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
NHS SWL ICB
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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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Flu Season
Speaker
Dr Catherine Heffernan
Director of Health Improvement
NHS SWL ICB
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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
NHS SWL ICB
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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
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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Flu Season
Speaker
Director of Health Improvement
NHS SWL ICB
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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
NHS SWL ICB
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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
Family Physician
Wokingham
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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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Flu Season
Speaker
Director of Health Improvement
NHS SWL ICB
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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