Conference Programme
*Please note this is a working agenda and sessions are subject to change.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9:30 AM - 10:25 AM | Cardiorenal risk in type 2 diabetes: a case based discussion Shivani Patel, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Haringey GP Federation Mandip Bassi, Senior Clinical Pharmacist & PCN Clinical Pharmacist Manager Nottingham City General Practice Alliance (NCGPA) This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca and is intended for UK HCPs only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM | Prescribing & monitoring in complex shared care: ADHD & Gender Dysphoria • Understanding ADHD: How primary care pharmacists can help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 AM - 12:25 PM | Treatment of Obesity: what pharmacists need to know
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12:40 PM - 1:25 PM | How to build a successful Clinical Pharmacist career in General Practice: overcoming challenges, starting strong, and thriving through training and mentorship
Soobia Israr, Pharmacy Workforce Transformation Programme Lead, NHS Frimley ICB Hanan Hamad, Clinical lecturer, Advanced Practice Pharmacist and lead DPP at the Teach and Treat Project , University of Reading, Great Hollands Practice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM | When less is more: tackling polypharmacy and overprescribing in multimorbid patients
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2:40 PM - 3:25 PM | Hot flushes & cold facts: the pharmacist’s role in menopause care | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM | Future of GP Pharmacy: where do we need to be and how do we get there? Yousaf Ahmad, ICS Chief Pharmacist and Director of Medicines Optimisation, NHS Frimley Zafran Azam, Head of Pharmacy- Implementation & Place (Derby City & Swad), NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board / Joined Up Care Derbyshire Graham Stretch, President, Primary Care Pharmacy Association Yinka Kuye, Head of Pharmacy Primary care transformation Medicines Optimisation, Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System Vishal Mashru, Head of Medicines and Research Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB Clinical Lead – Medicines Optimisation , Cross Counties Primary Care Network |
If you are interested in speaking at this event, please contact Lisa Thomlinson, Events Director.
If you are interested in sponsoring a talk on the Agenda, or exhibiting at the event, please contact Ed Burkle, Sales Director.

Sally Arnison MBE
Berkshire Primary Care, Ascot Menopause Solutions
Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Berkshire Primary Care

Zafran Azam
Head of Pharmacy- Implementation & Place (Derby City & Swad), NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board / Joined Up Care Derbyshire

Mandip Bassi
Senior Clinical Pharmacist & PCN Clinical Pharmacist Manager Nottingham City General Practice Alliance (NCGPA)

Dawn Best
Senior Medicines Optimisation Lead Pharmacist (Mental Health), Frimley Health and Care ICS

Hanan Hamad
University of Reading, Great Hollands Practice
Clinical lecturer, Advanced Practice Pharmacist and lead DPP at the Teach and Treat Project

Yinka Kuye
Head of Pharmacy Primary care transformation Medicines Optimisation, Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System

Vishal Mashru
Cross Counties Primary Care Network
Head of Medicines and Research Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB Clinical Lead – Medicines Optimisation

Philip Newland-Jones
University Hospital Southampton NHSFT University of Southampton
Consultant Pharmacist Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinical Director Diabetes & Endocrinology UHSFT Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer UoS

Lelly Oboh
NHS Specialist Pharmacy Services
Consultant Pharmacist, Care of older people Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust Clinical and acre professional lead for overprescribing, South East London ICB

Berkshire Primary Care, Ascot Menopause Solutions
Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Berkshire Primary Care

Head of Pharmacy- Implementation & Place (Derby City & Swad), NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board / Joined Up Care Derbyshire

Senior Clinical Pharmacist & PCN Clinical Pharmacist Manager Nottingham City General Practice Alliance (NCGPA)

University of Reading, Great Hollands Practice
Clinical lecturer, Advanced Practice Pharmacist and lead DPP at the Teach and Treat Project

Head of Pharmacy Primary care transformation Medicines Optimisation, Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System

Cross Counties Primary Care Network
Head of Medicines and Research Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB Clinical Lead – Medicines Optimisation

University Hospital Southampton NHSFT University of Southampton
Consultant Pharmacist Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinical Director Diabetes & Endocrinology UHSFT Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer UoS

NHS Specialist Pharmacy Services
Consultant Pharmacist, Care of older people Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust Clinical and acre professional lead for overprescribing, South East London ICB