Summer Symposium – Thursday, 7th June 2007
The Hilton Hotel, Coventry

    
09.00amArrival, Registration, Coffee & Tea  
09.45amChairman’s Welcome & IntroductionAllan Karr, Chairman, PDIG 
 

Professor Roger Tredree/Maggie Dolan, Vice Chairmen, PDIG

 
10.00amGovernment View of medicines and the supply chain  
 
  • What are the latest changes with medicines?
  • How are we trying to reduce shortage problems?
Keith Ridge

Cheif Pharmacist, DoH

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10.20am

Measuring and monitoring medicine supplier performance

  
 
  • How can the NHS monitor medicines supplier performance?
  • What measures of performance are critical to success?
Howard Stokoe, Principal Pharmacist, PaSA

Phil Aubrey, Deputy Medicines Procurement Specialist, London & East of England

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10.20am

London Procurement Programme

  
 
  • Why should we contract for branded medicines?
  • What are the processes for contracting & implementation in London?
Peter Sharott, Chairman - Pharmacy Market Support Group and London Procurement Programme medicinces management committee

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11.30amTea/Coffee  
12.00 NoonA hospital without a pharmacy  
 
  • Why have a hospital without a pharmacy?
  • What are the supply chain issue?
  • How can you deliver an effective medicines supply service?

Anne Cope

Associate Director of Pharmacy, Service Development, Clinical Governance & Risk, University Hospital Brimingham NHS Foundation Trust

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12.40pmPresentation of David Samways Award  
12.45pmLunch  
2.00pmOFT Review of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS)  
 
  • Overview of the PPRS - does it need changing?
  • What are the recommendations of the OFT study?

Simeon Thornton, Office of Fair Trading

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3.00pmMedicine distribution models  
 
  • What are the issue with existing medicine distribution systems?
  • What models of distribution are available?
  • Are there any strategic consequences?

David Watson, Head of Trade, Pfizer Ltd

Don MacCarthur, Industry Consultant


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