clinical Lead, Green Light Pharmacy Stephen Messham MPharm ARPharmS President, British Pharmaceutical Students' Association Tess Fenn President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK Dr Pervaise Khan MRPharmS Managing Director, Accenture Life Sciences Strategy Mark Koziol MRPharmS Chairman, The Pharmacists' Defence Association
	Realities of working in a GP practice	Elaine Thomson MFRPSII MRPharmS Locality Team Leader (Pharmacy) Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership Dr Lawrence Brad General Practitioner, Westbourne Medical Centre Steven Williams Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Westbourne Medical Centre
	Getting started with your Faculty journey	Helen Chang MFRPSII MRPharmS Head of Foundation and Faculty, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

	Learning zone
Time	Title	Speakers
4pm - 5:30pm	Medicines optimisation in care homes: how pharmacists can improve outcomes for people living in care settings	Wasim Baqir FRPharmS Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Norhumberland Vanguard, Northumbia healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
4pm - 5:30pm	Human factors and ergonomics skills development to support patient safety in pharmaceutical care	Dr Helen Vosper Lecturer, Teaching Fellow, Robert Gordon University Sue Hignett Professor of Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety, Loughborough University

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	Learning zone		Spotlight session: Practice Research
Time	Title	Speakers	Title	Speakers
9:30am - 11am	Leadership framework in practice	Ann Page FRPharmS Lead Pharmacist - Education & Training, Medicine Healthgroup, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust	Review of the Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS)	Professor Christine Bond FFRPS FRPharmS Professor of Primary Care, University of Aberdeen
	Moving into the role of a GP practice based pharmacist	Ravi Sharma MRPharmS Programme Clinical lead (Clinical Pharmacy) General Practice Workforce Team Operations and Information Directorate Central Team, NHS England	National evaluation of GP pharmacists	Dr Matthew Boyd MRPharmS Assistant Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Nottingham
	RPS Professional Development Programmes	Beth Ward MFRPSII MRPharmS, Head of Professional Development, RPS	How to improve pharmacy support in Care Homes – A national challenge	Timothy Banner, MFRPSII MRPharmS Consultant Pharmacist, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board

	Learning zone
Time	Title	Speakers
11:30am - 1pm	Improving patient safety and changing culture; responding to rebalancing programme and the RPS error reporting standards	Annamarie McGregor MRPharmS Practice Development Lead, RPS

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Programme and streams

Monoclonal Antibodies: what every pharmacist should know

Long term conditions

New insights on antimicrobial resistance

How services will respond to current and future challenges

Panel debate

New, alternative, and emerging careers

Revalidation ready: Reshaping our profession

Developing personal skills

Learning zone

Spotlight session

Learning zone

Learning zone

Spotlight session: Practice Research

Learning zone

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