Event Details

AHSN NENC is working with Health Education England to develop a Community of Practice for PCN Pharmacy Professionals within NENC Integrated Care System. This is the fourth in a series of networking meetings and will focus on sharing best practice and resources on supporting medicines optimisation in vulnerable adults and people in Care Homes.

The Community of Practice (CoP) has the support of senior pharmacy managers within NENC ICS and will have the following aims and objectives:

Aim

The aim of the event is to create community of practice for PCN pharmacy representatives working in primary care in NENC.

Objectives

  • To support the development of a leadership structure and create a platform for lead primary care pharmacy professionals to identify, share and communicate common issues across the ICS
  • To facilitate networking, sharing of best practice, to improve effective use of resources and reduce duplication
  • To promote quality improvement and primary care research
  • To provide series of locally AHSN NENC is working with Health Education England to develop a Community of Practice for PCN Pharmacy Professionals within NENC Integrated Care System.

 

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The webinar is open to pharmacy professionals working in the Primary Care setting in NENC.

Agenda:

Introduction (5mins)

Janette Stephenson, Project Manager PCN Pharmacy Community of Practice AHSN NENC.

Eden PCN Pharmacy team, A team of pharmacists and technicians working together across a PCN within North Cumbria (10mins)

Jeanette Pieri (IPresc), Lead Clinical Pharmacist, and Megan Bannister, Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician

Using data to reduce anti-psychotic prescribing to patients with dementia in care homes (10 mins)

Jennifer Nellis, Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

Newcastle Inner West Care Homes: SMR process and collaborative working (10 mins)

David Jones ACP / Lead Pharmacist / Kat Weaver Pharmacy Technician Newcastle Hospitals / Inner West PCN

Vulnerable Adult Wrap Around Service in Durham Dales (10 mins)

Thomas Watkinson MPharm PGDip IP MFRPSII , Head of Pharmacy and Clinical Services

Medicines use in care homes” looking at 3 way communication between GP, Community Pharmacy and care homes (10mins)

Emily Whales, Programme Manager AHSN NENC

Q & A (10 mins)

Next steps for CoP & Close (5 mins)

Janette Stephenson, Project Manager PCN Pharmacy Community of Practice AHSN NENC