Webinar Details
Exclusive to PCPA and NPCHF Members
Advance Care Planning: Why It Matters
Time: 12-1pm
*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AT AN EARLIER TIME THAN OUR USUAL LUNCHTIME WEBINARS*
Date: Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Advanced care planning takes shape in many different forms across the home nations. This session will look at what advance care planning is, why it matters and how pharmacy professionals can approach these conversations.
Key takeaways
- What advance care planning is and why it matters
- How to approach advanced care planning conversations
- What the impact is on patients and families
Chair:
Philip Griffiths, Care Home Clinical Pharmacist, Beacon Medical Group
Theodora Okeke, Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist - Care Homes
Speaker
Dr Laura Davey
GP for older people, Care Home Service Lead, Medical Examiner
Dr Laura Davey is a GP, based in the Southwest of England, with over 12 years of experience. She has a portfolio career that encompasses general practice, working in secondary care on geriatric rehabilitation, working as a medical examiner, trialling a PCN level dedicated care home service prior to the EHCH funding announcement and then further developing that service into what it is today. She is the lead for an MDT that provides care to 11 care homes with 360 residents, focusing on both proactive and acute interventions for this vulnerable population.
