2025 Programme

Companies listed have provided sponsorship supporting the conference, with no input or control over the agenda, content creation, or speaker selection, except for their sponsored sessions.

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Registration and exhibition viewing
Registration
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Welcome from Chair
Opening
Speaker
Darush Attar-Zadeh
Clinical Fellow
NWL ICB, RightBreathe
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COPD exacerbations
Presentation
Speaker
Beverley Bostock
Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Long-Term Conditions
Mann Cottage Surgery Moreton in Marsh
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Greener Respiratory care
Presentation

Climate change affects us all and patients will be impacted by it more than they realise. What is our role in mitigating it, educating patients and how can we become ‘greener’? This session will discuss the climate and health challenges we face, including the levers, policy drivers and support resources for a Greener NHS. It will outline specifically how health professionals can make their respiratory care and prescribing more sustainable to improve patient and planetary health and in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society competence framework for all prescribers

Speaker
Ravijyot Saggu
Lead Pharmacist - Respiratory & Medicines Optimisation
London
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Morning break and exhibition viewing
Break
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Vaping in Children and Young People
Presentation
Speaker
Ren Lawlor
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Academic Tutor,
South East London Training Hub Director at The Good Practitioner - Education and Training
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Asthma Management: Think Different Stay Curious
Presentation

This session has been organised and funded by Chiesi ltd. This session contains promotional content. For UK Healthcare Professionals Only.

Speaker
Darshan Negandhi
Primary Care Network (PCN) and Community Pharmacist

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Lunch and exhibition viewing
Meal
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Inequalities/Asthma
Presentation
Speaker
Laura King, BN(Hons) RN(Child)
Tertiary Clinical Nurse Specialist Paediatric Asthma
Young Barts Health
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New guidance for asthma management
Presentation

In November 2024 new guidance joint for the diagnosis and management of asthma in adults and children was released from British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). This session will explain the diagnostic recommendations and changes to asthma management.

Speaker
Carol Stonham MBE
Respiratory Nurse Practitioner
NHS Gloucestershire ICB
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Afternoon break and exhibition viewing
Break
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Early intervention for chronic respiratory disease
Presentation
Speaker
Darush Attar-Zadeh
Clinical Fellow
NWL ICB, RightBreathe
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Close of conference
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