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MIMS LEARNING LIVE NORTH PROGRAMME

26TH NOVEMBER 2025 | LIVERPOOL

This event is made possible by sponsorship from organisations including pharmaceutical companies, med tech companies and service providers, none of which have influenced the event agenda, content development or the choice of speakers, except for the sponsored symposia presentations. Sessions delivered with input from our supporters will always be marked on the programme and a list of all sponsors can be found here.


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STREAM A

STREAM B

STREAM C

Open doors - Registration

08:00 - 09:05

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome from Pat Anderson, editor of MIMS Learning

Stream A

09:00 - 09:15

Chair’s opening remarks

Stream B

09:00 - 09:15

Chair’s opening remarks

Stream C

09:15 - 10:00

CVRM: Chair-led Fireside Chat + Audience Q&A on CVRM.

Stream A

Professor Raj Thakkar

GP Partner

primary care lead of Oxford AHSN, honorary visiting professor at Cardiff University Medical School and president of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society

This fireside chat brings together an experienced GP with a clinical colleague for a focused discussion of key clinical challenges and dilemmas faced by GPs. Questions will be invited from delegates.

09:15 - 10:00

Women’s health: Chair-led Fireside Chat + Audience Q&A : Key questions on menopause.

Stream B

Dr Olivia Hum

GP, accredited menopause specialist, and co-director of Myla Health

Dr Lindsey Thomas

This fireside chat brings together an experienced GP with a clinical colleague for a focused discussion of key clinical challenges and dilemmas faced by GPs. Questions will be invited from delegates.

09:15 - 10:00

Dermatology: Chair-led Interactive Fireside Chat + Audience Q&A: Dermatology case discussion.

Stream C

Dr Stephanie Gallard

Dermatology GPSI, PCDS Executive Committee member, and Dermatology Educator

Dr S. Ahsan Raza

This fireside chat brings together an experienced GP with a clinical colleague for a focused discussion of key clinical challenges and dilemmas faced by GPs. Questions will be invited from delegates.

10:00 - 10:45

Dermatology

Stream A

10:00 - 10:45

TBC

Stream B

10:00 - 10:45

Women's Health

Stream C

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:15

Visit a vibrant and informative exhibition space featuring various companies, from pharmaceutical to pension consultants, fostering meaningful networking between healthcare professionals and suppliers while showcasing innovative products and solutions.

11:15 - 12:00

Ophthalmology: Acute eye conditions: when to manage and when to refer.

Stream A

Miss Sajeevika Amarakoon

  • Eye conditions in adults and children, educating GPs about what they can manage themselves and when they should seek specialist input.

11:15 - 12:00

Paediatrics: Childhood bugs and drugs: a paediatric infectious diseases update. (Welcome from Pat Anderson, editor of MIMS Learning)

Stream B

Dr Justin Penner

  • Review treatment recommendations for common paediatric infectious disease syndromes: pharyngitis, otitis media, pneumonia, UTIs.

  • Explore the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases with a focus on measles.

  • Develop an approach to lymphadenopathy.

  • Discuss inflammatory and other mimickers of childhood infection.

  • Recognise maternal-fetal infections, avoiding missed opportunities in the diagnosis of congenital infections.

11:15 - 12:00

Neurology: Diagnosis and management of migraine.

Stream C

Dr Deborah Kerr

GP, Kings Langley Surgery

  • Symptoms.

  • Differentials.

  • Red flags.

  • GP management.

  • When to refer.


12:00 - 12:20

Prostate Cancer

Stream A

12:00 - 12:30

Women's Health

Stream B

12:00 - 12:45

TBC

Stream C

Lunch

12:45 - 14:00

View the GP Business Hub Agenda and Lunchtime Presentations here.

Visit a vibrant and informative exhibition space featuring various companies, from pharmaceutical to pension consultants, fostering meaningful networking between healthcare professionals and suppliers while showcasing innovative products and solutions.

14:00 - 14:45

Women's Health

Stream A

14:00 - 14:45

Respiratory

Stream B

14:00 - 14:45

Dermatology (Welcome from Pat Anderson, editor of MIMS Learning).

Stream C

Afternoon Coffee Break

14:45 - 15:15

15:15 - 16:00

Musculoskeletal disorders: Back pain in primary care and screening for inflammatory conditions.

Stream A

Dr Louise Warburton

  • Recognise red flag presentations of back pain.

  • Pointers to other commonly occurring causes of back pain.

  • How to recognise inflammatory back pain and the significance of this.


15:15 - 16:00

Mental health: Managing physical health in people with severe mental illness.

Stream B

Dr Helen Pears

Managing the physical health of people with severe mental illness (SMI) can be challenging. In this session we will look at:


  • The effect of having SMI on physical health- the case for assertive physical health care to this group.

  • The effect of having SMI on access to physical health care- tips on improving access for this group.

  • Interactions and side effects of mental health medications.


15:15 - 16:00

Early cancer diagnosis

Stream C

Dr Owen Carter

  • Key principles of early diagnosis.

  • Barrier of the above and how to overcome.

  • The future.

Chair’s Closing Comments

16:00 - 16:05

Conference Close

16:05

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MIMS Learning Live is the perfect place to get in front of primary healthcare professionals seeking to forge new connections and update their clinical knowledge. 

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This event is made possible by sponsorship from organisations including pharmaceutical companies, med tech companies and service providers who have provided sponsorship towards this independent programme. They have had no editorial input or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the marked sponsored symposia. Sessions delivered with input from these organisations are marked as such on the programme and a list of all sponsors can be found here.


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