Clinical Essentials Agenda

Monday, November 18, 2024
8:50 AM - 9:25 AM																Registration and exhibition
9:25 AM - 9:30 AM																Chair's opening remarks Dr Keith Hopcroft GP, Writer and Editorial Adviser to Pulse
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM																Transforming COPD Care - COPD Patient Care: opportunities to improve disease trajectory Dr Mohan Thapa Clinical Director and Consultant Acute Physician for Acute Medicine, West Hertfordshire NHS Trust This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for UK HCPs only
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM																Vaccination updates Prof Simon De Lusignan Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics, University of Oxford
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM																Exhibition and networking
11:10 AM - 11:55 AM																Wheeze in under 5s Dr David Capehorn GPwER Paediatrics, Consultant GP, Symphony Healthcare Services, Somerset, Founder and Former Clinical Director, Primary care Paediatric service, BNSSG, GP Lead, Bristol Children's Hospital
11:55 AM - 12:30 PM																Occupational lung disease update Dr Jo Szram Consultant Respiratory Physician (Occupational Lung Disease), Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM																Managing bronchiectasis in primary care Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones GP, Warminster Primary Care Centre, Wiltshire
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM																Exhibition and lunch
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM																Spirometry interrogation and interpretation: a refresher Dr Pujan H Patel Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Louis University USA
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM																Obstructive sleep apnoea – a general practice approach Dr Joanna Shakespeare Consultant Clinical Scientist, UHCW NHS Trust, NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM																Smoking cessation and an update on vaping Prof Nicholas Hopkinson Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital Campus, Imperial College, London
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM																COPD: winter essentials Dr Daryl Freeman Associate Clinical Director in Primary Care, GP Older People's Medicine and Palliative Care, Norfolk Community Health and Care, Clinical Adviser (Respiratory), Norfolk and Waveney ICB
4:00 PM																Close of Conference

Dr David Capehorn
GPwER Paediatrics, Consultant GP, Symphony Healthcare Services, Somerset, Founder and Former Clinical Director, Primary care Paediatric service, BNSSG, GP Lead, Bristol Children's Hospital

Prof Simon De Lusignan
Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics, University of Oxford

Dr Daryl Freeman
Associate Clinical Director in Primary Care, GP Older People's Medicine and Palliative Care, Norfolk Community Health and Care, Clinical Adviser (Respiratory), Norfolk and Waveney ICB

Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones
GP, Warminster Primary Care Centre, Wiltshire

Dr Keith Hopcroft
GP, Writer and Editorial Adviser to Pulse

Prof Nicholas Hopkinson
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital Campus, Imperial College, London

Dr Pujan H Patel
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Louis University USA

Dr Joanna Shakespeare
Consultant Clinical Scientist, UHCW NHS Trust, NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB

Dr Jo Szram
Consultant Respiratory Physician (Occupational Lung Disease), Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Mohan Thapa
Clinical Director and Consultant Acute Physician for Acute Medicine, West Hertfordshire NHS Trust