Pulse LIVE London agenda

We would like to thank our exhibitors and sponsors for sponsoring this meeting. This includes pharmaceutical companies including Abbvie UK Ltd, A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL, Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd, AstraZeneca UK, Chiesi Ltd, Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd, Dermal Laboratories Ltd, Exeltis UK, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Grunenthal Pharma Ltd, Idorsia, La Roche-Posay (L'Oreal), Pfizer Ltd, Stada UK, Trion Pharma, and Yakult UK Limited. 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, March 18, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM	Registration and exhibition
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Deen Mirza GPSI elderly care, appraiser, self-help author and medical examiner	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Keith Hopcroft GP, Writer and Editorial Adviser to Pulse	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Toni Hazell GP, Medical Writer, Editor and regular contributor to Pulse 365
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	How can doctors use AI ethically and safely? Dr Deen Mirza GPSI elderly care, appraiser, self-help author and medical examiner	Diabetes related chronic kidney disease - the importance of early detection and intervention Dr Janaka Karalliedde Clinical Reader Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease King’s College London and Consultant Physician Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital	Primary care management of endometriosis Dr Toni Hazell GP, Medical Writer, Editor and regular contributor to Pulse 365
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM	See beyond sugar: uncovering risk in type 2 diabetes Professor Hermione Price Consultant Diabetologist, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHSFT in Hampshire, University Hospitals Dorset in Bournemouth This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for UK HCPs only	Sepsis, severe infection and AMR: a disconnected trinity Dr Ron Daniels Founder and Chief Medical Officer, UK Sepsis Trust, Vice President, Global Sepsis Alliance, Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Queen Mary's, London	Top tips for developing a portfolio career Dr Hina J Shahid NHS GP, Trainer and Appraiser, Northwest London, Integrative Women's Health and Executive Coach, London, RCGP Northwest London Faculty Board Member
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Exhibition and refreshments
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Improving consistency in IBS care Dr Tom Milligan GP and Founder, Medical Thinking Ltd Sponsored by:	COPD - everything a GP needs to know to manage in primary care Dr Mukesh Singh GP Senior Partner, Horse Fair Practice Group, Rugeley, Staffordshire, GPwSI Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Lead Staffordshire ICB	Domestic violence and abuse: what GPs need to know and why they need to know it Professor Gene Feder Professor of Primary Care, Bristol Medical School and GP, Wellspring Surgery
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	The importance of emollient therapy in the management of atopic dermatitis Dr Angelika Razzaque GP, GPSI, Associate Specialist in Dermatology, Amersham Vale Practice, OneHealth Lewisham, Kings College Hospital, London Sponsored by:	What is lifestyle medicine and how to practice in primary care Dr Ellen Fallows Vice-President The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, General Practitioner, Brackley Medical Centre, Momenta Health	Recurrent UTIs – are antibiotics always the answer? Dr Karin Schachinger GPWER in Gynaecology, The Gynaecology Collaborative
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Exhibition and lunch
1:25 PM - 1:55 PM	Testis cancer: causes, signs and treatment Professor Suks Minhas Head of Speciality Urology and Consultant Andrologist, Imperial College Healthcare, Co-Chair, European Association of Urology Guidelines on Male Sexual and Reproductive Health	The gut, conductor of our health: putting the microbiota in the spotlight Dr Emily Prpa Head of Science, Yakult Sponsored by:	13:25 - 14:10 The role of primary care in migraine treatment: recent advances in acute and preventive approaches Dr Katy Munro GP Headache Specialist and Secretary, BASH Council, UK, National Migraine Centre This is a promotional session sponsored by Pfizer
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Contraceptive challenges during the perimenopause Dr Caroline Cooper GP specialist This promotional symposia has been organised and sponsored by Exeltis UK	Autism and wider neurodivergence in primary care Dr Sarah Michaels Neurodevelopmental Specialist GP, British Association for Neurodiversity (B4ND), KCHFT and Clinical Partners	--
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Exhibition and refreshments
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	10-minute obesity consultations: key actions for GPs Dr Satish Durgam GP Partner, Nelson Medical Practice	Hidden in plain sight: recognising ADHD in primary care Dr Chi-Chi Obuaya Consultant Psychiatrist, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust and the Nightingale Hospital	--
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM	Panel discussion - Are unemployed GPs collateral damage of the NHS big plans? Dr Steve Taylor GP Partner and spokesperson, Doctors Association UK Jaimie Kaffash Editor-in-Chief, Pulse Dr Samira Anane GP in Manchester, Deputy Chair, GP Committee in England Professor Aruna Garcea Chair, NHS Confederation Primary Care Network and GP and Medical Advisor for Networks and Partnerships, LLR PCL Dr Richard Fieldhouse Chairman and Founder, National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP)
4:30 PM	Conference ends
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM	Registration and exhibition
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM	Chair’s opening remarks Dr James Waldron Nottingham City GP, LMC Local Representative	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Waqaar Shah GP Partner and Clinical Director for Ophthalmology, South West London Integrated Care System	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Syeda Zehra Imam GP, Brent
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Rethinking chronic pain in 2025 Dr Manojit Sinha Consultant in Pain Medicine, King’s College Hospital, London	Child health FAQs Dr Mando Watson Consultant Paediatrician, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare, Clinical Lead, Children and Young People, Northwest London Integrated Care System, Co-founder, Connecting Care for Children	What GPs need to know about weight loss medications Dr Shaine Mehta Medical Lead, Oviva UK Sponsored by:
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM	Implementing the updated BTS, NICE, SIGN asthma guideline in clinical practice Dr Vince Mak Consultant in Respiratory Integrated Care, Imperial College Healthcare Trust This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for UK HCPs only	GPs in focus: a guide to Ophthalmology Dr Waqaar Shah GP Partner and Clinical Director for Ophthalmology, South West London Integrated Care System	HIV update for primary care, what is new and when should I test? Dr Marlon Morais GP Hep C and former HIV champion, Greater Manchester
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Exhibition and refreshments
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Managing outcomes in patients with hyperkalaemia and CKD and/or heart failure Dr Rajay Narain Hon. Consultant Cardiologist, St George’s University Hospital This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for UK HCPs only	What is frailty and what do I need to know? Dr Alistair Robertson GPwSI Frailty and Elderly Care, Harrow Health CIC	Sports medicine in primary care: what to look out for in general practice Dr Mahyar Noursadeghi GP Partner, Healthcare Director, Kingsbury Health and Wellbeing, Primary Care Physio
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	GP management of challenging mental health cases Dr Cyrus Abbasian Consultant Adult and Addiction Psychiatrist, London	Current guidance in psoriasis: optimising patient adherence in primary care Dr Angelika Razzaque GP, GPSI, Associate Specialist in Dermatology, Amersham Vale Practice, OneHealth Lewisham, Kings College Hospital, London This is a promotional symposium developed and funded by A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale PP-WYN-UK-0071	Medical management of type 2 diabetes and its complications the NICE way Dr Oluseyi Ogunmekan GP Partner/Trainer, Furlong Medical Centre, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Exhibition and lunch
1:25 PM - 1:55 PM	13:25 - 14:10 Managing the itchy patient in primary care Dr George Moncrieff Retired GP and Past Chair, Dermatology Council for England Sponsored by:	13:25 - 14:10 Migraine prevention: latest developments in the primary care setting Prof Manjit Matharu Professor of Neurology at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London This promotional symposium has been organised and funded by AbbVie for UK Healthcare Professionals	Breaking the cycle: understanding menstrual health in adolescents Dr Shona Biggart GP and Clinical Lead for South NCL Women’s Health Hub, Islington GP Federation
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	--	--	Optimising primary care management of breast problems and referrals to secondary care Dr Sadaf Haque GP, Clinical Cancer Lead Gloucestershire ICB, Speciality Doctor Breast Surgery, Chair Gloucestershire GP Education Trust
2:35 PM - 3:05 PM	The throat- what not to miss! Dr Raj Saaj GPwER ENT	Rare, but there: Genomics in everyday practice Demetra Georgiou Genomics Transformation Manager and Chair of the British Society for Genetic Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare Trust	--
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM	Closing keynote - GP workforce: challenges and opportunities Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown OBE Vice Chair for External Affairs, Royal College of General Practitioners
3:30 PM	Conference ends

Dr Cyrus Abbasian
Consultant Adult and Addiction Psychiatrist, London

Dr Samira Anane
GP in Manchester, Deputy Chair, GP Committee in England

Dr Richard Armitage
GP and Public Health Specialty Registrar, and Honorary Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham

Dr Shona Biggart
GP and Clinical Lead for South NCL Women’s Health Hub, Islington GP Federation

Dr Caroline Cooper
GP specialist

Dr Ron Daniels
Founder and Chief Medical Officer, UK Sepsis Trust, Vice President, Global Sepsis Alliance, Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Queen Mary's, London

Dr Satish Durgam
GP Partner, Nelson Medical Practice

Dr Ellen Fallows
Vice-President The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, General Practitioner, Brackley Medical Centre, Momenta Health

Professor Gene Feder
Professor of Primary Care, Bristol Medical School and GP, Wellspring Surgery

Dr Richard Fieldhouse
Chairman and Founder, National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP)

Professor Aruna Garcea
Chair, NHS Confederation Primary Care Network and GP and Medical Advisor for Networks and Partnerships, LLR PCL

Demetra Georgiou
Genomics Transformation Manager and Chair of the British Society for Genetic Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare Trust

Dr Sadaf Haque
GP, Clinical Cancer Lead Gloucestershire ICB, Speciality Doctor Breast Surgery, Chair Gloucestershire GP Education Trust

Dr Toni Hazell
GP, Medical Writer, Editor and regular contributor to Pulse 365

Dr Keith Hopcroft
GP, Writer and Editorial Adviser to Pulse

Dr Syeda Zehra Imam
GP, Brent

Jaimie Kaffash
Editor-in-Chief, Pulse

Dr Janaka Karalliedde
Clinical Reader Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease King’s College London and Consultant Physician Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital

Dr Vince Mak
Consultant in Respiratory Integrated Care, Imperial College Healthcare Trust

Prof Manjit Matharu
Professor of Neurology at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London

Dr Shaine Mehta
Medical Lead, Oviva UK

Dr Sarah Michaels
Neurodevelopmental Specialist GP, British Association for Neurodiversity (B4ND), KCHFT and Clinical Partners

Dr Tom Milligan
GP and Founder, Medical Thinking Ltd

Professor Suks Minhas
Head of Speciality Urology and Consultant Andrologist, Imperial College Healthcare, Co-Chair, European Association of Urology Guidelines on Male Sexual and Reproductive Health

Dr Deen Mirza
GPSI elderly care, appraiser, self-help author and medical examiner

Dr George Moncrieff
Retired GP and Past Chair, Dermatology Council for England

Dr Marlon Morais
GP Hep C and former HIV champion, Greater Manchester

Dr Katy Munro
GP Headache Specialist and Secretary, BASH Council, UK, National Migraine Centre

Dr Rajay Narain
Hon. Consultant Cardiologist, St George’s University Hospital

Dr Mahyar Noursadeghi
GP Partner, Healthcare Director, Kingsbury Health and Wellbeing, Primary Care Physio

Dr Chi-Chi Obuaya
Consultant Psychiatrist, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust and the Nightingale Hospital

Dr Oluseyi Ogunmekan
GP Partner/Trainer, Furlong Medical Centre, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

Professor Hermione Price
Consultant Diabetologist, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHSFT in Hampshire, University Hospitals Dorset in Bournemouth

Dr Emily Prpa
Head of Science, Yakult

Dr Angelika Razzaque
GP, GPSI, Associate Specialist in Dermatology, Amersham Vale Practice, OneHealth Lewisham, Kings College Hospital, London

Dr Alistair Robertson
GPwSI Frailty and Elderly Care, Harrow Health CIC

Dr Raj Saaj
GPwER ENT

Dr Karin Schachinger
GPWER in Gynaecology, The Gynaecology Collaborative

Dr Waqaar Shah
GP Partner and Clinical Director for Ophthalmology, South West London Integrated Care System

Dr Hina J Shahid
NHS GP, Trainer and Appraiser, Northwest London, Integrative Women's Health and Executive Coach, London, RCGP Northwest London Faculty Board Member

Dr Mukesh Singh
GP Senior Partner, Horse Fair Practice Group, Rugeley, Staffordshire, GPwSI Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Lead Staffordshire ICB

Dr Manojit Sinha
Consultant in Pain Medicine, King’s College Hospital, London

Dr Steve Taylor
GP Partner and spokesperson, Doctors Association UK

Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown OBE
Vice Chair for External Affairs, Royal College of General Practitioners

Dr James Waldron
Nottingham City GP, LMC Local Representative

Dr Mando Watson
Consultant Paediatrician, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare, Clinical Lead, Children and Young People, Northwest London Integrated Care System, Co-founder, Connecting Care for Children