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The Pharmacy Show is sponsored by the pharmaceutical and med tech industries via Grants, Sponsorship, and Exhibition packages. Pharmaceutical companies have solely provided sponsorship through the purchase of exhibition space and/or sponsored speaker sessions with no further input into the arrangements or agenda of the meeting. Sessions delivered with input from our sponsors will always be marked on the programme. A full list of confirmed sponsors for the Pharmacy Show is available here.

 

 

NEC BIRMINGHAM
10-11 OCTOBER 2027

2026 Conference Programme

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Keynote Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Pharmacy Magazine
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Community pharmacy at a crossroads: clinical expansion and financial stability
    Community pharmacy is at a pivotal moment, balancing increasing clinical expectations with ongoing financial pressures. This panel will explore how the sector can sustainably expand its clinical role ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Weight loss: the full picture
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Supply, services and survival: the reinvention of community pharmacy
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    International inspiration: what can we learn from different models of pharmacy?
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Community pharmacy contract and funding reform: a fiction or a reality?
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Making independent prescribing profitable
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    The changing landscape: an update from Community Pharmacy England
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    A new frontier for Pharmacy Technicians: unpacking the new changes
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Delivering as the Royal College of Pharmacy
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Clinical Theatre
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Dermatology in practice: prescribing for acne, eczema and psoriasis
    Acne vulgaris remains one of the most common dermatological presentations encountered in pharmacy practice, and its management continues to evolve. Recent updates to prescribing recommendations and wo ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Clinical risks and patient consideration when prescribing during Ramadan
  1. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Emergency contraception post rollout update
    The national service replaces a patchwork of local provision with consistent, accessible pharmacy-based contraception care while reducing postcode barriers. It has delivered 2.295 million+ consultations, including 530,000+ emergency contraception consultations; around 80% of pharmacy contractors participate. The opportunity now is to increase awareness and better connect emergency access with ongoing contraception and to broaden women’s health services.
  2. The future of skin health consultations in pharmacy: insights from the Global Hyperpigmentation Consensus
    Hyperpigmentation is one of the most common and complex skin concerns encountered in practice, yet effective management requires far more than recommending a brightening product.In this session, pharm ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Managing menopause through independent prescribing
    This session will explore the role of independent prescribing in managing menopause within community pharmacy, drawing on the Community Pharmacy IP Pathfinder Programme and local women’s health servic ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Maximising NMS in your pharmacy
    A session to support pharmacists and pharmacy teams to maximise the NMS service for the benefit of their patients.
Business & Services Theatre
Editorial Partner -
P3 Pharmacy
  1. The high street's most trusted brand is underselling itself: marketing lessons for community pharmacy
    Community pharmacy sits on one of the high street's most valuable assets - patient trust - yet consistently undersells it compared to the retail brands fighting for the same footfall and loyalty. Draw ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Taking pharmacist prescribing to its full potential
    Participants will gain practical knowledge and real-world strategies that can be applied to their own practice, helping them make the most of their clinical skills and the expanding role of the community pharmacist as an independent prescriber.
  2. Redefining relationships: what can our partners expect from AAH?
    Market overview Understanding supply-chain pressures Independent Pharmacy impact
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  4. Masterclass: expanding your private service offering
    Community pharmacy is evolving. While NHS services will remain at the heart of the sector, pharmacy owners increasingly need to consider how they can diversify their businesses, develop new revenue streams and make greater use of the clinical skills, premises and relationships they already have. This masterclass will encourage contractors to look beyond the traditional dispensing-led model and consider what else their pharmacy could offer. We will explore the growing opportunities for private healthcare services within community pharmacy, from relatively simple services that can be introduced with limited investment through to more developed clinical service models. Rather than focusing solely on individual services, the session will provide a practical framework for deciding what is right for each pharmacy and its local community. We will consider how to identify unmet local need, understand your patient demographic, assess competitors and other healthcare provision, and match opportunities with the skills and capacity of your team. We will also look at the commercial considerations behind a successful service, including set-up costs, pricing, margins, utilisation, marketing and creating repeat and cross-service opportunities. Importantly, launching a service is only the beginning. The session will explore how contractors can embed private services into the day-to-day culture of their pharmacy, engage the whole team, communicate the offer effectively and build patient awareness and trust. Using practical examples from community pharmacy, attendees will be encouraged to consider the opportunities within their own businesses and leave with actionable ideas for expanding their service offering, diversifying revenue and building a more resilient, service-led pharmacy for the future.
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Beyond the counter: women leading the future of pharmacy
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    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    What profitable online clinics do differently
    Online clinics are the fastest growing private revenue line in pharmacy, but the gap between the ones that grow and the ones that stall is wide. Having worked with online clinics across UK pharmacy fo ...
  5. Medical cannabis in UK practice: the evolving role of the pharmacist
    The session will provide a practical introduction to medical cannabis in UK pharmacy practice and examine the pharmacist’s developing role across different care settings. It will begin by outlining the distinction between licensed cannabis-based medicines and the unlicensed oils and dried-flower products increasingly encountered in private clinical practice. The session will then consider the legal and regulatory framework surrounding these medicines, including controlled drug prescription requirements, patient choice of pharmacy, access to relevant clinical information and the additional responsibilities associated with supplying unlicensed medicines. The presentation will explore the contribution of community pharmacists, specialist dispensing pharmacists, clinical pharmacists, pharmacist prescribers and pharmacy leaders. It will cover medicines reconciliation, clinical screening, interactions, patient counselling, monitoring of treatment response and adverse effects, controlled drug governance, information sharing and the identification of concerns requiring specialist review. Finally, the session will consider opportunities for pharmacists to become more involved in referral pathways, multidisciplinary care, ongoing prescribing within appropriate governance arrangements, service leadership, education, audit and research. The focus throughout will be on helping pharmacists understand both their current professional responsibilities and the wider contribution they can make to safe, informed and patient-centred care.
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    From consultation to cashflow: making GLP-1 services financially viable
    GLP-1 services present a major opportunity for community pharmacy, but strong demand must be converted into a clinically safe, operationally efficient and commercially sustainable model. The session explains the key drivers of viability, including appropriate patient selection, pricing, consultation design, workflows, follow-up, retention and governance. It explores how pharmacies can balance financial performance with high-quality care, while developing capable teams and scalable processes. Attendees will leave with practical actions to strengthen service delivery, improve patient outcomes and build a model that supports sustainable revenue growth at scale, without compromising clinical standards, patient experience or the long-term resilience of the service.
Pharmacy Owners' Forum
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Choosing the right private service to invest in: building your non-NHS pharmacy business
    This practical session will help guide pharmacy owners and managers through an understanding of how to evaluate local market demand, calculate real ROI, and successfully integrate high-margin private ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Navigating funding changes
  1. Inside the deal: how to buy or sell your pharmacy business without regret
    The dos and don’ts of buying or selling a pharmacy business and how to avoid common pitfalls
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Workforce empowerment: enabling teams to work at the top of their licence
    Many pharmacy teams have the potential to achieve far more than they currently do, but unlocking that potential requires the right culture, training, and leadership. In this session, Samson Akere will ...
  3. Unpacking the new regulations: what can and can't be delegated
  4. Time you can't buy back: lessons from building a business the hard way
    Every owner-managed business reaches the point where the admin outgrows the person doing it. Rotas, payroll, HR records, vehicles, compliance and holiday and sickness cover all still need handling, bu ...
  5. How to prepare yourself for private service expansion
    The session will explore key considerations for expanding private services, including prescribing services, clinical governance requirements to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance, as well as indemnity.
  6. Emerging private services: TRT and HRT
    A practical, owner-focused session drawn from real experience of launching two independent prescribing clinics. Brijesh walks through the journey from IP qualification to menopause and TRT services running across four pharmacies: clinical training, expanding scope of practice, SOPs and risk assessments, consultation and monitoring pathways, remote video consultations, set-up costs and pricing. He shows how a first clinic creates the infrastructure that makes the second faster and cheaper to launch, what the services have delivered for patients and the business, and the lessons he would pass on to anyone starting out. The session closes with a getting-started checklist and time for questions.
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    From Vision to Profit: The Modern Community Pharmacy Practice movement and model
    Modern Community Pharmacy Practice is a movement to support you in creating and realising your vision for a more profitable pharmacy business. From Vision to Profit is the strategic business planning model which, by focusing on matters that are in your control, will enable you to put in place the required actions.
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Growing private income without creating regulatory risks
    This session explores how to unlock the commercial potential of private pharmacy services while maintaining patient safety and regulatory standards. Following the patient journey end to end, we’ll look at how to identify and convert appropriate opportunities, manage risk and build confident teams who can support sustainable growth. The focus is simple: strong commercial performance, delivered safely and responsibly.
Public Health & Prevention Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Training Matters
  1. Pharmacy in care homes: The impact
    The session will highlight the contribution of pharmacy professionals working in care homes. It will highlight the impact on medication review, medication safety, appropriate prescribing and polypharmacy, medicines-related problems, person-centred care and use of NHS resources, while reflecting on how the National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty can strengthen professional networks and support the continued development and sustainability of pharmacy services for care home residents.
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    From early detection to advanced care: community pharmacy's expanding role across the cancer pathway
    Cancer is no longer an acute condition that belongs in a hospital. It is being detected, treated and managed as a chronic condition, with increasing survival rates and changing care models. What role does pharmacy play now and in future? How do we prepare for this? This session provides a summary of cancer care in from detection through to survivorship and explores how community pharmacy is playing an increasing role in its delivery.
  2. Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) in primary care: a new perspective for patients
    Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) in primary care
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  4. Beyond NSAIDs: the clinical evidence for Arnica in pharmacy – from bruising to pain management
    Evelyn Liddell will be presenting the findings of an independent global review on arnica. Evidence of the use of Arnica in comparison to NSAID's is shared. Evidence of when and where Arnica may be useful is revealed.
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Behaviour change or medication: weight management beyond injections
    The rapid growth of GLP-1 medicines has transformed obesity treatment, but medication alone is not the complete answer. Long-term success depends on combining pharmacotherapy with meaningful behaviour ...
  5. A quick guide to ear assessment and AOM management in Pharmacy First
    This session will cover: A concise update on ear assessment and otoscopy, reviewing key ear anatomy and what to look for when examining the tympanic membrane in patients with suspected ear infection. Practical guidance on assessing patients with ear pain, including recognising common features of acute otitis media and identifying important red flags that require referral. An overview of management options in primary care, including how the Pharmacy First service can be used to support safe assessment and management of acute otitis media.
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Point-of-care cholesterol testing: bringing cardiovascular prevention from the hospital to the high street
  6. Fuelling the future: the food supplements opportunity for forward‑thinking pharmacies
    Wellness is booming and consumers are actively seeking credible advice and premium food supplement brands to support their journey. Shopper insights show that while trust is high, many customers walk ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Taking advantage of the changing vaccination landscape
    The last few years have seen a transformation in vaccination provision from community pharmacy. This session will map out the journey so far, consider how the future will develop, and share examples of successful vaccination services in community pharmacy.
Primary Care Pharmacy Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Independent Community Pharmacist
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Cancer management in primary care: current guidance and emerging developments
    With the publication of the 10 year cancer plan, cancer delivery and access will change over time with certain cancer activity shifting from hospitals into the community settings. This session covers the NG12 symptoms for cancer recognition and earlier referral. It covers the impact of cancer service redesign and what this means for pharmacists with emerging new models of care. It also covers what pharmacists in primary care can expect to see changing as well as community and hospital pharmacists.
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    True partnership: what does a good relationship with your GP look like?
    Strong collaboration between community pharmacy and general practice is essential to delivering high-quality, integrated care. This session will explore the foundations of successful partnerships, inc ...
  1. From prescription to pathway: what pharmacists need to know about supporting patients on GLP-1s
    GLP-1 prescribing in primary care is growing rapidly, but many pharmacists have limited visibility of what support patients need alongside medication, from preserving muscle mass to preventing weight ...
  2. Empowering pharmacists to lead in sore throat management and AMR
    Acute sore throat is one of the most common reasons patients seek advice in community pharmacy. At the same time, upper respiratory tract infections remain a major source of inappropriate antibiotic u ...
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Community pharmacy menopause clinics: leading a transformative journey
    Menopause affects around half of the population, yet many pharmacists report receiving limited formal education on its management. As demand for menopause support continues to grow, pharmacists across ...
  4. Lyme disease, tick bites, or infected insect bites? Could you tell the difference?
    Lyme disease is a spirochete bacterial infection transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick. Symptoms of early Lyme disease may include an erythema migrans (EM) rash and/or non-specific ‘fl ...
  5. Neighbourhood working: what does this look like for community pharmacy?
    Neighbourhood working is becoming a key feature of integrated primary care and this session will explore what neighbourhood working looks like in practice, highlighting opportunities for closer collab ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Community pharmacy prescribing: what we’ve learnt and preparing for rollout of national prescribing services
    As community pharmacy prescribing moves from Pathfinder to national implementation, this session offers a unique opportunity to learn from one of the NHS's most significant pharmacy transformation pro ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Vaccinations and changes to the Human Medicines Regulations since COVID: what this means for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
    In April 2026 amendments were made to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 relating to vaccination. These changes were made, following consultation, to improve timely access to vaccinations across the ...
Technology & Digital Health Theatre
Editorial Partner -
The Pharmacy Network
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    System interoperability: overcoming fragmented systems
    Explore how connected systems can simplify pharmacy care, with lessons from the London Pharmacy First Hackathon. Learn what’s next for integrated prescribing and how evolving pharmacy IT could support your team.
  1. AI in pharmacy: who is really accountable?
    AI is not the challenge. The challenge is understanding who remains responsible when AI increasingly influences professional decisions. The PDA's Professional-in-the-Loop approach provides a practical framework for ensuring that technology supports professional practice without replacing professional accountability.
  2. SMARTER pharmacy: enabling insights leads to better outcomes! Why more pharmacy data hasn't meant more insight
    As community pharmacy becomes increasingly digital, every new technology generates valuable data - but too often those insights remain locked away in disconnected systems. Imagine every data source wo ...
  3. Three pharmacies, three perspectives, one advantage: MEDITECH
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Tandem Health: Clinical AI giving Pharmacists their time back
    Dr Andrew Kerr, Pharmacist and Medical Operations Specialist, and Dr Lauren Flynn, Head of Medical Operations, Tandem Health UK&I Pharmacy First, NMS, hypertension case-finding, contraception: every service you deliver now ends with a record to write, a potential GP referral to send and PharmOutcomes to update, usually while the queue builds at the counter. In this session, Andrew, a qualified pharmacist, walks through where that documentation burden actually sits in a pharmacist's day and what changes when an AI clinical assistant listens to the consultation instead. You'll see a consultation note drafted in seconds in your own template, transferred to the PMR and PharmOutcomes in one click, with the patient letter and GP referral generated from the same note. We'll also share how Tandem, already used by more than 10,000 care organisations across Europe and being rolled out to 200,000 NHS clinicians, is building from an AI scribe towards a clinical operating system for pharmacy, and be clear about what is live today and what is still on the roadmap. The talk closes with a live demo and time for your questions.
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Leveraging social media: a pharmacist content creator’s journey with TikTok and YouTube Health
    Social media has transformed the way healthcare professionals educate, engage and connect with audiences. In this session, Yasir Sacranie, pharmacist, content creator and founder of MicroPharm, shares his journey from clinical pharmacy and university lecturing to building an online pharmacy education business through platforms including TikTok and YouTube Health. Drawing on his experiences of creating educational content, growing an online community and collaborating with organisations including YouTube Health, Yasir will explore the opportunities and challenges of using social media professionally. Attendees will gain practical insights into building a personal brand, creating engaging and trustworthy healthcare content, reaching new audiences and turning social media into a sustainable platform for education, professional development and business growth.
  6. Death to the dosette! How pharmacies can meet rising demand for medication support while freeing capacity
    As demand for medication support continues to rise, community pharmacies need sustainable alternatives to traditional dosette box services. This session explores how outsourced dispensing, automation and pouch-based medication solutions can help pharmacies improve efficiency, support better medication adherence and release capacity for more clinical care. Drawing on extensive experience in pharmacy and automated dispensing, Peter Thnoia will share practical insights into modernising medication support while delivering better outcomes for patients and pharmacies alike.
  7. The great pharmacy technology debate: key questions every pharmacy owner should be asking
    Technology has never promised more for community pharmacy. AI, automation, hub & spoke, digital patient engagement and new service platforms are all being hailed as the future. But what's genuine oppo ...
  8. Designed for capacity - What successful pharmacies get right: automation, proven experience, and long-term partnership
    What Successful Pharmacies Do Differently Discover how successful pharmacies are creating intentional capacity — using automation, reliable experience and trusted long-term partnership to unlock time, ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    What does a good remote consultation look like?
    This session explores why developing good remote consultation skills is important, when remote consultations may not be appropriate, and how to use a practical framework to support safe and effective practice. The session takes attendees through the process from self-assessment to recording CPD and concludes with resources for ongoing development and support.
Leadership Workshop & Careers Theatre
Sponsored by
C+D
  1. Entrepreneurism in pharmacy
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Creating capacity: exploring the Community Pharmacy Practice Manager role
    As community pharmacy's clinical role continues to grow, how can we create the capacity needed to realise its full potential? This panel explores the emerging Community Pharmacy Practice Manager (CPPM ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Moving past burnout: maintaining wellbeing in the workplace
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Beyond the 9-5: building a portfolio career in modern pharmacy
    The traditional pharmacy career ladder is changing and some of the most exciting opportunities for pharmacists now exist beyond it.In this session, Sarina Mughal shares how she transformed a career in ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Words matter: change your conversations with inclusive language
    The session presents the development process, including stakeholder input. Attendees will explore the guide’s structure, examples of inclusive and non-inclusive phrasing, and practical strategies for ...
  3. Longevity in a pharmacy career
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Supporting confidence in newly-qualified IPs
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Changing your career midlife: diary of a peri-menopausal CEO
    This is not a talk about menopause. It is a talk about reinvention.It's about how one pharmacist navigated multiple career pivots, continuous learning, leadership growth, personal challenge, and ultim ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Action through allyship
    This panel event will explore how to be a meaningful ally. Panellists will discuss what allyship is and explain the need for allyship, drawing upon some of the PDA’s cases where absence of allyship re ...
The Practical, Clinical, and Consultation Forum
In association with
Meducate
  1. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): history-taking and examination
    A live demonstration of effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured lymph node examination. This session will demonstrate both clinical examination techniques an ...
  2. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): open practical workshop
    A hands-on workshop where delegates can practise history-taking, examination techniques and communication skills under the guidance of our Associate Clinical Educators and have an interaction with our ...
  3. Interactive AI demonstrations
    During this extended break, delegates are invited to experience Meducate Academy's AI-enhanced education platform. Live demonstrations will show how AI can: • Analyse communication and consultation sk ...
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: history-taking and examination
    An interactive demonstration of effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured cardiovascular examination, including manual blood pressure measurement and a demonst ...
  6. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: open practical workshop
    An opportunity to practise and refine cardiovascular examination and manual blood pressure techniques with guidance from our clinical education team. Delegates can also interact with our AI platform t ...
  7. Respiratory: history-taking and examination
    A live demonstration of consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured respiratory examination and an opportunity to see our AI tool in action.
  8. Respiratory: open practical workshop
    A practical session allowing delegates to consolidate respiratory examination and communication skills through supervised practice with our Associate Clinical Educators and AI-enhanced learning platfo ...
Networking Zone
  1. Career diversity and entrepreneurialism
  2. A practical discussion exploring the growing role of independent prescribing in community pharmacy, including current opportunities, future potential, and the challenges of expanding clinical practice safely and effectively
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  4. Meet the speakers behind some of this year’s key conference topics in a relaxed, informal setting. Use this dedicated networking time to continue the conversation beyond the theatre, ask your own ques ...
  5. Meet the speakers behind some of this year’s key conference topics in a relaxed, informal setting. Use this dedicated networking time to continue the conversation beyond the theatre, ask your own ques ...
  6. Meet the speakers behind some of this year’s key conference topics in a relaxed, informal setting. Use this dedicated networking time to continue the conversation beyond the theatre, ask your own ques ...
  7. Make time for your revalidation while you’re at The Pharmacy Show. This dedicated 45-minute slot is the perfect opportunity to complete the peer discussion element of your revalidation in a relaxed, i ...
Keynote Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Pharmacy Magazine
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Technological transformation in community pharmacy
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    The future of commissioning within neighbourhood health
  1. An update from the GPhC: Chief Executive and Registrar address
  2. Reflecting on the changing role of community pharmacies
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    From strategy to reality: the NHS 10 Year Plan one year on
  3. Strategic commissioning devolution and Manchesterism, the Andy Burnham bet and what it means for pharmacy
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Prescribing in community pharmacy clinical services
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Clinical Theatre
  1. Masterclass: independent prescribing
    Qualifying as an Independent Prescriber is a significant milestone, but many pharmacists are left asking, "What next?" Moving from qualification to routine prescribing can feel daunting, with challeng ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Progressing contraceptive care: a LARC implant service pilot
    Learn about how a LARC service was implemented in Liverpool. Understand the opportunities and barriers to setting up the service and how it can make a real, measurable difference to patients.
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  3. Building the future of independent prescribing in community pharmacy: insights, opportunities, and the way forward
    Delivering the opportunity presented by having prescribing pharmacists in community pharmacy is a key element in maximising the sector’s contribution to patient care and ensuring the sustainability of ...
  4. For the record: getting community pharmacy documentation right
Business & Services Theatre
Editorial Partner -
P3 Pharmacy
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    The changing regulatory landscape for community pharmacy
  1. Thinking beyond GLP-1: the role of formoline L112 in modern weight management
    GLP-1 therapies have transformed the weight-management conversation, but they are not the whole answer. Many patients need support before starting treatment, an alternative when injectables are not su ...
  2. Launching a Profitable Travel Health Clinic: From Idea to Revenue
    Travel health presents a significant opportunity for community pharmacies to diversify their services, meet an important local healthcare need and generate additional private revenue. However, launching a successful clinic requires much more than simply offering vaccinations. In this session, we will share our experience of setting up, running and growing a successful pharmacy-based travel health clinic. We will discuss the practical journey from developing the initial concept and preparing the pharmacy through to training the team, establishing consultation pathways, selecting services, setting prices and creating safe and efficient operating procedures. A key focus will be the systems and tools required to manage a busy clinic effectively. This will include online appointment-booking platforms, clinical record-keeping software, digital consent and assessment forms, automated appointment reminders, payment systems, patient communication tools, stock-management processes and methods for managing follow-up doses and complex vaccination schedules. We will explain how the right digital infrastructure can reduce administrative workload, minimise missed appointments, improve record accuracy and allow the clinic to grow without overwhelming the pharmacy team. The session will also explore how branding, marketing, patient communication and the overall customer experience can influence the success of a clinic. Attendees will gain insight into the challenges we encountered, the lessons we learned and the strategies that helped us build demand, encourage repeat business and develop travel health into a profitable and sustainable part of our pharmacy. The session is designed to provide pharmacy owners, managers and healthcare professionals with a realistic and practical framework for unlocking the travel health potential within their own community pharmacy.
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Building an aesthetics clinic: training, risks, and challenges
    Aesthetics is one of the fastest-growing sectors in UK healthcare — and one of the least regulated, until now. This session cuts through the noise to give pharmacists and business professionals a clear-eyed view of the training landscape, the clinical risks that demand preparation before the first patient, and the business fundamentals that determine whether a clinic thrives or stalls. You'll leave with a realistic picture of what the new licensing framework requires, why pharmacists are better positioned than most to meet that bar, and three concrete actions to take immediately.
  4. Masterclass: expanding your private service offering
    Community pharmacy is evolving. While NHS services will remain at the heart of the sector, pharmacy owners increasingly need to consider how they can diversify their businesses, develop new revenue streams and make greater use of the clinical skills, premises and relationships they already have. This masterclass will encourage contractors to look beyond the traditional dispensing-led model and consider what else their pharmacy could offer. We will explore the growing opportunities for private healthcare services within community pharmacy, from relatively simple services that can be introduced with limited investment through to more developed clinical service models. Rather than focusing solely on individual services, the session will provide a practical framework for deciding what is right for each pharmacy and its local community. We will consider how to identify unmet local need, understand your patient demographic, assess competitors and other healthcare provision, and match opportunities with the skills and capacity of your team. We will also look at the commercial considerations behind a successful service, including set-up costs, pricing, margins, utilisation, marketing and creating repeat and cross-service opportunities. Importantly, launching a service is only the beginning. The session will explore how contractors can embed private services into the day-to-day culture of their pharmacy, engage the whole team, communicate the offer effectively and build patient awareness and trust. Using practical examples from community pharmacy, attendees will be encouraged to consider the opportunities within their own businesses and leave with actionable ideas for expanding their service offering, diversifying revenue and building a more resilient, service-led pharmacy for the future.
  5. Harnessing community pharmacy to support England's smokefree ambitions
Pharmacy Owners' Forum
  1. Ensuring clinical governance and regulatory frameworks with new IPs
  2. Delivering independent prescribing with confidence
    As community pharmacy prepares for a future where independent prescribing plays a central role in patient care, many pharmacy owners are asking the same question: where do we start?This session will p ...
  3. Getting your time back: fixing the admin drain in independent pharmacy
    Ask most independent pharmacy owners what they are short of and the answer is rarely ideas — it is hours. Between HR, rotas, payroll, fleet, care home paperwork and chasing locum cover, the back offic ...
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Designing a space that supports a new wave of pharmacy
    Community pharmacy is evolving at pace. As pharmacies take on an expanding role in delivering healthcare services, prescribing and patient care, their physical environments need to evolve alongside th ...
  6. Make money selling online: lessons from a decade in eCommerce
  7. Weight loss medication: managing a high risk service
Public Health & Prevention Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Training Matters
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Opiate substitution therapy: new delivery models
    Introducing a new quality driven service that supports all service users, not just those that are supervised, through digital efficiency, a focus on safety and fairer remuneration.
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    How can neighbourhood health reduce health inequalities
    Neighbourhood health offers a unique opportunity to tackle health inequalities by bringing care closer to communities and improving collaboration across primary care, community services, local authori ...
  1. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  2. Beyond dispensing: building new clinical services and revenue with point-of-care testing
    This session explores how community pharmacies can move beyond traditional dispensing by developing clinically valuable services through point-of-care testing. Using Pelican Pharmacy as a real-world case study, Rahul Kamal Raj will share the practical considerations involved in introducing POCT into a busy pharmacy environment, including team confidence, training, workflow, patient engagement and ongoing technical support. The session will also highlight the importance of choosing the right diagnostic partner, showing how BHR Biosynex has supported Pelican Pharmacy beyond equipment supply to help turn POCT into a practical and sustainable clinical service.
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Co-SMR: a co-produced bank of learning disability resources to support medication reviews
    People with a learning disability are more likely to be prescribed psychotropics for behaviour and other unlicensed indications. Some of this prescribing is inappropriate and it should always be revie ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Does community pharmacy have a role to play in suicide prevention?
    In this session, we will be exploring how community pharmacy can support those with suicidal thoughts and why it matters now, more than ever.
Primary Care Pharmacy Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Independent Community Pharmacist
  1. Prescribing in community pharmacy: making better patient care happen with General Practices
    The NHS is moving towards a model of neighbourhood health in which care is delivered closer to home, around people and communities rather than organisational boundaries. Community pharmacy has a cruci ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Safe supply of medicines for respiratory infections
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Maximising Pharmacy First consultations
    Pharmacy First has transformed the role of community pharmacy, creating new opportunities to improve patient access to care while generating sustainable service income. However, many pharmacies are still failing to reach consultation thresholds despite significant patient demand. This session will explore the practical steps that high-performing pharmacies are taking to consistently increase Pharmacy First activity. Using national data, real-world case studies, and frontline experience, delegates will learn how to identify gaps in patient capture, improve counter team engagement, strengthen GP referral relationships, and ensure consultations are successfully converted and claimed. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the key drivers of Pharmacy First success and a practical action plan that can be implemented immediately to increase consultations, enhance patient care, and maximise the value of services delivered within their pharmacy.
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Don't just dispense it: five everyday opportunities to tackle problematic polypharmacy in community pharmacy
    Problematic polypharmacy, particularly in older people, is a significant and growing concern linked to overprescribing and avoidable medicine-related harm. Many of these patients, or their carers, reg ...
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  3. The answer isn't another service: a practical framework for solving primary care pharmacy's biggest challenges
    Community pharmacy continues to expand its clinical role, yet challenges such as adherence, vaccine uptake, self-care and collaboration remain.   In this thought-provoking session, Trevor Gore explore ...
  4. Learning from general practice: new ways of caring using digital processes and platforms
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Cardiorenal metabolic syndrome: a guide for primary care
    Cardiorenal metabolic syndrome encompasses the spectrum of dysfunctions involving the cardiovascular, renal and metabolic systems. These conditions often co-exist which increases morbidity and mortali ...
Technology & Digital Health Theatre
Editorial Partner -
The Pharmacy Network
  1. Technological advances in type 1 diabetes: what community pharmacy teams need to know
    Diabetes technology is becoming increasingly important as more people are managing their condition with various and multiple technologies. This session will provide an overview of current diabetes technologies, including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), flash glucose monitoring, insulin pumps and hybrid closed-loop systems. It will explore how these innovations are improving glycaemic outcomes, reducing treatment burden and supporting person-centred diabetes care. The session will also discuss common challenges patients experience in practice, before some horizon scanning of emerging technologies and future developments.
  2. UK-wide School of Pharmacy Digital Community of Practice (SoPDCoP)
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    How mature is your pharmacy? Benchmarking the journey from NHS reliance to sustainable growth: the role of technology at every stage
    Explore the five stages of pharmacy maturity and discover how to move beyond reliance on NHS income towards sustainable, diversified growth. Learn how to benchmark your pharmacy against peers, identify practical steps for progression, and understand how technology can unlock efficiencies, new revenue opportunities and long-term commercial resilience.
  3. Five Questions to Ask About Your Technology
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Steal my AI stack: the tools that run my business every day
    Saam Ali runs a marketing and development agency, and AI now does a large share of his daily work. In this session he opens up the exact tools that run his day, what each one is for, and how they fit ...
  6. The digital transformation of community pharmacy: 2026 and beyond
Leadership Workshop & Careers Theatre
Sponsored by
C+D
  1. IP consultation in women and mental health
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    The importance of developing the role of ACT and Pharmacy Technicians
    Developing the roles of Pharmacy Technicians and Accuracy Checking Technicians (ACTs) is no longer just an operational advantage; it is a clinical necessity. By delegating final accuracy checks and dispensary management to qualified technicians, pharmacists gain the capacity required to deliver revenue-generating private and NHS clinical services
  2. Pharmacy training and learning
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Implementing the NHS England Foundation Pharmacist Assessment Strategy in community pharmacy
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  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    From stressed to strategic: the emotional intelligence reset
    The demands of working in pharmacy can leave little, or no, time to pause, reflect or focus on your own wellbeing and how to be the best leader. This engaging and thought-provoking session explores ho ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    How can contractors and their teams support and welcome locums into their pharmacy?
    Learn best practices for maintaining seamless, uninterrupted patient care when utilising locum cover in your pharmacy.
  4. Pharmacy Technician panel: responding to the changes of an expanding role
The Practical, Clinical, and Consultation Forum
In association with
Meducate
  1. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): history-taking and examination
    Effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured lymph node examination and a demonstration of our AI tool.
  2. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): open practical workshop
    Hands-on practice with Associate Clinical Educators, supported by our AI learning platform. Delegates wishing to take part in the Clinical Skills Workshops are kindly asked to bring their own stethosc ...
  3. Interactive AI demonstrations
    During this extended break, delegates are invited to experience Meducate Academy's AI-enhanced education platform. Live demonstrations will show how AI can: • Analyse communication and consultation sk ...
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: history-taking and examination
    Effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a cardiovascular examination, including manual blood pressure measurement. This also includes a demonstration of our AI model
  6. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: open practical workshop
    Guided skills practice with our clinical education team and an opportunity to experience AI-enhanced consultation training and performance feedback. Delegates wishing to take part in the Clinical Skil ...
  7. Respiratory: history-taking and examination
    Effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured respiratory examination and demonstration of our AI tool.
  8. Respiratory: open practical workshop
    A practical workshop providing further opportunities to practise respiratory examination and communication skills with Associate Clinical Educators and our AI-enhanced learning platform. Delegates wis ...
Networking Zone
  1. Stop chasing locums, start reaching them
    Our audience is mobile, time-poor and impossible to pin down with traditional channels. LAL Reach gets your content in front of them, on the app they check between shifts. Come and chat to us about a new way to engage HCPs.
  2. Meet the speakers behind some of this year’s key conference topics in a relaxed, informal setting. Use this dedicated networking time to continue the conversation beyond the theatre, ask your own ques ...
  3. Meet the speakers behind some of this year’s key conference topics in a relaxed, informal setting. Use this dedicated networking time to continue the conversation beyond the theatre, ask your own ques ...
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Meet the speakers behind some of this year’s key conference topics in a relaxed, informal setting. Use this dedicated networking time to continue the conversation beyond the theatre, ask your own ques ...
  6. Make time for your revalidation while you’re at The Pharmacy Show. This dedicated 45-minute slot is the perfect opportunity to complete the peer discussion element of your revalidation in a relaxed, i ...

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