PCPA North West Symposium 2026 - Manchester
This event will be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies through the purchase of exhibition stands.
This event will be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies through the purchase of Exhibition stands. A full list is shown below in "Exhibition Information".
Why this event is worth your time?
If you’re working in general practice or a PCN, you’re likely managing increasingly complex patients while under growing pressure to demonstrate your impact within your practice.
This symposium is designed to support you in that reality—combining high-quality clinical content with practical insight into how pharmacists are delivering value across primary care.
How will this help you in practice?
- Manage complex patients more confidently in general practice.
- Apply practical approaches to key clinical areas.
- Understand how pharmacists are demonstrating value within GP practices and PCNs.
- Learn how pharmacists are contributing to patient care across the region.
- Connect with peers facing similar challenges in primary care.
By attending, you will:
- Improve patient care in your practice.
- Work more efficiently when managing complex cases.
- Strengthen your contribution to your GP practice or PCN.
- Stay clinically confident in a rapidly evolving environment.
- Certificates of attendance can be provided.
09.00 Start - 15.30 Close
QOF 2026/27: Practical Strategies to Maximise Achievement in the Second Half of the Year.
Speakers: Gareth Malson and Juliet Bell
Heart Failure Masterclass- Focus on Heart Failure Coding
Speaker: Rocco Hadland
Key points:
- Understanding how QOF is calculated
- Heart failure coding
- Identifying patients that are not coded or coded incorrectly
Otitis Media *
*Sponsored session
Triglycerides and CVD: It’s about the risk not the number *
*Sponsored session
Speaker: Idrees Hasan
ADHD – The Paradox, and the Pharmacist’s roles in providing an ADHD service in General Practice
Speaker: Dr Dan Jones
Key points:
- How ADHD is similar and different to other Long Term Conditions
- Value of medication and non-drug management with diagnosed and undiagnosed ADHD
- How our local ADHD service works and the need for Pharmacists
Managing Migraine in General Practice
Speaker: Elizabeth Akinsanya
Key points:
- Carry out confident migraine medication reviews, including managing older adults, preventing medication overuse and knowing when to refer to secondary care.
- Optimise acute and preventative migraine treatment, including monitoring, adverse effects and the latest therapies such as gepants.
- Recognise headache and migraine red flags and know when patients need referral or further investigation.
ACB (Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden) - Practical High Impact Interventions
Speaker: Dr Graham Stretch
Panel Discussion: Supporting Newly Qualified Prescribers
Chair: Gareth Malson
Panel: Graham Stretch, Jay Patel (further panelist's to be confirmed)
Venue: Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre, 25 Aytoun Street Manchester, M1 3DT
This event is FREE and open to all Pharmacy Professionals. Places are limited and priority given to PCPA members.
Key points:
- Refreshments and lunch are provided.
- There is a £50 "No Show" fee, if you do not attend. Latest cancellation is 48hrs prior to the event.
- Once your place has been confirmed, we will be contacting ALL confirmed registrants to confirm attendance prior to the event.
- Pictures of the event will be taken to be used in promotional mailings to PCPA members. If you do not wish for your photo to be taken, please advise the PCPA registration desk on the day.
This event will be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies through the purchase of Exhibition stands. These companies have had no input into the design or content of the event agenda, except where a company has a separate company sponsored workshop. This will be shown on the event details.
The following companies have provided funding only for this PCPA conference as part of a sponsorship. They have had no input into the content, organisation, conduct, or outputs relating to the Event.
Attending sponsors: A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL | Chiesi Ltd | Daichii Sankyo | Lupin Healthcare (UK) | Novartis UK Ltd | Recordati Pharmaceuticals Ltd | Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Guest Exhibitors: Fontus Health | Pierre Fabre | TriOn Pharma
Information at these stands is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only.
Please note:
All places will be confirmed but are on a provisional basis.
PCPA will contact all registrants to confirm their final place.
PCPA provide all sponsors/exhibitors with a full delegate list. This includes name, job title and county and does not contain any contact details. By registering for this event, you are in agreement with this information to be shared in a closed environment.
