*IN-PERSON EVENT* ENGAGE Respiratory Meeting in Manchester
The NHS Long Term Plan has committed to doing more to detect and diagnose respiratory problems earlier – as well as supporting those with respiratory disease to receive and use the right medication.1
The importance for providing respiratory education to frontline health workers is imperative to optimise evidence-based care, patient support, and improve outcomes.2
With this in mind, Chiesi welcomes you to join us for a Respiratory educational day, aimed at UK registered healthcare professionals working in Primary Care, taking place at Chiesi Head Office, 333 Styal Road, Manchester M22 5LG from 9am until 4pm on Thursday 17th October 2024.
Dr Murugesan Raja and Dr Sarah Sibley have been working with us to co-create the topics choices for the day as the event chairs and are the first confirmed guest speakers.
The educational day will include topics such as:
Diagnosis and management
Respiratory guidelines
Inhaler technique and device choice
Asthma and COPD reviews in practice
The day will consist of five speaker sessions and a workshop to support your day-to-day clinical practice. It will also be a valuable networking opportunity to meet with likeminded clinicians in an open and collaborative environment. Lunch will also be provided.
We encourage those who do register for their place to provide us with some key questions that you would like to ask our expert speakers during their sessions to ensure you get the most out of the day.
The maximum number of slots available is 60.
Please click below to register your details via Microsoft Forms.
References
1. National Health Service. The Long Term Plan. 2019. https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nhs-long-term-plan-version-1.2.pdf
2. National Health Service England. Respiratory Disease Training Directory. A guide to career frameworks and education offers. October 2023. https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Respiratory%20Disease%20Training%20Directory.pdf
Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Conditions – Use of diagnostic test to correctly identify asthma & COPD (incl. FeNO, Eos & spirometry) – Importance of early COPD diagnosis to improve long term outcomes – Consideration of differential diagnosis of breathlessness, ILD & Lung cancer – How to manage co-morbidities in asthma & COPD patients
Dr Sarah Sibley and Dr Hassan Burhan
11.00am–11.30am
Networking Break
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11.30am–12.30pm
Management of Respiratory Conditions – International guidelines – GINA + GOLD – National guidelines – NICE/BTS/SIGN – Local guidelines – Northwest
Dr Murugesan Raja
12.30pm– 1.00pm
Right Patient, Right Device – What is inhaler resistance, and what is its clinical relevance? – Importance of understanding what clinical relevance is when included in guidelines
Dr Toby Capstick
1.00pm– 2.00pm
Networking Lunch
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2.00pm– 3.00pm
Workshop: Importance of Correct Inhaler Technique
– Demonstration of correct inhaler technique across different devices – Link between inhaler technique and device choice
Mrs Hannah Joplin
3.00pm- 4.00pm
Annual Asthma /COPD Reviews – Importance of annual respiratory reviews for asthma & COPD patients, including role of health equity – Practical tips on how to carry out high quality annual reviews, and how to standardise treatment across primary care – Guidance on development of personalised plans and provision of rescue packs – Consideration of how patient needs can be balanced with environmental commitments
TBC
Dr Murugesan Raja
Associate Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine
Associate Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Respiratory MedicineGreater Manchester
Role and Location Dr Raja is the Associate Medical Director for NHS Greater Manchester and Clinical Lead, Respiratory Medicine for Greater Manchester Strategic Clinical Network.
Dr Raja has been a GP since 2011, following his career in hospital with Medicine and Respiratory Medicine. He now spends most of his time as a Senior System leader in Manchester and Greater Manchester. He has been the Respiratory Lead for Manchester since 2014 and then for Greater Manchester since 2018.
Research Interests He strategically led on specific Respiratory areas such as COPD, Asthma, Tobacco Addiction Treatment, COVID, Long Covid, Early Diagnostics with Spirometry and FeNO.
Membership Dr Raj was part of the National Working Group on Restarting Spirometry. He has chaired the Greater Manchester Medicines Management Group (GMMMG) Guideline committee group for Adult Asthma and is now currently working on the guideline for Children. He has contributed for guidelines on COPD and Tobacco Addiction Treatment. He works with NICE and nationally contributed to various guidelines through GP Reference Panel, and recently as a Specialist Committee Member for Quality Standards on Tobacco Addiction Treatment and did the Feasibility of Asthma guidelines in practice. Dr Raja is a standing committee member for NICE Quality Standards.
Consultant Respiratory PhysicianThe Royal Liverpool University Teaching Hospitals
Roles/Locations
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Liverpool Severe Asthma Service Lead
Respiratory Research Lead
NIHR NWC Clinical Research Network
Respiratory Co-Lead
Clinician Researcher
University of Liverpool
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Honorary Research Associate
Education
Dr Burhan has studied and trained in Liverpool and currently practices at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust having developed and led the Liverpool Severe Asthma Service since his appointment as a consultant in 2009.
Research
He has been Chief Investigator and Principle Investigator on several academic and commercial asthma and COPD studies. He was recently appointed as a Ronald Finn Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool.
Consultant Chest Physician Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust
Role and Location Dr Sibley is a Consultant Chest Physician, Knowsley Community Respiratory Service at Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust. She is the Clinical Lead for Cheshire and Merseyside Respiratory Clinical Network and the Cheshire and Merseyside Respiratory Board Senior Responsible Officer. She is also the Clinical Lead for Virtual Wards NHSE Northwest.
Education – BSc in Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies from University of St Andrews
– MBChB in Medicine from University of Manchester
– Master of Science (MSc) in Palliative Medicine from Cardiff University.
Research Interests Virtual ward for Respiratory illness and optimisation of COPD care.
Membership Dr Sibley is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She is also the Integrated Care Lead for the British Thoracic Society.
Dr Capstick is Consultant Pharmacist – Respiratory Pharmacist at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
He is an independent non-medical prescriber and runs clinics in the Leeds Interstitial Lung Disease, Asthma and Tuberculosis services. He works one day a week for NHS Leeds CCG to improve respiratory medicines optimisation across the interface of care.
Education and Research
He is the past Chair of the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association Respiratory Group, and is a member of the British Thoracic Society Pharmacists Specialist Advisory Group, the UK Inhaler Group, the British Thoracic Society Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Clinical Advice Service, and NTM Network UK.
Lead PharmacistLiverpool Severe Asthma Service & Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust
Role and Location Lead Pharmacist, Liverpool Severe Asthma Service & Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust
Having worked in respiratory medicine for 14 years, Mrs Joplin joined the Liverpool Severe Asthma Service in 2017. The clinical aspect of her role involves medicines optimisation, monitoring and education of people with severe asthma.
She is the adherence lead for the Liverpool Severe Asthma Service & is passionate about providing support to patients’ to improve treatment adherence. Mrs Joplin provides input into weekly severe asthma MDT’s spanning the Cheshire & Mersey region to help identify people with severe asthma including those who may benefit from biologic therapies.
Education PgDip in clinical pharmacy and independent prescriber.
Research Her research interests include all aspects of the use of biologic medicines in severe asthma.
Memberships Mrs Joplin is a member of the European Respiratory Society & the British Thoracic Society.
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