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2020 National Conference – Day 1 – Afternoon Main

Shaping The Future: Overcoming The Challenges To Seize The Opportunities Part Two 1PM – 5:00PM In the afternoon we will look at community pharmacy frameworks across the UK and visionary leadership in pharmacy. We will then focus on transforming the work of pharmacists. In these sessions we will learn from critical incidents and look at […]

Wed 12th February 2020 Andy Webb

Shaping The Future: Overcoming The Challenges To Seize The Opportunities
Part Two

1PM – 5:00PM

In the afternoon we will look at community pharmacy frameworks across the UK and visionary leadership in pharmacy. We will then focus on transforming the work of pharmacists. In these sessions we will learn from critical incidents and look at how safer practice can be developed and supported.

12:20pm Break for lunch
1:00pm Community Pharmacy Contractual Frameworks across the UK
Contrasting the approach being taken and the implications for pharmacists across the 4 countries of the UK.
Questions to the panel
Scotland – Noel Wicks, Northern Ireland – Sheelin Mc Keagney, Wales – Penny Knowles, England – Jignesh Patel
1:55pm Visionary Leadership in Pharmacy Andrew Evans, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Wales

Transforming the work of Pharmacists

 

2:40pm What happens when things go wrong – Learning from critical incidents
Based on PDA Defence cases, learn about;

  • How to avoid the problems experienced by some early adopters.
  • How a PDA Safer GP Practices initiative can help you and benefit your patients.
Alima Batchelor, Head of Policy, PDA  

Liz Brooke, PCN Lead Pharmacist, Wyre Forest Network 

3:10pm Coffee break
3:30pm Why Healthcare professionals should organise themselves through a Trade Union

 

Paul Nowak, Deputy General Secretary, TUC
3:50pm What ‘Good’ looks like – a CQC perspective
Examples identified during CQC inspection visits of how GP Practices have reconfigured their services to make best use of the pharmacist’s expertise around medicines.
Deborah Dodge, Pharmacist Specialist ,
Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care Directorate Care Quality Commission
4:20pm Higher level lessons for risk management

What have we learned to enable GP Practice based pharmacists to enjoy professionally fulfilling roles whilst using their skills to best effect for the benefit of patients?

Dr Duncan Jenkins, Specialist in Pharmaceutical Public Health
4:50pm Closing remarks
5:00pm End of day one

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