| Friday 19 September | |
| 11.00am | Registration, welcome refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 11.40am | Chair's welcome address Amy Laflin, Acting President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) |
| 11.50am | Opening address - Pharmacy professional leadership: co-creating the future Sir Hugh Taylor, Independent Chair of the UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board and Chair of the Health Foundation |
| 12.10pm | Keynote address - Propelling Pharmacy Technician professional practice Liz Fidler, Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice, Office of the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHS England |
| 12.35pm | Pharmacy and the 10
Year Health Plan David Webb, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, NHS England |
| 1.00pm | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
| Parallel workshops - choose to attend one, 40 minutes in length each | |
| 2.00pm | Chair: Trudy Krysta, Professional Lead, England, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W1 - Clinical: An update on the Evolving Role of Advanced Pharmacy Technicians & the BOPA passport Chandra Maraj, Advanced Clinical Cancer Pharmacy Technician & Cancer Pharmacy Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 2.00pm | Chair: Tbc W2 Education: Transforming Pharmacy Technician post-registration education: innovative approaches for Scotland Linda Henderson, Professional Lead, Scotland, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) |
| 2.00pm | Chair: Kristy Garton, Branch Liaison Executive, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W3 Leadership: Advancing practice - Support staff Sam Hill, Lead Pharmacy ATO Dispensary Manager, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital |
| 2.00pm | Chair: Philip Jones, Education Director, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W4 Research: Research and why it matters to Pharmacy Technicians Alison Hemsworth, PhD Researcher University of Huddersfield and Independent Consultant and Melanie Boughen, Associate Professor and Director of Pharmacy Technician Education and Doctoral Researcher, University of East Anglia |
| 2.50pm | Chair: Rebecca Bastable, Membership Director, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) What’s new from the GPhC Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive & Registrar, General Pharmaceutical Council |
| 3.15pm | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| Taught Masterclass sessions - choose to attend one, 40 minutes in length each | |
| 3.50pm | Chair: Elspeth Clarke, Member Observer, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) M1 Clinical: Setting up a clinical practice Emma Lowe, Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services, East Lancashire Hospitals Trust |
| 3.50pm | Chair: tbc M2 Education: How to support your learner? Victoria DiMartino, Lead Training Programme Director - GPPT, Pharmacy Workforce Development South (PWDS) and Kate Cannon, Deputy Lead for Work-Based Learning, School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of East Anglia |
| 3.50pm | Chair: Linda Henderson, Professional Lead, Scotland, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) M3 Leadership: Leadership in a challenging world Hazel Jamieson, Pharmacy Operational Services Manager, NHS Forth Valley |
| 3.50pm | Chair: Warren Francis, Professional Lead, Northern Ireland, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) M4 Research: Critical appraisal in pharmacy: Reading between the lines Alison Hemsworth, PhD Researcher University of Huddersfield and Independent Consultant and Rebecca Chamberlain, PhD Research Student, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Specialist Pharmacy Technician, Education and Regulation |
| Chair: Kristy Garton, Branch Liaison Executive, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) Short papers showcase - a selection of submitted papers | |
| 4.40pm | Antibiotic stewardship effectiveness in an inpatient mental health setting Carly Tarry, Pharmacy Technician, St. Andrew's Healthcare |
| 4.50pm | Cross-sector Collaboration: Introducing the role of a Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician in Mental Health Claire Kelty, Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| 5.00pm | Networking and collaboration – national medication safety pharmacy technician group Amanda Metcalf, Lead Pharmacy Technician Medication Safety, Tees Esk Wear Valleys NHS Trust |
| 5.10pm | The Implementation of a Clinical Pharmacy Technician Role to Clinically Validate the Prescribing of Discharge Medications by a Pharmacist Non-Medical Prescriber in the Surgical Clinical Pharmacy Unit (CPU) at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR) Bharti Parmar, Clinical Pharmacy Technician, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 5.20pm | Chair: Philip Jones, Education Director, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) Recognising and unlearning colourism Shweta Aggarwal, Author, Speaker and Anti-Colourism Activist |
| 5.50pm | Chair's round up and close Philip Jones, Education Director, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK |
| 7.30pm | Welcome Reception followed by APTUK Annual Awards Dinner Hilton Hotel, Newcastle Gateshead |
| Saturday 20 September | |
| 8.00am | Registration, welcome refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| Sunrise workshops - choose to attend one, 40 minutes in length each | |
| 8.30am | Chair: Elspeth Clarke, Member Observer, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) SW1 - PCPA: Advancing practice of Pharmacy Technicians in primary care Abigail Stirling, Senior GP Pharmacy Technician, Sunlight Group Practice, Chair Pharmacy Technician for PCPA |
| 8.30am | Chair: Trudy Krysta, Professional Lead, England, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) SW2 - CPPE: Patient group directions for Pharmacy Technicians Karen Thomas, Education Supervisor, CPPE and Naomi Melville, Education Supervisor, CPPE |
| 8.30am | Chair: Kristy Garton, Branch Liaison Executive, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) SW3 - CMHP: Unlocking potential: How Pharmacy Technicians are going from practice to postgraduate study in Mental Health Training Claire Butler, Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Technician - Community Mental Health Teams for Brighton and Hove - Sussex Partnership NHS Trust and Ciara Hallows, Teaching Associate Professional Experiences Co-Ordinator, Aston University, APTUK/CMHP Mental Health Branch Committee Member |
| 9.30am | Chair's welcome Rebecca Bastable, Membership Director, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) |
| 9.35am | Advancing Pharmacy Technician practice – the four pillars approach Mary J. Carter, Lead Pharmacy Training Programme Director, Pharmacy Workforce Development South (PWDS) and Bianca Glavin, Senior Pharmacy Technician, Primary Care Education, CPPE |
| Parallel workshops - choose to attend one, 40 minutes in length each | |
| 10.10am | Chair tbc W5 - Education: Empowering Pharmacy Technicians through PGDs: Best Practice, Training & Clinical Implementation Rebecca Bastable, Membership Director, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK), Dalgeet Puaar, Pharmacy Education Reform Senior Programme Manager and Workforce, Training & Education Lead for Pharmacy Technicians, NHS England, Charlotte Lovely, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Technician, Edinburgh Road Pharmacy, Kerry Finch, Principal Pharmacy Technician Medicines Safety, Quality Standards & Professional Development, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Kieran Reynolds, Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Medicines Governance, Medicines Use and Safety, Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) and Danielle Sweeney, Antimicrobial Pharmacy Technician, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 10.10am | Chair: Diane Torry, Editor, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W6 Education: Unlocking Potential: Leadership and Clinical Career Pathways for Community Pharmacy Technicians Dalvinder Moman, Lead Pharmacy Technician, Boots |
| 10.10am | Chair: Warren Francis, Professional Lead, Northern Ireland, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W7 Leadership: From Fellowship to Leadership: Advancing Pharmacy Technician practice through strategy and vision Phil Jones, Education Director and Amy Laflin, Acting President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) |
| 10.10am | Chair: Trudy Krysta, Professional Lead, England, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W8 Research: Speed date your way through research by Pharmacy Technicians Alison Hemsworth, PhD Researcher University of Huddersfield and Independent Consultant, Melanie Boughen, Associate Professor and Director of Pharmacy Technician Education and Doctoral Researcher, University of East Anglia, Aileen Begley, Pharmacy Technician Specialist, Public Health, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Sarah Sharman, Pharmacy Technician, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Rebecca Chamberlain, PhD Research Student, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Specialist Pharmacy Technician, Education and Regulation |
| 10.50am | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 11.30am | Chair: Elspeth Clarke, Member Observer, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) Standing up to LGBTQ+ health inequalities Jason Louis John Benning, Professional Lead Pharmacy Technician, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Sarah Sharman, Pharmacy Clinical Educator, University of Sheffield, NIHR INSIGHT Student, University of Nottingham |
| Parallel workshops - choose to attend one, 40 minutes in length each | |
| 12.05pm | Chair: Linda Henderson - Professional Lead, Scotland, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W9 Clinical: Polypharmacy reviews in patients’ home Leanne Johnstone, Senior Pharmacy Technician at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
| 12.05pm | Chair: Diane Torry, Editor, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W10 - A blueprint for tomorrow- Learning from Critical Care Pharmacy for technicians and the wider profession Emma Boxall, Lead Critical Care/Theatres Pharmacist, Salford Royal as part of Northern Care Alliance and Sarah Shergold, Chief Medicines Management Technician- Adult Critical Care and Theatres Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust |
| 12.05pm | Chair: Warren Francis, Professional Lead, Northern Ireland, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W11 Leadership: How has the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer's pharmacy leaders development programme supported Pharmacy Technicians in their leadership journey? Bianca Glavin, Senior Pharmacy Technician, Primary Care Education, CPPE, Sheetal Jogia, London Pharmacy Aseptic Services Workforce Transformation Project Lead, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Claire Dearden, Medicines Optimisation Governance and Service Improvement Lead, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board |
| 12.05pm | Chair: Kristy Garton - Branch Liaison Executive, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) W12 Research: A road less travelled - Research journey into Pharmacy Technicians’ perceptions and experiences of professional identity Aileen Begley, Pharmacy Technician Specialist, Public Health, Gartnavel Royal Hospital |
| 12.45pm | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 1.45pm | Chair: tbc Final Accuracy Checking: The 1000 item debate Factors that influence confidence and competence in Final Accuracy Checking Ellen Williams, Director of Regional Pharmacy Training, Pharmacy Workforce Development South (PWDS) & Dr Emily Smith, Pharmacy Research Fellow, University Hospital Southampton (UHS) Foundation Trust |
| 2.10pm | Chair: Diane Torry, Editor, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) Introduction to Neurodiversity; Informed Pharmacy Services Dr Tony Lloyd, Consultant, Psychotherapist, Coach & Neurodiversity Specialist |
| 2.40pm | Chair's round-up and close Amy Laflin, Acting President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) |
| 2.45pm | Close of conference |