| 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 paediatric care Dr Yincent Tse, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Great North Children's Hospital and Nigel Gooding, Consultant Pharmacist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lead Pharmacist, East of England Neonatal ODN |
| 2.00pm | RT2 - Position Statement update Andrew Wignell, Divisional Lead Pharmacist (Family Health), Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner (Paediatric Critical Care), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 2.00pm | RT3 - Biologics and paediatric rheumatology 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, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 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 Dr Mark Anderson, Consultant Paediatrician, 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 Meeting
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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 Khuen Foong Ng, Consultant in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, 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, Chief Pharmacist, Cheshire and Merseyside ICS and Paul Sanderson, Chief Pharmacist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
| 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 and Chloe Benn, Consultant Pharmacist Paediatrics, Barts Health NHS Trust, Vice-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 - What’s new in Neonatology? Sian Gaze, Lead Pharmacist – Medicine and Neonatology, Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Nigel Gooding, Consultant Pharmacist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lead Pharmacist, East of England Neonatal ODN |
| 2.05pm | W2 - Sponsored workshop - Proveca Ketogenic diets for paediatric patients with neurodisability (Including patient case studies) Jo Xuan Tan, Rotational Paediatric Pharmacist, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| 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 for Children and Young People Ashifa Trivedi, Senior Pharmacist - Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Rebecca Le Maistre, Paediatric Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group and David Harris, Children's Pharmacist, Northampton General Hospital |
| 2.55pm | Refreshment break and move between sessions |
| 3.10pm | W5 - Getting to the heart of the matter - ventricular aided devices Catriona Johnston, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Paediatric Cardiothoracic Pharmacist, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 3.10pm | W6 - Newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency - What a pharmacist should know Professor Andy Gennery, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Immunology, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle |
| 3.10pm | W7 - Medicine use during breastfeeding Laura Kearney, Consultant Pharmacist, and Helen Jones, Senior Medicines Information Pharmacist, SPS Medicines Advice Service and UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service |
| 3.10pm | W8 - Credentialling as an advanced pharmacist Jo Crook, Consultant Pharmacist Paediatrics, King's College Hospital, London and Chloe Benn, Consultant Pharmacist Paediatrics, Barts Health NHS Trust |
| 4.00pm | Close of conference 2025 |