| 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM | Registration and Exhibition |
| 9:20 AM - 9:30 AM | Chair’s opening remarks | Chair’s opening remarks |
| 9:30 AM - 10:10 AM | Primary care nursing in Scotland: leadership, autonomy and future roles
- Expanding clinical, prescribing, and leadership roles in community nursing
- Collaborating across HSCPs and multidisciplinary teams
- Career development pathways and training opportunities
- Strategies for workforce sustainability and retention
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| 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM | Implementation of the national asthma guideline for patients aged 6+
- Discuss the risk of SABA over reliance for patients with asthma
- Provide an overview of the BTS/NICE/SIGN NG245 guideline for the management of asthma in people aged 12 years and over.
- Share real-world experience and practical insights into identifying and managing patients with asthma who may be suitable for AIR or MART, in line with national guidelines
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca and is intended for UK HCPs only. |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Exhibition and Networking |
| 11:25 AM - 12:05 PM | Sponsored session to be confirmed | Addiction in practice: from harm reduction to recovery
- Recognising substance use and having confident conversations with patients
- Understanding harm reduction, abstinence and different approaches to recovery
- Managing common risks including overdose, withdrawal and infection
- Supporting patients into treatment and specialist services
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| 12:10 PM - 12:50 PM | Common dermatological conditions – Can we do better?
- Practical treatment principles for acne, rosacea, eczema and psoriasis
- Optimising treatment and using advanced therapies in primary care
| Right Decisions, Better Conversations: Empowering Patients to Understand Cardiovascular Risk
- Understanding cardiovascular risk: using ASSIGN 2 to identify risk and opportunities for prevention
- Beyond the headlines: hypertension and cholesterol management in cardiovascular prevention
- From understanding to action: empowering patients to reduce cardiovascular risk
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| 12:50 PM - 1:50 PM | Lunch and Networking |
| 1:50 PM - 2:30 PM | Sexual health in primary care: promoting safe, accessible care
- Assessment: history, testing and common presentations
- Prevention: PrEP, PEP, vaccines and DoxyPEP
- Inclusive communication and high-risk groups
- Red flags and referral pathways
| Mental health support: recognising early warning signs
- Identifying anxiety, depression, and emerging mental health issues in patients
- Practical interventions and low-intensity therapies that can be delivered in practice
- Recognising high-risk patients and when to escalate or refer
- Supporting patients holistically while maintaining staff wellbeing
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| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Exhibition and Networking |
| 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM | Women’s health: troubleshooting contraception, bleeding and menopause
- Optimising contraception choices and counselling in primary care
- Management of problematic bleeding in primary care
- Menopause troubleshooting
| Type 2 diabetes in 2026: aggressively holistic care
- Why it’s not medicines or lifestyle
- Working together to find the right strategy for each person
- Confidence in targeted, evidence-based use of medicines
- Practical approaches you can use immediately to improve outcomes for people living with diabetes
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| 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM | The Big Interview Hosted by Megan Ford, Editor, Nursing in Practice |
| 4:00 PM | End of Conference |
Claire Steven