Pulse LIVE Liverpool agenda

We would like to thank our exhibitors and sponsors for sponsoring this meeting. This includes pharmaceutical companies including Abbvie, A Menarini, Advanz Pharma, Alliance Pharmaceuticals, Astrazeneca, Chiesi, Curaleaf, Derma UK, Exeltis, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Grunenthal Pharma, Idorsia, La Roche, Pfizer, Trion Pharma. They have had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the sponsored symposia presentations.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:25 AM	Registration and exhibition
9:25 AM - 9:30 AM	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Roy Hamilton, GP with a Specialist Interest in Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Health, Albany House Surgery	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Bennett Quinn, GP, Blackheath Medical Centre	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Dean Eggitt, Principal GP, The Oakwood Surgery and Chief Executive Officer, Doncaster Local Medical Committee
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Interpreting abnormal liver blood tests in primary care Dr Roy Hamilton, GP with a Specialist Interest in Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Health, Albany House Surgery	Rare diseases and the role of primary care Dr Will Evans, GP Leeds, GPwER in Clinical Genetics/ Genomics, Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service; Primary Care Lead for the Northeast and Yorkshire GMSA	Session details coming soon
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM	Session details coming soon - COPD	Frailty case finding and management in general practice	Session details coming soon - Dermatology
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Screening, supporting, referring: A GP toolkit for perinatal mental health Dr Victoria Silverwood, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Primary care, Keele University School of Medicine, GP, Cumberland House Surgery, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Committee member of GPs Championing Perinatal Care (GPCPC)	Session details coming soon	Allergic Rhinitis in Primary Care: Getting it Right First Time Dr Goubran Eskander, GP Partner, Patterdale Lodge Group Practice Consultant ENT in Primary Care, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Director, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB This promotional symposium has been organised and funded by Glenmark and is intended for UK healthcare professionals and/or other relevant decision makers only PP-UK-RYAL-0875, August 2025
11:10 AM - 11:45 AM	Exhibition and refreshments
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Managing PCOS in primary care Dr Mehreen Khan, GPwSI Women and Sexual Health, Boothstown Medical Centre, Wigan	11:45 – 12:30 Session details coming soon (Migraine)	Practicing safely – learning from national safety investigations in general practice Dr Nick Woodier, Senior Safety Investigator, Health Services Safety Investigations Body
12:20 PM - 12:50 PM	High-risk COVID-19 patients: who are they and how do we find them? This is a promotional session sponsored by Pfizer	--	The healthy prescription: a guide to lifestyle medicine Dr Varun Anand, GP with special interest in Lifestyle Medicine and Physical Activity Clinical Champion, Modality Partnership Hull, Hull City Council Public Health Team, Bupa Beverley Health Centre
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Exhibition and lunch
1:50 PM - 2:20 PM	Contraception counselling in the over 40s Dr Stephanie Cook, GP with a special interest in Women’s Health Sponsored by	Fibromyalgia: Mice, the Matrix, and managing ten minutes Dr Chris Barker, Pain Physician and Clinical Director, Mersey Care NHS FT, Liverpool	13:50 – 14:35 Session details coming soon
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM	AI in Primary Care: Saviour, Saboteur, or Sidekick? Dr Amar Ahmed, GP Partner and Trainer, Wilmslow Health Centre Dr Farhat Ahmad, GP Partner, Neighbourhood CD, Wilmslow Health Centre	Session details coming soon	--
2:55 PM - 3:30 PM	Exhibition and refreshments
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Closing keynote
4:00 PM	Conference ends

Dr Farhat Ahmad
GP Partner, Neighbourhood CD, Wilmslow Health Centre

Dr Amar Ahmed
GP Partner and Trainer, Wilmslow Health Centre

Dr Varun Anand
GP with special interest in Lifestyle Medicine and Physical Activity Clinical Champion, Modality Partnership Hull, Hull City Council Public Health Team, Bupa Beverley Health Centre

Dr Chris Barker
Pain Physician and Clinical Director, Mersey Care NHS FT, Liverpool

Dr Stephanie Cook
GP with a special interest in Women’s Health

Dr Dean Eggitt
Principal GP, The Oakwood Surgery and Chief Executive Officer, Doncaster Local Medical Committee

Dr Goubran Eskander
GP Partner, Patterdale Lodge Group Practice Consultant ENT in Primary Care, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Director, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Dr Will Evans
GP Leeds, GPwER in Clinical Genetics/ Genomics, Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service; Primary Care Lead for the Northeast and Yorkshire GMSA

Dr Roy Hamilton
GP with a Specialist Interest in Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Health, Albany House Surgery

Dr Mehreen Khan
GPwSI Women and Sexual Health, Boothstown Medical Centre, Wigan

Dr Bennett Quinn
GP, Blackheath Medical Centre

Dr Victoria Silverwood
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Primary care, Keele University School of Medicine, GP, Cumberland House Surgery, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Committee member of GPs Championing Perinatal Care (GPCPC)

Dr Nick Woodier
Senior Safety Investigator, Health Services Safety Investigations Body