The Independent Prescribers Conference for 2025 will be taking place on Thursday 20 March 2025, from 9am to 5pm at the Bet 365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent. Registration is now open and a range of speakers have been confirmed. These include the following:
- Trust welcome and introduction – Kenny Laing, Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT)
- Professional practice and prescribing update – Paula McLaren, Senior Nursing Adviser for Advanced Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council
- The role and responsibility of the designated prescribing practitioner – Kerri Douglas and Vicky Shone, Keele University prescribing course leads
- Medication error; Learning from claims (remote presentation) – Samantha Thomas, Safety and Learning Lead for Midlands and East, and National Safety and Learning Lead for General Practice and Henrietta Jameshill, Associate Safety and Learning Lead for Midlands and East NHS Resolution
- Dr Andrew Barkley, Senior Coroner, Stoke-on-Trent Coroner’s Office
- Dr Rachel Egan, Consultant Psychiatrist, NSCHT
- Maegan Hepher-Williams, Senior Nurse, Safeguarding Team, NSCHT
- Diversion of controlled drugs from the legitimate supply chain – Grant Powell, Senior Manager, Criminal Enforcement Unit, Safety and Surveillance Group Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- Craig Stone, Head of Patient and Organisational Safety, NSCHT
- Closing comments – Dr Buki Adeyemo, Chief Executive, NSCHT
Booking details can be seen below.
- £295 + vat per person from 24 February 2025
To book your place, please email IPConf23@combined.nhs.uk.
View more information here.
