Conference ProgrammeWith thanks to our headline sponsor

Innovation to PracticeWednesday 29 November

Thank you for joining us at the 7thRPS Wales Medicines Safety Conference

“Welcome and Croeso to the Medicines Safety Conference 2017. I’m hugely proud to see how this conference has grown from an intimate symposium, into the open and inclusive event that we have this year, with speakers and delegates from across various health professions, all sectors and all corners of the country.

Those of you who attended last year may remember Professor Don Berwick’s message, stressing that system change and innovation must be at the heart of any pursuit to improve medicines safety. Today we will explore the latest developments in science and technology, workforce design and practice development that will help achieve this aim.

I’m particularly excited for this afternoon’s motivational presentation from Sally Gunnell OBE, former Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. Ms Gunnell will reflect on her time as an elite athlete and draw comparisons with how health professionals can use the same techniques to develop greater resilience. The focus on wellbeing is vital, as health professionals experience more pressure and demand, as roles and responsibilities change in the health service. We hope that you enjoy today’s conference and will leave equipped and inspired to be the innovators within your own workplace!”

Mair Davies, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Director for Wales

TEVA UK Teva UK Limited are the headline sponsor of this event which has been supported through additional sponsorship from the pharmaceutical industry, by way of exhibition, who will be present at the meeting. No input into the event or venue was provided.

Special thanks to our headline sponsor

Many thanks to our 2017 partners and exhibitors for supporting the Medicines Safety Conference

• TEVA UK• Norgine• Martindale Pharma• Novo Nordisk• Pfi zer• Gedeon Richter• Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd (A Perrigo

Company)• Veriton Pharma• Consilient Health• General Pharmaceutical Council• Primary Care Hub, Public Health Wales• Association of the British Pharmaceutical

Industry• Train. Work. Live.

PROGRAMME

8.30 - 9.15

9.15 - 9.20

9.30 - 10.15

9.20 - 9.30

10.15 - 10.35

10.35 - 10.45

10.45 - 11.00

11.00 -11.30

11.30 - 1.00

Registration and refreshments

Refreshments and networking

WelcomePaul Bennett, CEO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Chair’s addressChris Martin, Deputy Chair, Bevan Commission

SHOWCASING INNOVATION:PARALLEL SESSIONS

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SESSION A - USING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PATIENT BENEFIT Session Chair – Professor Sir Mansel Aylward, Chair, Life Sciences Hub Wales

The NHS in 2030 : a people-powered and knowledge-powered health systemJohn Loder, Head of Strategy, Nesta

Personalised medicines: a new paradigm for health? Professor Jayne Lawrence, Head, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, Manchester University

Medicines information - factors to consider when deciding on a solution Harvinder Sondh, Director of Marketing & Product Development, RPS Pharmaceutical Press

Q&A Panel - Chaired session with all speakers

Address by Vaughan Gething AMCabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport

Medicines safety: avoiding the ‘plane crash’Professor John Watkins, Consultant Epidemiologist, Public Health Wales

Professional leadership & innovation in practiceSuzanne Scott-Thomas, Chair, RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board

Priorities for medicines management and medicines safetyJudith Vincent, Chair, All Wales Chief Pharmacists’ Group

PROGRAMME

1.00 - 2.15

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SESSION B - INNOVATION IN WORKFORCE DESIGN AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT

Session Chair – Paul Gimson , National Primary Care Manager, 1000 Lives Improvement

Community pharmacy independent prescribing service Dylan Jones & Jason Carroll, Powys Teaching Health Board

Integration of NHS primary care services into a super prisonTom Cox, Prison Lead Pharmacist, HMP Berwyn

New pathways, better outcomes: the evolving role of pharmacists in cardiac care

Sharron Gordon, Consultant Anticoagulation Pharmacist, AHSN Network

2.20 - 2.40

2.40 - 3.40

3.40 - 4.10

4.10 - 4.30

4.30 - 4.35

4.35 - 5.30

Afternoon welcome Chair : Chris Martin, Deputy Chair, Bevan Commission

Resilience for top performance: looking after yourself so you can look after others

Sally Gunnell OBE

Multidisciplinary team training, education and improvement for the future

Dr Chris Jones CBE, Interim Chair, Health Education Improvement Wales

Refl ections and challenges for the future

Andrew Evans, Chief Pharmaceutical Offi cer for Wales

Closing remarksPaul Bennett, CEO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

2.15 - 2.20

Lunch, exhibition and networking

Celebrating research: medicines safety poster awardsProfessor Philip Routledge OBE, Clinical Director, All Wales Therapeutics

and Toxicology Centre

Refreshments and networking

Paul Bennett CEO, Royal Pharmaceutical SocietyPast Superintendent Pharmacist of Safeway Stores PLC, Alliance Pharmacy and Boots UK. Board member of the CCA and the PSNC, and past Chair of the English Pharmacy Board, the NPA and more recently, Pharmacy Voice.

Chris Martin Deputy Chair, Bevan CommissionCurrently Deputy Chair of the Bevan Commission with an interest in innovation and end of life care, he has extensive experience in the public sector having been Chair of four separate health organisations over the last 18 years. Until his retirement in June 2014 he was the Chair of Hywel Dda University Health Board, Welsh NHS Confederation and Coordinating Chair of all health organisations in Wales.

Vaughan Gething AM Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and SportVaughan was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport in May 2016. As a regular speaker at previous RPS conferences, we’re delighted to be welcoming Vaughan Gething to deliver an address to the 7th Medicines Safety Conference.

Judith Vincent All Wales Chief Pharmacists’ GroupAs Clinical Director (Chief Pharmacist) of ABUHB, Judith’s responsible for primary, community and acute sector pharmacy services. In this role Judith is also the Controlled Drug Accountable Offi cer. Judith is the current Chair of the All Wales Chief Pharmacists’ Group and the more recently formed Welsh Pharmacy Partnership.

Speaker Profi les

Suzanne Scott-Thomas Chair, RPS Welsh Pharmacy BoardSuzanne is currently Clinical Director and Head of Medicines Management for Cwm Taf UHB having previously been Chief Pharmacist and Medicine Management Lead for Merthyr and Cynon Localities, Cwm Taf LHB and Chief Pharmacist for North Glamorgan NHS Trust 2004-2009.

Professor Sir Mansel Aylward Chair, Life Sciences Hub WalesFormerly Chair, Public Health Wales, Director of the Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research and Professor of Public Health Education in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. He now leads on the development of a repurposed vision and mission for the Life Sciences Hub including delivering opportunities to broaden the scope and create value for NHS-Industry engagement.

Paul Gimson National Primary Care Manager, 1000 Lives ImprovementFormer Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management at Caerphilly Local Health Board, during which time he spent a year on secondment to the Welsh Government to oversee the introduction of the community pharmacy contract. Paul was CEO of Community Pharmacy Wales from 2007-09 and RPS Wales Director 2009-2014. Since then, he has been National Primary Care Manager at 1000 Lives Plus Quality Improvement.

John Loder Director of Strategy, NestaJohn has a particular interest in the potential of data to improve healthcare, and leads Nesta’s digital health work, such as Dementia Citizens. He co-wrote Doctor Know, looking at the potential for new ways of creating and using knowledge in healthcare.

Speaker Profiles

Dylan Jones Prescribing Advisor and Practice Support Pharmacist, Powys Teaching Health Board

An experienced community pharmacy manager, Dylan was joint winner of the Independent Community Pharmacist of the Year award at the 2017 Welsh Pharmacy Awards. His innovative frame of thinking led to the development of a range of additional services - both preventative and supportive - to help customers improve and manage their own health.

Jason Carroll Medicines Management Pharmacist, Powys Teaching Health Board

Jason Carroll is a pharmacist working as part of the Powys Teaching Health Board Medicines Management Department. Having worked in an independent pharmacy for many years, Jason is keen to see community pharmacy develop new roles as part of a fully integrated primary care team.

Professor Jayne Lawrence Head, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester

Former Chief Scientist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Jayne sits on many national committees, including the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Vice-Chair), the UK & Ireland Controlled Release Society (Treasurer) and the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group, the Institute of Physics and the Formulation and Pharmaceutical Technology Special Interest Group for FIP. Jayne took up her new post with the University of Manchester earlier this year.

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Thomas Cox Lead Prison Pharmacist, HMP Berwyn

After his early years in pharmacy, Tom developed an interest in substance misuse, mental health and men’s health advocacy. This led to a clinical pharmacist job at HMP Birmingham, followed by Senior Pharmacist at Devon Prisons. He recently set-up the pharmacy service at Europe’s largest prison. This involved a number of innovations - clinical, staffing and automative, and included a mass medicines optimisation programme.

Harvinder Sondh Director of Marketing and Product Development, Pharmaceutical Press.

Harvinder is a registered pharmacist with over 20 years’ experience in a variety of community pharmacy and commercial roles. His role at Pharmaceutical Press is to identify and develop new solutions for medicines information. Knowing first-hand the challenges faced by health professionals, Harvinder leads a team of marketing

and product experts that bring to life new digital products that provide users with convenient ways of accessing information in today’s modern healthcare environment.

Sharron Gordon Consultant Coagulation Pharmacist

Sharron is passionate about the role of pharmacists in caring for patients requiring anticoagulation. During 20 years in NHS practice she supported development of multiple anticoagulant guidelines as well as running anticoagulant clinics in hospital and in primary care to initiate therapy as a prescribing pharmacist. Her work has been shortlisted for 2 HSJ awards and received an award from 4 patient charities for best written patient information.

Speaker Profiles

Dr Chris Jones CBE Chair, Health Education Improvement Wales (HEIW)

Dr Chris Jones is a GP and experienced health board leader. After a successful time as Chair at Cwm Taf University Health Board, he has been appointed as Chair of the new Health Education Improvement Wales body from October 2017. He was awarded a CBE for his services to Health Care NHS Wales in 2007 and his interests include population health and primary care.He has been the Coordinating Chair of health boards and trusts since 2014 and was also Chair of the NHS Confederation during 2015/16.

Professor Philip Routledge OBE Clinical Director, All Wales Toxicology and Therapeutics Centre

Phillip began lecturing in Clinical Pharmacology in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, before joining Cardiff University School of Medicine as Senior Lecturer in 1981. He became Professor in Clinical Pharmacology in 1989. A member of numerous Royal Colleges and a Scientist Member of the RPS, he was appointed OBE in 2008.

Sally Gunnell OBE Olympic, World, Commonwealth & European Gold medallist

Sally is one of Britain’s most popular sportswomen. She is the only woman in history to simultaneously hold all four available major track titles plus the 400m hurdles record! Her career on and off the track provides a unique recipe for achieving a balance of life, success and fulfilment. During her career she and her team have adopted key principles and routines which have delivered the types of results most people can only dream of. Today, she’ll be sharing her expert tips on resilience and maintaining elite performance under pressure, and how they can be applied to healthcare.

Speaker Profiles

Andrew EvansChief Pharmaceutical Offi cer,Welsh Government

Appointed as Chief Pharmaceutical Offi cer in August 2016, Andrew is a public health specialist who had previously been Principal Pharmacist at the Welsh Government since 2011. Prior to that, Andrew held a variety of positions within Public Health Wales, NHS Trusts and Local Health Boards in Wales.

Professor John Watkins, Consultant Epidemiologist, Public Health Wales

John is a Consultant Epidemiologist with Public Health Wales and has honorary appointments at Cardiff University and the University of South Wales. He is the cancer lead for Public Health Wales and a specialist adviser to them and the Welsh Government, on infl uenza and pandemic planning, where he has chaired its Infl uenza Advisory Group. He was formerly the Medical Director of Gwent Health Authority, Since 2009, John has been a member of one of NICE’s technology appraisal committees and is also Deputy Chair of the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group. John has an active research programme in a number of areas, and has published and lectured widely for the past 30 years. His research has included studies on disease impact, both in adults and children, vaccine effectiveness and usage and the historical impact of pandemic disease. In the 1990s, John conducted a research programme with the European Space Agency into the effects of microgravity on the cardio and cerebral vascular system. He was for 10 years an Aviation Medical Examiner with the Civil Aviation Authority.

Speaker Profi les

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