2025 Programme

Session times and titles are subject to change

The sponsors did not provide any input or control over the agenda, content creation, or speaker selection, except for their sponsored sessions.

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Registration and exhibition viewing
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Welcome from the Chair
Speaker
Dr Catherine Heffernan
Director of Health Improvement & Visiting Senior Lecturer (King's College London)
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
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What is new in Vaccinations and Immunisations

Vaccinations is a discipline in medicine where everything moves fast. This presentation will help delegates keep up with changes in vaccinations and immunisations.

Speaker
Dr George Kassianos CBE
Family Physician
Wokingham
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Sponsored Session - TBC
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Morning break and exhibition viewing
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Travel immunisations: practical guidance for practice.

This session will address some of the key issues which impact the delivery of travel health services in a primary care setting. It will consider some of the most frequently asked questions for travel vaccines and look briefly at a selection of new products on the market, available for travellers.

Speaker
Jane Chiodini MBE
Travel Health Specialist Nurse
Travel Health Training Ltd.
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Sponsored Session
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Lunch and exhibition viewing
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Sponsored Session
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Travel, its impact, causes and strategies for management.

There is little doubt of the value of vaccinations and immunisation. Global travel has provided pathogens the opportunity to relocate rapidly and extensively. The impact of this can be devastating on individuals, families, communities and the wider global community. Vaccine Hesitancy is growing driven by a number of factors. This presentation will review the importance of travel vaccination and focus on Vaccine Hesitancy, how it can be understood and strategies for addressing this.

Speaker
Dean Linzey MA RGN
Senior Lead IPC/Health Protection, Immunisation & Vaccination
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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Afternoon break and exhibition viewing
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Changes to vaccines and uptake since 2020: how we adapt to a changing world

Since 2020, the development and distribution of vaccines have undergone transformative changes. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of mRNA technology and this innovation has broadened the horizon for vaccines targeting other diseases, such as cancer and malaria. Global vaccine production and distribution systems improved but disparities in access and uptake of vaccines remain an issue. Growing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation have become key challenges post COVID-19. Uptake also varies across the UK due to decreasing trust, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. This session will look at what has redefined the landscape of immunization, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges.

Speaker
Dr Catherine Heffernan
Director of Health Improvement & Visiting Senior Lecturer (King's College London)
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
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Conducting a travel health consultation

Session focused on supporting primary care nurses involved in the provision of travel medicine. To include guidance on appropriate information resources, patient engagement and enabling traveller decision-making.

Speaker
Mary Gawthrop
Travel Nurse
Independent
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Closing remarks
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Registration and exhibition viewing
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Welcome from the Chair
Speaker
Director of Health Improvement & Visiting Senior Lecturer (King's College London)
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
-
What is new in Vaccinations and Immunisations

Vaccinations is a discipline in medicine where everything moves fast. This presentation will help delegates keep up with changes in vaccinations and immunisations.

Speaker
Family Physician
Wokingham
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Sponsored Session - TBC
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Morning break and exhibition viewing
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Travel immunisations: practical guidance for practice.

This session will address some of the key issues which impact the delivery of travel health services in a primary care setting. It will consider some of the most frequently asked questions for travel vaccines and look briefly at a selection of new products on the market, available for travellers.

Speaker
Travel Health Specialist Nurse
Travel Health Training Ltd.
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Sponsored Session

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Lunch and exhibition viewing
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Sponsored Session

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Vaccine Hesitancy and Travel, its impact, causes and strategies for management.

There is little doubt of the value of vaccinations and immunisation. Global travel has provided pathogens the opportunity to relocate rapidly and extensively. The impact of this can be devastating on individuals, families, communities and the wider global community. Vaccine Hesitancy is growing driven by a number of factors. This presentation will review the importance of travel vaccination and focus on Vaccine Hesitancy, how it can be understood and strategies for addressing this.

Speaker
Senior Lead IPC/Health Protection, Immunisation & Vaccination
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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Afternoon break and exhibition viewing
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Changes to vaccines and uptake since 2020: how we adapt to a changing world

Since 2020, the development and distribution of vaccines have undergone transformative changes. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of mRNA technology and this innovation has broadened the horizon for vaccines targeting other diseases, such as cancer and malaria. Global vaccine production and distribution systems improved but disparities in access and uptake of vaccines remain an issue. Growing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation have become key challenges post COVID-19. Uptake also varies across the UK due to decreasing trust, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. This session will look at what has redefined the landscape of immunization, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges.

Speaker
Director of Health Improvement & Visiting Senior Lecturer (King's College London)
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
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Vaccine programmes for Pregnant Women

This session will consider the role of vaccination in pregnancy and the various vaccine programmes recommended for pregnant women. In the UK pregnant women are routinely recommended to receive vaccines against influenza, Pertussis, Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV). The session will discuss these vaccine programmes and the rationale for protecting the pregnant women, the unborn infant and newborn baby for the first few months of life.

Speaker
Independent Nurse Consultant Immunisation Specialist
Self Employed
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Closing remarks
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Registration and exhibition viewing
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Welcome from the Chair
Speaker
Director of Health Improvement & Visiting Senior Lecturer (King's College London)
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
-
What is new in Vaccinations and Immunisations

Vaccinations is a discipline in medicine where everything moves fast. This presentation will help delegates keep up with changes in vaccinations and immunisations.

Speaker
Family Physician
Wokingham
-
Sponsored Session - TBC
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Morning break and exhibition viewing
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Travel, its impact, causes and strategies for management.

There is little doubt of the value of vaccinations and immunisation. Global travel has provided pathogens the opportunity to relocate rapidly and extensively. The impact of this can be devastating on individuals, families, communities and the wider global community. Vaccine Hesitancy is growing driven by a number of factors. This presentation will review the importance of travel vaccination and focus on Vaccine Hesitancy, how it can be understood and strategies for addressing this.

Speaker
Senior Lead IPC/Health Protection, Immunisation & Vaccination
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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Sponsored Session
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Lunch and exhibition viewing
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Sponsored Session
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Travel immunisations: practical guidance for practice.

This session will address some of the key issues which impact the delivery of travel health services in a primary care setting. It will consider some of the most frequently asked questions for travel vaccines and look briefly at a selection of new products on the market, available for travellers.

Speaker
Travel Health Specialist Nurse
Travel Health Training Ltd.
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Afternoon break and exhibition viewing
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Changes to vaccines and uptake since 2020: how we adapt to a changing world

Since 2020, the development and distribution of vaccines have undergone transformative changes. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of mRNA technology and this innovation has broadened the horizon for vaccines targeting other diseases, such as cancer and malaria. Global vaccine production and distribution systems improved but disparities in access and uptake of vaccines remain an issue. Growing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation have become key challenges post COVID-19. Uptake also varies across the UK due to decreasing trust, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. This session will look at what has redefined the landscape of immunization, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges.

Speaker
Director of Health Improvement & Visiting Senior Lecturer (King's College London)
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
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Vaccine programmes for Pregnant Women

 This session will consider the role of vaccination in pregnancy and the various vaccine programmes recommended for pregnant women. In the UK pregnant women are routinely recommended to receive vaccines against influenza, Pertussis, Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV). The session will discuss these vaccine programmes and the rationale for protecting the pregnant women, the unborn infant and newborn baby for the first few months of life.

Speaker
Independent Nurse Consultant Immunisation Specialist
Self Employed
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Closing remarks