Programme. More details here…PDIG June 2017
The presentations from the summer symposium are now available here…
| 9.00am | Arrival, Registration, Coffee & Tea | |||
| 10.00am | Chairman’s Welcome & Introduction | Margaret Dolan, Chair, PDIG | ||
| 10.10am | NHS Medicines Contracting – The Future!
§ What contracting process will be used and what will be the impact upon existing structures and systems? § What are the challenges and opportunities? § How will the NHS and Pharmaceutical Industry work in partnership? |
Peter Huskinson National Commercial Director, Specialised Commissioning, NHS England
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| 10.50am | Specialist Pharmacy Services (SPS) and the National Standardisation programme
§ What is the role of SPS? § What is the plan for a Catalogue of NHS-made medicines? § What else is on the workplan for NHS-made medicines? |
Tim Root
Specialist Pharmacist, Clinical Governance & Technical Services, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service
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| 11.30am | Tea/Coffee | |||
| 12.00noon | Cancer Medicines – The Transformation
§ How has the funding and evaluation of cancer drugs changed? § How will biosimilar monoclonal antibodies be introduced into practice? § What are the Cancer Vanguards and how will they impact on cancer treatments? |
David Thomson
Chemotherapy Pharmacist –NHS England Jatinder Harchowal, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
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| 1.00pm | Lunch | |||
| 2.15pm | Restricted use of open systems for injectable medication – background and implications§ Background to development of patient safety alerts § Background to the ‘open systems’ alert § Implications of the alert for Pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry |
Graeme KirkpatrickHead of Patient Safety (Advice and Guidance) NHS Improvement
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| 2.45pm | The challenges of NHS Medicines Procurement and Distribution? – Industry Views A panel discussion § What are the most significant current issues? § What plans are in place to address these? § How can the NHS assist? |
Dr Rick Greville
Director Wales and Director Distribution & Supply, ABPI Geoff Mellor Technical Director Healthcare Distribution Association Director General, BGMA |
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3.45pm |
Summary and Close | Margaret Dolan, Chair, PDIG | ||