Free practice manager conference - Thursday 22 November 2018

Our next free to attend practice manager's conference will take place on Thursday 22 November 2018 at Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ.

The packed programme so far includes topics such as working at scale, digital health, patient engagement, data protection, building your team and a CQC update.

This is going to be a very popular event so if you would like to express an interest in reserving a free space please email karen.cooper@lmc.org.uk.

The current running order for the day is as follows. The workshop titles may change slightly, but the content is confirmed. Speakers will be added to the vacant slots as we confirm them.

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Time	Subject	Presenter
09:30	Registration and refreshments
10:00	Welcome and Introductions	Chair, Kathryn Yates, Director of General Practice Nursing, Londonwide LMCs
10:10	Setting the scene	Dr Michelle Drage, Chief Executive, Londonwide LMCs
10:30	Working at Scale	Dr Jay Verma
11:00	Digital Health – Online Services in Primary Care	Jennie Smith & Jana Dale, Primary Care Digital Transformation, NHS England
11:30	Tea/coffee break & visit sponsors
11:45	Patient Engagement	Minal Amin, NHS England
12:15	Data Protection Update	Nic Kirwan-Williams, Head of Business Resources, Londonwide LMCs
12:45	Lunch break & visit sponsors
13:30	Panel Q & A Building your team: all you wanted to know about employing/working with Allied Health Professionals	HCA GPN Steve Cowland (Paramedic) Dr Graham Stretch FRPharmS, Pharmacist Ravi Sharma, National Clinical Lead (Clinical Pharmacy & Genomics), NHS England
14:15	Tea/coffee break & visit sponsors
14:30	CQC	Vicky Ferlia, Director GP Support, Londonwide LMCs
15:00	Indemnity	Tbc
15:15	Closing remarks and evaluation
15:30	End

Last updated : 14 Sep 2018

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