Agenda
We are thrilled to unveil the agenda for the highly anticipated 2025 Pharmacy Business Conference! Join us on Sunday, April 6th, at the Hilton Wembley for a dynamic line-up of industry-leading speakers, insightful workshops, and networking opportunities. Get ready for an enriching experience that promises to elevate your pharmacy business expertise. See you there!
9.30 Registration / Breakfast
10.30 Shailesh Solanki, Executive Editor, Pharmacy Business. Welcome speech to delegates.
10:35 Why community pharmacy must create its own future Speaker: Reena Barai, Pharmacist & owner, S G Barai Pharmacy, and Conference Chair
10.45 OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Pharmacy of Tomorrow – the NHS England perspectiveDavid Webb, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHS England
11:05 PANEL DISCUSSION Innovation in community pharmacy services (NHS and private) • Mayank Patel, Pearl Chemist Group• Patrick Gompels, Co-owner, Gompels Limited• Michael Lennox, NPA and Community Pharmacy SomersetModerator: Reena Barai, Pharmacist & Owner, S G Barai Pharmacy
11:35 PRESENTATION UK Pharmacy Market Dynamics and Challenges How health market data can inform decisions on where community pharmacy should focus its business plan.Presented by Joanne Redding, Director, Supplier Relationships, IQVIA
11:50 PRESENTATION Clinical Governance underpinning service design and deliveryThe implications of good clinical governance when innovating community pharmacy services.Presented by Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive, GPhC
12:05 PRESENTATION Building your OTC Healthcare businessHow to build a successful OTC healthcare business by leveraging the USP of P-medicines and enhancing patient experience Speaker: Kavita Datar, Global Expert, Haleon
12:20 Networking break
12:50 PRESENTATION Clinical Demand to Business Revenue The New Frontier of Digital Marketing that Showcases the Tools and Techniques to Drive Business Revenue from Clinical Services Speakers:• Saam Ali, CEO, Pharmacy Mentor• Mark Hopkins, Owner & Pharmacist, Hopwoods Pharmacy
13:10 TABLE WORKSHOP
This interactive session will allow our audience to share their thoughts on the implications of what they have learnt from the conference through moderated debate utilising digital technology. Moderator: Michael Holden, Associate Director, Pharmacy Complete
13:40 CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONPharmacies of TomorrowThis will explore the current situation and how their vision and plan will help deliver the pharmacies of tomorrow.Speaker: Janet Morrison, CEO, Community Pharmacy England
14:05 PANEL DEBATE Q&A with Pharmacy Leaders The panel will debate what needs to happen in the next 12-18 months to facilitate the pharmacy of tomorrow.• Janet Morrison, CEO, CPE• Harry McQuillan, Chairman, Numark• Olivier Picard, Vice Chair, National Pharmacy Association • Dr Bharat Shah CBE, Founder, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Moderator: Michael Holden, Associate Director, Pharmacy Complete
14:35 Sum-up and close Reena Barai, Conference Chair
14:40Lunch / networking