Full Conference Programme

Review of PCNs, past and future. Three ways that PCNs can demonstrate value and support to primary care: - Internal through ARRS, collaboration between practices - Contractual collaboration, demonstrated through 'Proactive Anticipatory Care' model - Partnership working across primary, secondary and voluntary sectors - a comprehensive offer for carers through our 'One Stop Shop'

In this session the Leeds GP Confederation and Leeds City Council look forward to sharing our experience of supporting the restart of NHS Health Checks following Covid-19 across Leeds.

Digital is an enabler so let it enable you, with the priorities around access experience demand capacity and communication the digital assets at your fingertips can help you generate your response on ...

Dietitians in primary care networks provide nutrition assessments, counseling, and education, and collaborate with patients and the PCN MDT to offer holistic services. They help manage chronic diseases and conditions through goal setting, patient empowerment, and monitoring progress. First Contact Dietitian services enhance preventative health and nutrition care.

This session will explore the various Ardens Manager dashboards available for GP Practices, PCNs, Federations and ICBs to monitor their contract performance including:  Automatic uploads of data onto ...

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Hear from a new PCN Digital & Transformation Lead about their ambitions for the role and the challenges and successes so far.

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This is the first live round table talk for both Tara Humphrey & Best Practice Birmingham - The host of The Business of Healthcare Podcast and the official Podcast of Best Practice Birmingham 2023. Jo ...

Enabling practitioners and people with chronic pain become more confident to self-manage and implement practical frontline service approaches.

An overview of how the CPPE primary care pharmacy education pathway develops pharmacy professionals working in Primary Care Networks to develop their roles in line with the GP Network Contract DES to provide person centred care.

This presentation reports on a clinical supervision programme implemented across the Yorkshire and Humber Integrated Care Board (ICB) in order to meet the aims of the regional wider workforce strategy of recruit, train and retain.

With the sustained pressure on primary care, GPs are struggling to offer preventative care measures to patients. With minimal invite and uptake rates observed across England, this discussion will cent ...

An overview of using quality improvement tools to improve: access, workforce redesign, and premises

Hounslow Consortium GP Federation have taken their partnership with Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Trust to new levels, not only supporting ARRS teams, but hosting their Federation and working towards removing the interfaces between Primary and Community Care. Rosalyn and Mark will explain how this works.

This presentation discusses South Yorkshires Approach to developing a community of practice for first contact practitioners in Primary care

Based on case vignettes, this session offers a patient-centred approach to Parkinson's disease.

Why is the care of SMI patients so difficult ? Laying out the challenges from an inequalities, public health, data and coding perspectives. Advances and examples in clinical models of care, ‘point-of-care testing (POCT)’.

Natalie will discuss an overview of the bidirectional relationship between the skin and the gastrointestinal tract. Natalie will discuss the current knowledge base don the microbiome of the skin in relation to common dermatological conditions and what clinicians can consider in their practice to potentially impact positively on the dermatological microbiotic diversity.

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This session will focus on the recognition, diagnosis and management of cow’s milk allergy in infants and children. This includes how to support families through the elimination diet and reintroductio ...

This session will provide an easily digested overview of common eye conditions that present in primary care, alongside a number of learning points and tips that can be readily incorporated into the daily practice of those working in primary care, and which have a positive impact for patients and staff.

NICE guidelines for pain management present challenges for primary care practitioners. Gabapentinoid and Opioid Toolbox GOTT project working with Live Well with Pain will share a shift in focus to supporting self management. Valued outcomes for both practitioners and patients will be shared and lessons learnt.

This talk will present recent research and new clinical guidance on how to improve care for self-harm in primary care with specific implications for clinical practice and policy

Eating disorders are rising in males and females, with healthcare professionals in primary care supporting increasingly complex scenarios. This session will boost your confidence around understanding what lies behind the issues in order to better support your patients.

This presentation covers the important considerations around the diagnosis and management of heart failure within primary care with particular focus around national pathways and guidelines. 1.    To b ...

Demand for menopause support within primary care has increased dramatically. The session shares GP experiences of the impact of group clinics on patient and clinician experience

This talk is aimed at equipping and supporting colleagues on how to approach fertility queries in primary care, what initial investigations to consider and when to refer. We will also look at the impact of other health issues on fertility and exclusion criteria when referring for IVF treatment.

This session will cover the things that primary care needs to know when caring for patients who have HIV

This session will provide an update on STIs

The talk is aimed at equipping primary care colleagues with a step-by-step approach to dealing with both new menopause consultations and challenging consultations. The talk will cover evaluation and management of common side effects, problematic symptoms and managing higher risk patients.

It is a common misconception held by many women that they do not require contraception in there 40s and 50s. As clinicians we are aware that fertility is reduced but conception is still possible.  Thi ...

This presentation covers cancer in patients with vague symptoms onto a 2WW Non-Specific Symptom Pathway versus considering GP direct access to imaging. The session will share top tips and learning points from current evidence on imaging pathways and those from 2WW cancer referrals as primary care obtains access to more rapid diagnostic tests via the emerging Community Diagnostic Centres.

1.  Provide an overview of bowel cancer, risk factors and red flag symptoms.2.  Cover the use of FIT in symptomatic patients, and bowel cancer screening.

This session will cover current pathways for GP direct access to brain imaging and the symptoms and signs of suspected brain cancer with revision of red flags. We will also cover case examples for this often-silent cancer.

Recognising early signs and symptoms of brain tumours can be very challenging given some symptoms are subtle and can mimic other neurological conditions. This session aims to provide insight into some of the more common symptoms encountered and provide advice on how GPs can access timely information and encourage direct referrals where space occupying lesions have been identified; and how we can all be working more directly and closely with one another for the benefit of patients and their treatment pathways.

In 2018, prostate cancer diagnoses in the UK rose to; 57,192, exceeding those of breast, lung and bowel cancers. Around 20% of diagnoses are at stage 4 (metastatic) and a similar percentage at stage 3 (locally advanced). The COVID pandemic has made matters worse because there were 14,000 fewer diagnoses of prostate cancer than expected between January 2018 and December 2020. An awareness raising campaign was effective leading to 4,000 extra diagnoses compared to pre-pandemic norms in 2019, up to end of Nov 2022. We need to be alert to men at risk. A man is two and half times more likely to get prostate cancer if his father or brother has been diagnosed with it, compared to a man with no family history and black men are more likely to get prostate cancer than other men. In the UK, about 1 in 4 Black men will get prostate cancer at some point in their lives. As a result, prostate cancer is included in the Primary Care Network (PCN) Direct Enhanced Service Specification 2022/23.

This presentation goes through the difficulties with early diagnosis of patients with ovarian cancer. It highlights the early and late symptoms and signs as well as pathways for diagnosis through GP direct access to imaging. It also covers some case examples for patients with persistent symptoms.

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This presentation will give GPs and all primary care practitioners top tips for managing paediatric atopic eczema. The session will share current evidence-based practice, including NICE/PCDS guidance.

NAFLD is a silent epidemic and now the leading cause of liver transplantation in Europe. This session will cover the interpretation of abnormal liver blood tests in primary care, the diagnosis of NAFL ...

This session will focus on the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme and the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.

Although lifestyle modifications are fundamental therapeutic components in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, national and international guidelines have predominantly focused on pharmaceutical therapies. Now, for the first time, the latest American Diabetes Association/European Association for The Study of Diabetes (ADA/EASD) consensus guidelines on the management of hyperglycaemia have broken with tradition by incorporating a growing body of evidence linking health outcomes associated with type 2 diabetes to the movement behaviour composition over the whole, 24-hr day.

Join this session to find out how the '3 steps to glucose sensing' training can help health care professionals to initiate and manage people living with diabetes on real-time CGM devices. From a basic introduction, right through to the interpretation of ambulatory glucose profiles and other glucose data via glucose management platforms.

Improving the cardio metabolic health of people living with severe mental illness: Use of the Positive Cardiometabolic Health Resource 2023 update in primary care Interpretation & management of abnorm ...

1. Mechanisms of action SGLT2-Is in glycaemic control 2. Updates of SGLT2-I in CKD. 3. Updates of SGLT2-I in HEART FAILURE.

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This presentation highlights how referring patients with Type 2 diabetes to dietitians can improve outcomes on relevant QOF indicators including HbA1c, cholesterol, blood pressure, and weight. Key topics covered are: the role of dietitians in providing nutrition counseling and diabetes education to enhance self-care; evidence showing dietitian interventions lead to better health outcomes; processes for consistent GP referrals to dietitians; remote consultation availability; tracking QOF progress after referrals; and tailoring dietitian services to support the practice and patients. The presentation emphasizes how GPs and dietitians collaborating can optimize diabetes care. It provides practical suggestions for referral processes so that dietitians can become integral diabetes care team members.

An overview of the digital self-management services commissioned by NHS England available to support people living with diabetes to learn about and live well with diabetes.

This talk will present the Healthy Eating & Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (‘HEAL-D’) programme of research, detailing the journey from co-production through to clinical implementation of a culturally tailored evidence-based diet and lifestyle self-management programme for T2D in African and Caribbean adults.

Liva is delighted to be provisionally selected as one of the leading digital therapeutics platforms to offer hybrid weight-loss programmes in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). The Na ...

This session will explain how locums can legally disclose their own rates to be publicised anonymously using the BMA’s sessional GP committee locum heat map. The map contains the rates up and down the ...

As GPs, we often feel constrained by external factors such as lack of funding, difficulties in recruiting and unrealistic targets. This session explores how practices across England have adapted their ...

This session will explain where we currently are with the accelerated access to records programme rollout and the concerns the BMA have raised with government.

General practice is suffering due to unprecedented demand for its services with fewer GPs year on year to deal with patient’s problems. This session will explain the work done by the BMA on how you ca ...

This session will emphasise the values of taking on board GP trainees (registrars) and will outline the pathways to achieving this

This session will cover recent updates, opportunities and challenges regarding general practices.

Sessional GPs have been bold pioneers in trying out new roles and new models of general practice, helping retain their passion for general practice and supporting its organic evolution. This gives us all hope for professional fulfilment. The session will highlight many of the excellent resources on this topic developed by the Sessional Committee of the BMA

Your workforce is your most valuable asset. Retaining qualified GPs is a huge challenge currently. The session will highlight many of the excellent resources on this topic developed by the Sessional Committee of the BMA.

A joint session between the BMA and Practice Managers Association outlining approaches to help practices manage their workload in a practical and effective way. Building upon the BMA’s ‘Safe Working’ ...

In this session Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer will be building on established BMA guidance for safe working by exploring what tools practices could potentially use in managing their workload; what steps to ...

Salaried GPs work on average 25% above their contracted hours and this contributes to retention problems and burnout. The sessional committee has developed a toolkit to empower salaried GPs to set bou ...

In this session Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer will be looking back on twenty years of GMS, and the final year of the PCN DES ahead to the future of 24/25 and beyond into the next Parliament of what possibi ...

An expert panel comprising of Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer (Chair GPC England), Dr Mark Steggles (Chair Sessional GPC), and Dr Samira Anane (Deputy Chair GPC England, former Co-Chair Sessional GPC and Cha ...

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This session will focus on the use of anticoagulation for people living with atrial fibrillation (AF) giving an overview of the topic in line with current National guidelines.

Take a brief look at the evolution of the clinical pharmacist role in primary care, in the area of diabetes. Why are pharmacists perfectly suited to diabetes care? What help do pharmacists need to develop in this area and what does the future hold for them and their personal professional development?

Alex McPhail, Content Manager at Pharmaceutical Press discusses how evidence-based knowledge products through MedicinesComplete provides health professionals with practical, evidence-based guidance to ...

The systems working behind the scenes to keep patient safe from antibiotic resistance and conscious prescribing

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Following the completion of a nutritional medicine MSc, Lisa Jamieson, a pharmacist with over 25 years’ experience – and personal experience of managing several long-term conditions with a nutritional approach – is now on a mission to try to educate others about how we can use nutrition to improve health outcomes and reduce the need for medication.

Runa Salim's session emphasises the critical importance of properly bench-marking pharmacists and technicians to determine their current skill levels and learning gaps. With a recognition of the variance in skill sets within the profession, the talk will provide tailored guidance on rapid and efficient upskilling techniques. The session articulates how efficient upskilling allows pharmacy professionals to deliver real value from their first week, enhancing both job satisfaction and staff retention. Participants will also explore foundational knowledge required for competent Primary Care practice, achievable in a little as less than a week, and will be introduced to a detailed five-tier developmental pathway. Complimentary resources, including a self-assessment tool and an induction checklist, will be provided for immediate application in practices.

Are pain management and analgesic stewardship the same or different things? How can pharmacists ensure pain relief medicines are being used safely whilst still improving people's pain management. This session will attempt to answer those questions and provide some tips for practice.

The session will address the classic view that pharmacists are 'glorified shop keepers'. With the growing role of pharmacists across all sectors of healthcare, we need to ensure healthcare professionals and patients are aware of what skills pharmacist possesses. This will allow for more tailored help to patients. So how do you do it?

The new GP contract means there aren't as specific tailored targets for the pharmacy teams within practices. This is a presentation to explain why and how access is vital to show the clinical and financial value of pharmacy teams.

As we approach the milestone of September 2026, when newly qualified pharmacists become independent prescribers at registration, and with the continued expansion of pharmacist teams within Primary Care Networks (PCNs), the role of experienced pharmacists must evolve into proactive supervisors and mentors. This shift demands not only sharing clinical knowledge, but also fostering a culture of training, seamlessly merging theory with practice. Embracing this transformation will empower the next generation of pharmacists to deliver patient-centered care effectively and excel in collaborative healthcare settings, ultimately shaping the future of pharmacy.

Discover the myths of leadership and management in clinical practice

A back to basics brief on the various income streams available to primary care. Ideal for those new to Primary Care, interested in how "the business" works, or used as a checklist for experienced Mana ...

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General Practice has an excellent track record when it comes to providing patient services but the traditional partnership model is facing significant challenges in delivering a service that meets the ...

Jenna will use her experience as a healthcare specialist accountant to discuss the potential financial strategies on offer to GP Practices to move forwards in the current financial climate.

We'll delve into the often daunting world of medico-legal issues that physicians face and how The Medical League provides invaluable tools and support to navigate these challenges successfully. The Pr ...

It's great to share the successful strategy for optimizing AARS-funded staffing and achieving positive outcomes for PCNs. Here are some steps you can take to help your teams achieve similar results by ...

In a survey we conducted we found that the public feel GPs are paid too much. At the event we answer why the public perception is such and how a media plays a role in this. We show how this compares t ...

General Practice has an excellent track record when it comes to providing patient services but the traditional partnership model is facing significant challenges in delivering a service that meets the ...

We'll delve into the often daunting world of medico-legal issues that physicians face and how The Medical League provides invaluable tools and support to navigate these challenges successfully. The Pr ...

The Primary Care Access Recovery Plan is a key programme of work that aims to improve patient access and satisfaction. The plan makes commitments to empower patients through digital tools, increase capacity in Primary Care and cut bureaucracy.

An outline of the updated version of Good Medical Practice, highlighting the key changes.

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Why Continued Professional Development is an essential part of a sector wide recruitment and retention strategy and why PMA is a perfectly placed independent training provider to meet sector needs.

What does the “Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care” mean in practice! This session reflects on the four key deliverables:1. Empowering patients, which includes: improving information a ...

This workshop will identify the impact of high levels of stress and burnout in the NHS before providing an understanding of self-care strategies that can help staff and primary care organisations manage when staff are overstressed and experiencing burnout. At a time when staff disengagement and low morale are likely as a result of stress and burnout, this workshop will help you to understanding how to maximise the potential of teams by using solutions to systemic problems that can reduce the impact of chronic excessive workload and enable staff engagement.

In this session we will cover: Releasing time for care – 7 years on, Realising the benefits in practical terms & The new normal – things will never be the same again.

The session will consist of two parts, first a walk through of what digital transformation is and the need for it to optimise what we have. The second part of this session will look at GPAD, drawing out key points to improve it and also explaining why it doesn’t give us everything we need and what we can do about it

Phin is a physiotherapist and co founder of Pure Physiotherapy - he will provide an insight from his daily lived experience... He will focus on the impact of all of the FCPs and the value they have br ...

"Care Navigation: The Future of Primary Care Access" paints a compelling picture of a future where care navigation becomes an integral part of the healthcare ecosystem. By empowering patients to navig ...

During this session we will explore organisational culture, systemic leadership, how to improve your team morale, goal setting, developing and retaining a high performance team.

In this session, Fran Mead will provide an overview of the primary care career framework together with an update on: core skills, care navigation training and the showcasing NHS wellbeing, the GP Impr ...

During this session we will cover: Demand is predictable and maximising capacity puts you in control, The difference between activity and demand & Understanding capacity and how you can manage it.

This session provides attendees with an overview of the current state of transformation that the CQC is undergoing to bring in smarter regulation. We will focus on how these changes will impact GP pra ...

The session will cover the existing NHS Schemes and their peripheral benefits, the impact of the Age Discrimination Case and the changes due from October 2023 regarding Partial Retirement, along with ...

Post pandemic we have seen a sharp rise in patient complaints. We will consider how and why conflict may arise between staff, patients or their carers and will consider and reflect on ways to manage t ...

An overview of how the NHS Genomics Medicine Service is integrating into primary care, particularly in the area of genomics informed medicines optimisation.

This session will increase your confidence in interpreting ECGs and identify the common and red flag ECGs seen in patients with heart failure

Getting the infrastructure right for multi sector partnership working and scalability Getting buy in from PCNs and all relevant ARR roles Using a proactive approach to ensure no one is left behind Dat ...

Join Dr Clare Sieber and Oscar Mathew for some practical tips for GP Partners and Practice managers.

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This considers the patient journey from first contact with their practice through to consultation, the enhancing 'operating models' practices have adopted and how those can be supported by choosing effective / appropriate, well-integrated online consultation tools.  Covering NHS England research on the usability and accessibility of online consultations tools for patients, how online consultation tools are used by practice teams and the importance of high-quality user experiences for patients and staff.

An interactive session to explore the opportunities and benefits of primary care consultancy for the individual and primary care organisations.

With widening practice access, increased demand and limited resource; patient engagement shouldn’t stop at a digital front door. GP’s have less time with patients, admin teams are stretched and more p ...

Describe an example of a Proactive Care program delivering care for older people living with frailty

Patients who have been through stoma or internal pouch surgery are now ‘plumbed’ differently and as a result often present with more uncommon symptoms. What might appear to be flu-like symptoms could ...

Using Skills Not Pills to manage chronic pain rather than medication

This session will describe the recent progress made on the NHS App and how new features are helping patients and staff in winter 2023. Discussion will include hospital appointment features, notifications and messages, key pharmacy updates - including the ability to track prescriptions and a walk through the changes making it easier for users to order, track and collect their medications efficiently. Following extensive product development to reduce burden to front line services, the NHS App team are keen to hear the audience’s experience of working with the NHS App, and ideas on making the digital front door more central to the citizens who use the NHS App.

In this session we will explore the current wave of mental health demand and introduce how digital early intervention solutions like Kooth are integrating with primary and secondary care to meet this ...

This session will explore how the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are using portable CRP testing, on the LumiraDx Platform at point of care, within their urgent community response ...

An overview of the current initiatives and policy drivers for general practice and community nursing.

The session will provide an overview of the GPN legacy programme within Devon, with the underpinning accredited programme which is delivered by the University of Plymouth. It will showcase the collaborative working across systems, providing a network of support for new GPN's.

Exploring ways that patients can identify, understand, and choose a method that would support what is needed in better-managing symptoms related to the menopause in a more personalised way through group consultations.

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This is a presentation about Sonnet's ground-breaking research articulating the role and value of GPNs in the context of an evolving NHS and increasing demographic challenges.

ShinyMind is an evidence-based digital resource, originally created with NHS staff to improve workforce wellbeing and retention across the NHS. When clinicians began to recognise the personal benefit they gained from using ShinyMind, they quickly recognised its potential to also help their patients with anxiety and depression, which was confirmed by extensive successful nurse-led patient trials.Bringing this impact together, the Shine Programme is a pioneering transformational programme which helps create a ‘wellbeing halo’ for both primary care staff and their patients. Thanks to nurse leadership and further co-creation, the programme is delivering significant impact by improving workforce capacity to deliver primary care services, whilst benefitting patient wellbeing, reducing demand, and widening access. ShinyMind has also worked with NHSEI to co-create a nursing, midwifery and HCSW version for NHS workforce in England which will be free to download on the day.

Introducing HAYDEN, the ultimate lifestyle network for nurses! Our journey is designed to help nurses stay healthy, happy, and connected in the post-pandemic world. With features like a wellness secti ...

An easy quick guide to understanding the IPC needs for clinical general Practice and CQC inspection

A look at how to support and develop the registered nursing associate role within general practice.

Social media plays a huge role on our society but how does it affect people’s eating? Many young people spend a large amount of time on social media of a mixture of disciplines. How is it best managed and what is the best advice to people struggling with eating disorders?

Improve your skills and increase your confidence in managing patients with low back pain and sciatica in an evidence-based way. The trainer will go through the stages of a typical primary care-based c ...

Improve your skills and increase your confidence in treating your patients with common knee conditions e.g., osteoarthritis. The trainer will go through the stages of a typical primary care-based cons ...

Improve your skills and increase your confidence in managing your patients with common shoulder conditions. The trainer will use case studies to go through the stages of a typical primary care-based c ...

Understand and diagnose inflammatory back pain and SpA

This session will cover the importance of physical activity and movement, how to have person-centred conversations with your patients to empower them to move more. We will also share useful resources ...

A review of the current approaches to the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia in primary care.

In this session you will learn to recognise the presenting features of spondylarthritis. 1. Learn to recognise inflammatory back pain and the differences between that and mechanical back pain. 2. Unde ...

Improve your skills and increase your confidence in treating your patients with common knee conditions e.g., osteoarthritis. The trainer will go through the stages of a typical primary care-based cons ...

This session will explore the evidence-based research supporting the effectiveness of Apos treatment in improving pain levels and functional outcomes for knee osteoarthritis as well as learning about the unique features of Apos.

This session will cover the importance of physical activity and movement, how to have person-centred conversations with your patients to empower them to move more. We will also share useful resources ...

Improve your skills and increase your confidence in managing patients with low back pain and sciatica in an evidence-based way. The trainer will go through the stages of a typical primary care-based c ...

Improve your skills and increase your confidence in managing your patients with common shoulder conditions. The trainer will use case studies to go through the stages of a typical primary care-based c ...