| Friday 14 November - Day one | |
| 11.00am | Registration, exhibition and welcome refreshments |
| 11.55am | Welcome and introduction Nanna Christiansen, Paediatric Pharmacist, Associate Chief Pharmacist - Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Chair of Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group |
| 12.00pm | Sustainable prescribing in Paediatric Pharmacy Practice Dr Emma Lim, Consultant Paediatrician, Great North Children's Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 12.30pm | Updates and insights into Children’s Medicine today Steve Tomlin FRPharmS, FFRPS, FRCPCH (Hon), Director of the Children’s Medicines Research & Innovation Centre, Associate Chief Pharmacist – Research and Innovation, Great Ormond Street Hospital |
| 1.00pm | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
| Roundtables - choose to attend one in each block, 45 minutes in length | |
| 2.00pm | RT1 - Dealing with conflict in the pharmacy Dr Yincent Tse, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Great North Children's Hospital and Nigel Gooding, Consultant Pharmacist - Neonates and Paediatrics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 2.00pm | RT2 - Position statements update Andrew Wignell, Divisional Lead Pharmacist (Family Health), Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner (Paediatric Critical Care), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 2.00pm | RT3 - Biologics in rheumatology - all you need to know Dr Flora McErlane, Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Karen Hartley, Paediatric Rheumatology Pharmacist, Lucy Craig, Specialist Rheumatology Nurse, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 2.45pm | Comfort break |
| 2.55pm | RT4 - How to make time for research Sinéad Greener, Paediatric Pharmacist and NIHR Research Fellow |
| 2.55pm | RT5 - Understanding and expanding the Pharmacy Technician role Patricia Hayes, Pharmacy Operations Manager, Evelina London Children’s Hospital |
| 2.55pm | RT6 - Medicines Purchasing - show me the money Paul Sanderson, Chief Pharmacist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
| 3.40pm | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 4.15pm | Paediatric poisoning. Everything is edible. Some things are only edible once Mark Anderson, Medical Director, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle |
| 4.45pm | Short paper showcase Understanding equity, diversity and inclusion within Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group membership Ashifa Trivedi, Senior Pharmacist - Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital |
| 4.55pm | How good is AI? Comparison of models for paediatric pharmacy clinical questions Patrick To, Highly Specialist Pharmacist Neonates, Evelina London Children's Hospital |
| 5.05pm | Evaluating Antimicrobial Stewardship in Paediatric Hospital-at-Home Care Mohammed Abou-Daya, Service Lead Women’s and Children Pharmacist, Barts Health NHS Trust |
| 5.15pm | Defining Paediatric Medicine Safety Through Public and Staff Engagement Iek Leng Cheng, Senior Specialist Pharmacist/NIHR Clinical Academic Research Fellow, Great Ormond Street Hospital |
| 5.25pm | NPPG Research grant 2024 – 3D-Printed tablets for children unable to use licensed medicines Andrea Gill, Consultant Pharmacist Medication Safety and Governance, Senior Research Pharmacist, Paediatric Medicines Research, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital & Dr Louise Bracken, Senior Research Pharmacist and Co-Director of the Paediatric Medicines Research Unit, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital |
| 5.40pm | Close of Day one |
| 5.50pm | NPPG SIG Meetings
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| 7.30pm | NPPG Annual Conference Dinner Hilton Hotel Newcastle, Gateshead |
| Saturday 15th November - Day two | |
| 8.00am | NPPG SIG Meetings
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| 8.30am | Registration, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 8.55am | Welcome Nanna Christiansen, Paediatric Pharmacist, Associate Chief Pharmacist - Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Chair of Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group |
| 9.00am | Probiotics in the NICU Professor Nicholas Embleton, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 9.30am | A Parent’s Perspective: 6 Steps of support you may have never considered Greg Johnston, Chief Executive, Team Evie |
| 10.00am | Short paper showcase Enhancing Neonatal Safety Through Pharmacy-Inclusive Simulation Thomas Wyllie, Specialist Pharmacist, University Hospital Of Wales |
| 10.10am | Recruiting a Diverse Parent Advisory Group for a
Neonatal Feasibility Study Cara Sutton, Research Pharmacist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
| 10.20am | Promoting Medicines Safety Awareness through an
Interactive Educational Event Ka Yu Yung, Medicines Safety Pharmacist, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital |
| 10.30am | Exploring parents administering medication in neonatal
care – Parent and staff perspectives Suzannah Hibberd, Lead Neonatal Pharmacist, Southampton Children's Hospital |
| 10.40am | Standardising Infusions in Paediatric and Neonatal
Care: Next Steps (The SIXPENCE Study) Dr Adam Sutherland, Associate Professor in Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Bradford |
| 10.50am | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| Masterclass sessions - choose to attend one, 1 hour in length | |
| 11.35am | M1 - The role of the Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) - a mentee and mentor's perspective James Smith, Rotational Paediatric Pharmacist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, UHBW and Susie Gage, Paediatric Pharmacist Team Lead-PICU/Cardiology/Surgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, UHBW |
| 11.35am | M2 - Right Drug, Right Bug, Right Time Dr Stephen Owens, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle |
| 11.35am | M3 - How to get started when faced with a child with liver dysfunction Penny North-Lewis, Paediatric Liver Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Leeds General Infirmary |
| 11.35am | M4 - How paediatric teams can support system working (working with primary and secondary care, and your ICB) Susanne Lynch, Cheshire and Merseyside |
| 12.35pm | Lunch, final exhibition and poster viewing |
| 1.35pm | NPPG AGM and welcome to the incoming Vice-Chair Nanna Christiansen, Paediatric Pharmacist, Associate Chief Pharmacist - Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Chair of Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group |
| 1.50pm | NPPG short paper, poster and innovation awards 2025 |
| Workshops - choose to attend one in each block - 50 minutes in length | |
| 2.05pm | W1 - Specialist PCC session Speaker tba |
| 2.05pm | W2 - Sponsored workshop - Proveca Speaker tba |
| 2.05pm | W3 - aHUS management now and in the future Christine Maville, Nurse Consultant, NRCTC Newcastle Hospital Trust and Claire Turnbull, Nurse Specialist, NRCTC Newcastle Hospital Trust |
| 2.05pm | W4 - Unlocking the potential of the Discharge Medicines Service in paediatrics Ashifa Trivedi, Senior Pharmacist - Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital |
| 2.55pm | Comfort break |
| 3.05pm | W5 - Getting to the heart of the matter - ventricular aided devices Catriona Johnston, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust |
| 3.05pm | W6 - Immunology and transplant pharmacology Professor Andy Gennery, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Immunology, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle |
| 3.05pm | W7 - General update on medicine use during breastfeeding Laura Kearney, Consultant Pharmacist Specialist Lactation Medicines Advice & Clinical Lead UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service and Helen Jones, Senior Medicines Information Pharmacist |
| 3.05pm | W8 - Advanced credentialling Jo Crook, Consultant Pharmacist, King's College, London and Chloe Benn, Consultant Pharmacist, Royal Free Hospital |
| 3.55pm | Close of Conference 2025 |