Session summary:

• Be able to commence basic HRT treatment
• Deal with the management of unopposed estrogen 
• Menopause management/HRT use in patients with:family history of breast cancer
• previous VTE episode
• previous cardiovascular disease

Chair: Dr Chris Provan, representing the RCGP

*Session at capacity*

Learn about and try the Optimising Access Resource Set (OARS)—developed by researchers at the University of Manchester in partnership with patients, carers, voluntary sector, and general practice stakeholders. Longstanding problems of access to general practice contribute to health inequalities, largely because existing ‘solutions’ take a narrow view of access. The OARS are designed to help practices and Primary Care Networks take a broader view of access, see access problems differently, and identify different solutions that address health inequalities. It also details how to work collaboratively with the local patient population and focus on those with the most unmet need.

Chair: Dr Aaliya Goyal

This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca.

This session looks into the NICE type 2 diabetes guidelines, and why changes were implemented in 2022. It explores what it means to go beyond traditional sugar management when treating people with type 2 diabetes, and focusses on the management of the cardiovascular and renal risks associated with type 2 diabetes. It then looks into the what this means practically, and what the benefits of implementing these guidelines can be for your patients and your practice.

Chair: Dr Onyinye Okonkwo

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in General Practice

International Medical Graduates are no longer a small minority. It may surprise you to know that they are now about 40% of the GP workforce, which means that they are not marginal but indispensable. They have particular challenges and needs, and in this session, we will explore important issues like:

Now you are working in the UK, how do you feel? Have you come to terms with homesickness, are you feeling content? have you received a satisfactory induction? Have you found your tribe? do you think your day-to-day challenges are becoming more manageable?

Chair: Dr Michael Mulholland

Superwoman is the archetype of our times. She’s breaking glass ceilings, she’s climbing hierarchies, she’s raising perfect children, she is unstoppable, she’s passionate. She needs no support, but is always available for others. She makes everyone proud, and happy. Everyone is in awe of her. Oh, and she is smoking hot!

And it’s exhausting and unsustainable to be her!

Come along to explore a new way of being. A way that is in tune with your individual needs, dreams, and values. A way that embraces the messiness of life.

A way that encourages you to be fully and joyfully yourself.

Chair: Dr Ursula Mason

*Session at capacity*

Research & Innovation

Research on continuity of care has been a major focus for the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) and world-leading research on continuity of care has been embedded at St Leonard’s Research Practice in Exeter. Continuity is associated with lower mortality, fewer acute admissions, lower use of out of hours services, alongside better quality of care including better prescribing, better adherence to medical advice and medication, and cost effectiveness. The aim of this session it to present this evidence on continuity of care and discuss how to prioritise continuity of care in an NHS in crisis.

Chair: Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, Chair of RCGP Council, RCGP

Chair: Dr Sian Tucker

Chair: Dr David Shackles

Join us for an interactive panel discussion exploring the role that gender plays in our lives and in the workplace. We will also discuss how we can all advance and champion gender equality in society.

Chair: Dr Margaret Ikpoh, Vice Chair (Professional Development), RCGP

*Session at capacity*

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in General Practice

When the RCGP curriculum was revised and published in 2019 it incorporated robust scrutiny through the lens of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. However, in 2021-2, and in common with many other academic institutions, we felt it appropriate to undertake an additional process of ‘decolonising’ the RCGP curriculum.

The aim of this session is to describe the ethos and values that underpinned the work, the process we used and the changes we have implemented as a result. The session will provide an opportunity for engaging with the audience and hearing their own experiences with which to compare our own learning.

Chair: Dr Michael Mulholland

How much time are you spending managing requests for secondary care colleagues? Would you like more time to spend on the work you really want to do and less on unnecessary bureaucracy? Let us show you how we produced a consensus document and developed Primary Secondary Care Interface Groups to encourage the right work to be done by the right person, making things better for you, for them and for your patients.

Chair: Dr Ursula Mason

RCGP views the record number of drug-related deaths recorded in the UK as a public health emergency.

People who are affected by problem drug use frequently suffer from chronic health issues and many have a background of mental illness, childhood trauma and other adverse experiences.

This interactive session will explore how all GPs can use their expertise to provide holistic care.

By improving the non-specialist GP’s confidence, skills, and understanding of this vulnerable group, we can provide quality care as a first point of contact, embed harm reduction into the physical, psychological and social care options, and reduce stigma.

Chair: Dame Clare Gerada, RCGP President

The winners of the RCGP/SAPC Outstanding Early Career Researcher Awards, the RCGP/NIHR Clinical Research Network Awards and the Research Paper of the Year Awards will be presenting their work Do come along!

Chair: Prof Carolyn Chew-Graham

Nobody doubts that general practice must change. But current debates rage about contracts, not clinical practice. WiseGP is taking back professional control of front-line patient care. Without tailored, whole-person care, patients and communities suffer: burdened by both too much medicine, and too little. But these scientific-grounded models of generalist practice have been designed out of modern healthcare. Replacing them is the missing link needed in efforts to redesign general practice. WISE GP brings together clinical and academic expertise to champion, develop and sustain the distinct professional knowledge work of whole person healthcare needed to reclaim general practice.

Chair: Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown

CPD: Clinical Topics

Recently updated NICE guidance (NG28, March 2022) and other major international guidelines have driven a change in how we approach the management of type 2 diabetes in primary care.  We need to think beyond glycaemia and look for the presence of significant co-morbidities such as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.  Newer diabetes therapies such as SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 receptor agonists have proven cardiorenal benefits in addition to their glucose-lowering and weight-loss benefits placing them as our pharmacological treatments of choice for the majority of people living with type 2 diabetes

Chair: Dr Ursula Mason

Your GP Career

It’s here; the session that changes people’s lives. Could you handle the hotseat? Will you use all your lifelines? Do you have the final answer? RCGP Annual Conference proudly presents the gameshow we all love, with a twist!  Your prize is the knowledge and confidence to be an RCGP mentor. 

“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Mentor” uses the television show format to introduce the RCGP’s revised mentoring offer (https://rcgp.org.uk/mentoring) and encourage people to join the team of mentors who are already contributing to improving morale and retention of GPs in the workforce. 

This session will explore what it means to be a leader and uncover leadership opportunities within the College. Through engaging with your local Faculty, these are closer than you think!

Come and find out more about experience and skills you can gain through engaging with your Faculty Board and hear about the groundbreaking ‘Shaping the Future’ leadership programme being delivered to members through RCGP Faculties.

*Session at capacity*

This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca

Chair: Dr Louise Sands, representing the RCGP

Please note this promotional symposium is for GB HealthCare Professionals and excludes Northern Ireland and International delegates.

With the 2023/2024 Influenza Vaccination Campaign fast approaching, are you up to date with the latest updates and
JCVI guidance? This Sanofi sponsored promotional symposium hosted by two renowned primary care experts will
explain key aspects of the primary care 2023/2024 influenza vaccination campaign and how advances in vaccine
technologies and current clinical data helps reduce the burden of influenza for patients, healthcare professionals and
the NHS.

Chair: Dr Jane Wilcock, representing the RCGP

This promotional symposium has been fully organised and funded by Sanofi

Adverse events should be reported. Reporting forms and information can be found at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard. Adverse events should also be reported to the Sanofi drug safety department on Tel: 0800 0902 314 or alternatively, send via e-mail to UK-drugsafety@sanofi.com

*Session at capacity*

A reminder of how to treat mild to moderate acne in primary care, update in treatments and possible future directions.

Chair: Dr Peter Saul, representing the RCGP