Building Medicines Strategies around Population Health: A modern approach to meet the needs of local communities

This is a face to face multi-stream conference that will provide a perfect platform to hear case studies, debates and examples of best practice, aimed at Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians from Primary and Secondary Care.

Registration opens at 8.30am.

Stand sponsors: GSK, Novo Nordisk, Roche Products Ltd
Location: Royal College General Practitioners, 30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB
Start date: September 17 2026, 9:10 am
End date: September 17 2026, 4:15 pm
Booking closes: September 16 2026, 5:00 pm

To register for this event, please login. If you don’t already have an account, please register.

Event Satellites

9:20 am to 10:05 am

From Strategy to Reality - Delivering Population Health & Neighbourhood Health through Medicines Optimisation
Speakers
Speaker details to follow
Synopsis

How NHS Long Term Plan priorities translate into medicines strategy at system, place and neighbourhood level

10:05 am to 10:35 am

Sponsored session
Speakers
Details to follow

11:05 am to 11:50 am

From Population Health Insight to Medicines Action
Speakers
Andrew Charlwood - Senior Pharmacist - Population Health, Medicines Transformation and Value, NHS Norfolk & Suffolk ICB
Synopsis

A practical look at what population health means for medicines optimisation teams. Using real-world data to identify and develop targeted interventions that improve outcomes, reduce variation, and support better value

Beyond Pharmacy: Collaborating Across Systems to Meet Local Population Health Needs
Speakers
Jo Fitzpatrick - Associate Director Population Health, Wakefield Council
Synopsis

How pharmacy teams can work more effectively with partners across the NHS, including public health, primary care, and wider system stakeholders, to address local health priorities

12:00 pm to 12:45 pm

Turning Insight into Action: Designing Medicines Pathways Around Local Population Need
Speakers
Jagjot Chahal - Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Lead Pharmacist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Synopsis

How to translate population health data into developing pathways, contracting services, and aligning medicines optimisation with local priorities

Case Studies in Action: Delivering Change with Population Health Approaches
Speakers
Speaker details to follow

1:45 pm to 2:15 pm

Sponsored session
Speakers
Details to follow

2:25 pm to 3:10 pm

Building the Business Case: Prevention, Pharmacy and the Money That Isn't There
Speakers
Andi Orlowski - Director, The NHS Health Economics Unit
David Sgorbati - Chief Analyst, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Synopsis

How to develop compelling business cases using data and health economics to support investment in prevention-focused pharmacy services and workforce expansion

Maximising Workforce Impact: Smarter Use of Skills Across the System
Speakers
Shazia Patel - Associate Medical Director (East Midlands Primary Care Team), Nottingham ICB (HOSTED FUNCTION)
Synopsis

How to optimise the pharmacy workforce and wider MDTs to improve access and outcomes

3:30 pm to 4:15 pm

From Insight to Impact - Delivering Population Health Through Medicines Strategy
Speakers
Jagjot Chahal - Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Lead Pharmacist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Jo Fitzpatrick - Associate Director Population Health, Wakefield Council
Synopsis

Pulling together the key themes from across the conference with a focus on how organisations can translate learning into measurable outcomes