Covid-19 & Pharmacy: The Northern Ireland Experience
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September 24th 2020
Agenda
September 24th
09:00
Event Opens
09:30
Welcome & Opening Address: Cathy Harrison - Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland
09:45
Diabetes Management & Support in light of Covid-19 for the Pharmacist: Hannah Beba - Senior Pharmacist for Diabetes & Endocrinology at County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust
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This promotional session has been organised and funded by Sanofi
MAT-GB-2002160(V1.0) DoP Aug 2020
10:25
Break
Session 1
10:35
HOSPITAL PHARMACY
PRIMARY CARE & COMMUNITY PHARMACY
CROSS-SECTOR
Critical care - role of the pharmacy team
Care Homes Initiatives
Establishment of new treatment centres
Establishment of critical care pharmacy teams:
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Staffing levels/redeployment
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Training required
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Roles & responsibilities
Andrew Currie & Joanne Hanley
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Role of the pharmacy technician in critical care pharmacy teams
Majella Warnock
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Stock management for critical care drugs & other essential items
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Drug modelling for critical care
Anita Hogg
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Procurement (Trust & regional perspectives)
David Kean
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Regional Critical care medicines group
Rebekah Eadie
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Q&A Session
MOOP team perspective
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Virtual ward round
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Echo training etc.
Paula Crawford & Jayne Agnew
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GPP Support to Nursing Homes During COVID-19
Roisin McLean
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Community pharmacy perspective
James McKay
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Development of pandemic packs for care homes
Fiona McConnell
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Q&A Session
Nightingale hospital
Aron Kerr & Stephen Ward
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Interim community step down facility
Paula Crawford
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Drug supply to private hospitals - transfer of haematology/oncology outpatient services to the Ulster Independent Clinic
Ian Sturgess & Anne Lyttle
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Q&A Session
11:35
Break
Session 2
11:45
HOSPITAL PHARMACY
PRIMARY CARE & COMMUNITY PHARMACY
CROSS-SECTOR
Secondary - new ways of working
Primary care - new ways of working
PPE & Oxygen
Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT)
Deborah Neeson
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Out-patient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)
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To include guidance development & training
Cheryl Scott
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Virtual clinics & trust delivery systems
Rhona Fair & Richard Lennon
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Palliative care clinical service
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To include guidance & development training
Jacquie Hanley
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Acute care at home/Enhanced care at home
Karen Miller
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Q&A Session
Showcase of:
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The Community Pharmacy Pandemic Response
Joe Brogan & Gerard Greene
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Changes to GPP working (overview and a GPP for "on the ground" perspective)
Clare Murray
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Remote learning for community and practice-based pharmacists
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ECHO, FAQ's etc
Teresa McAllister, Andrea Linton
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Q&A Session
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Provision of PPE
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Regional validation model
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PPE in community pharmacy
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NHSCT hospital model for supply
Michael Scott, Andrea Linton, Stephanie Tohill
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Q&A Session
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Introduction and Oxygen Supply in Primary Care
Michael Scott
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Ventilator & Oxygen consumables
Rachel Huey
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Q&A Session
12:45
Break
Session 3
13:30
HOSPITAL PHARMACY
PRIMARY CARE & COMMUNITY PHARMACY
EUROPEAN/INTERNATIONAL
Supply & logistics
Workforce issues
Covid-19 & hospital pharmacy in
Europe
Licensed unit submission
Lorraine Mullan
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IV prep near clinical are and RSI bags for ICU
Esther Brownrigg & Rebekah Eadie
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Medicines and packs (regional and local)
Eamon Mullaney, Samuel Cameron & Suzanne Cassells
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Controlled drugs
Aideen O'Kane
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Q&A Session
Initiatives in primary care to support community pharmacy workforce, for example:
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Community volunteer delivery systems
Brendan Kerr
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Dental redeployment
Emer Mclean
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Locum co-ordination
Chris Garland
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On-call provision
Gillian Plant
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Working from home/flexible working - GPP
Kathryn Sally
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Working from home/flexible working - hospital and trusts
Emma Barbour
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Q&A Session
European Hospital Pharmacy in the time of COVID-19 plus video clips​
Speaker: Petr Horak
President
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)
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Pharmacy’s response to the pandemic
Speaker: Dr Catherine Duggan
Chief Executive
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
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14:30
Break
14:40
Panel Debate
15:20
Chairman's overview & key points
15:35
Conference closes
Keynote Speakers
FEATURED INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Cathy Harrison
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland
Cathy is the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer and Head of Medicines and Policy at the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. She is a qualified pharmacist with more than 27 years experience working in pharmacy practice and government and has a particular interest in how policy supports reform and improvements in patient outcomes.
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Hannah Beba
Senior Pharmacist for Diabetes and Endocrinology
Hannah sits on the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association’s Endocrine Committee, the Diabetes Clinical Advisory Group Committee for County Durham and Darlington and Chairs the Medical Pharmacists Group Committee for her NHS trust. This allows her to take an active role designing and shaping regional and national agendas, aiding guideline development and delivering quality education both locally and nationally.
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President - European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Petr Horák graduated (MSc.) and obtained PharmDr title in pharmaceutical chemistry at the School of Pharmacy of the VFU Brno. He holds the specialisation in both community (2003) and hospital pharmacy (2005). Since his graduation, he has been working in the Hospital Pharmacy of the University Hospital Motol, Prague, in the position a Director of Pharmacy since 2005.
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Dr Catherine Duggan
Chief Executive Officer, FIP
Dr Catherine Duggan is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Pharmaceutical Federation. She took up the role in The Hague in June 2018. Catherine is responsible for visionary leadership, support, development and advocacy across the 144 member organisations and the four million members FIP represents.
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Event Sponsors
This event has been funded by Sanofi through headline sponsorship. Sanofi have had no input onto the design or content of the event other than their own session.
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The Northern Ireland Experience
September 24th 2020
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