| 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 | Managing constipation: what’s the hold-up?
- Assessing to differentiate between common causes and types of constipation
- Lifestyle interventions and patient education
- Medication and treatment options
| Hot smoke, sky shields, and observatories – Autism in primary care
- Recognition of autism challenges across the lifespan
- Understanding differing diagnostic pathways and referral routes
- Reasonable adjustments to support neurodivergent patients in primary care
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| 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM | Transforming COPD Care: Evidence based medicine in COPD
- COPD burden, risk of premature mortality and cardiopulmonary risk in COPD
- Exacerbations as the driving force of poor outcomes in COPD including scientific data
- Device choice in COPD
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for GB HCPs only. | Sponsored session to be confirmed |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Exhibition and networking |
| 11:25 AM - 12:05 PM | Lifestyle medicine: beyond the prescription pad
- What is lifestyle medicine and how it fits into chronic disease care
- The nurses role in prevention and management
- Listening to the patient and modifying care
| Mind over matter: mental health in practice
- Recognising common mental health conditions
- Using practical screening tools
- How to best communicate with patients with mental distress
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| 12:10 PM - 12:50 PM | Cough it up: managing paediatric coughs
- Cough classification
- Most common causes of cough in children
- When to refer to specialist
| Managing bleeding issues in women using contraception
- Bleeding issues on contraception
- Differential diagnosis
- Which contraceptives are better for bleeding
This promotional symposia has been organised and sponsored by Exeltis UK. |
| 12:50 PM - 1:50 PM | Lunch and Networking |
| 1:50 PM - 2:30 PM | Sponsored session to be confirmed | Medication and metabolism: weight management
- How antipsychotics affect metabolism, appetite and energy
- At risk patients - monitoring weight, BMI and screening tools
- Practical solutions for managing overweight patients
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| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Exhibition and networking |
| 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM | Peri-menopause: riding the hormonal rollercoaster
- What are the signs and symptoms of the peri-menopause
- Changes patients can make to help manage symptoms - HRT
- Advice nurses can give to help patients prepare
| Atrial fibrillation |
| 3:45 PM - 4:25 PM | Are you paid enough? Negotiating a pay rise at work
- Review of the general practice nurse salary survey
- Top tips to negotiate a pay rise at work
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| 4:25 PM | End of conference |
