A half-day seminar for GPs on achieving effective antibiotic management, minimising the development of resistance and identifying patients at risk of complications

1. Clinical Update
Free-to-attend half-day seminars
Optimising the use of
antibiotics in primary care
A half-day seminar for GPs on achieving effective antibiotic
management, minimising the development of resistance
and identifying patients at risk of complications
including commuity-acquired C. difficile
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Choose from two venues in 2013 LIMITED FREE
22 January Crowne Plaza, Manchester PLACES
31 January Regents College, London
OUR EXPERT SPEAKERS ATTEND TO
• Dr Martin Duerden GP in Wales and • Review strategies to rationalise
Prescribing Lead at the RCGP prescribing in your practice
• Professor Philip Calder Professor of • Update your knowledge on
Nutritional Immunology at the Faculty of antibiotic resistance
Medicine, University of Southampton • Identify patients at risk of C. difficile-
• Dr Amir Hannan, GP in Hyde, Greater associated diarrhoea
Manchester, and Primary Care IT lead at
NHS North West FIND OUT MORE
• Saarah Niazi-Ali Antibiotic Specialist Scan this QR code for full
Pharmacist, Tameside and Glossop PCT/ details. See inside pages for
Tameside NHS Foundation Trust instructions.
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2. Clinical Update
Optimising the use of PROGRAMME
antibiotics in primary care
13.00 Lunch and registration
14.00 Chair’s welcome and presentation
14.05 Optimising antibiotic use in your practice
• The impact of antibiotic resistance development in individual patients
Real fears about the impact of antibiotic resistance, • Educating patients and managing their expectations
together with the growing problem of community- • Delayed prescribing: achieving a cohesive approach
acquired C. difficile, means every GP practice is under • Tools and initiatives to help in your day-to-day practice
pressure to rationalise prescribing of these vital medicines. Dr Martin Duerden, GP in Conwy, Wales, Assistant Medical Director
of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Senior Lecturer at Wales
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported a total of College of Medicine and RCGP Prescribing Lead
18,005 cases of C. difficile infection in patients aged two 14.40 Q&A session
years and over in the year to March 2012.1 Research has 14.50 Refreshment break
shown that a growing percentage of C. difficile cases in the 15.15 Managing vulnerable patients
• The young and the elderly: why their immune systems are particularly
UK are community acquired.2 vulnerable
• Gut microbiota: the ‘organ’ crucial to immune health
The challenges of containing patient expectations about • Antibiotics and their impact on the gut microbiota
antibiotics, identifying and managing those at risk of • Probiotics in minimising the impact on and maintaining the integrity
complications and tackling resistance, calls for a cohesive of the gut microbiota
approach – within your practice and in the wider medical Professor Philip Calder, Professor of Nutritional Immunology at the
Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
community.
15.50 Q&A session
This seminar brings you practical advice on how you can 16.00 Improved prescribing and identifying patients at risk of complications
review and rationalise prescribing as well as the latest • A case study on effective antibiotic prescribing across primary and
secondary care
research on the impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiota • Tools for aiding antibiotic prescribing and identifying patients at risk of
and the importance of considering this in everyday practice. complications such as C. difficile
Our expert speakers will share ideas on educating patients • Taking an integrated approach in your practice
and detail effective strategies for optimising antibiotic Dr Amir Hannan, GP in Hyde, Greater Manchester, and Primary Care
IT Lead at NHS North West and Saarah Niazi-Ali Antibiotic Specialist
management, such as delayed prescribing. You will hear how Pharmacist, Tameside and Glossop PCT/Tameside NHS Foundation Trust
GP colleagues have worked successfully with other healthcare 16.45 Q&A session
professionals to ensure an effective, united approach and 17.00 Close
discover tools to help you achieve the same results.
OUR SPEAKERS WILL FOCUS ON EVERY DELEGATE WILL RECEIVE FIND OUT MORE References
• Identifying and managing those • A resource pack containing key take- Scan this QR code for full 1 Health Protection Agency. Summary Points on
at risk of complications, including home points details. See inside pages for Clostridium difficile Infection, July 2012.
C. difficile-associated diarrhoea • A certificate of attendance confirming instructions. 2 Jen M-H, Saxena, S Bottle A et al. Assessment
• Practical tools to help rationalise 3 hours’ CPD time for full-afternoon of administrative data for evaluating the shifting
antibiotic prescribing in your practice attendance acquisition of Clostridium difficile infection in
• The role of gut microbiota and immune • A form to record your learning points England. Journal of Hospital Infection 80 (2012)
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