Click the link above to see the full programme and to register.
Registration is now open for the NPPG Paediatric Oncology Pharmacists (POP) Group Meeting which will be held on Friday 8th November 2024 at Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel.
Please note this meeting will be an in-person event only and will not be recorded.
A copy of the programme is below for your reference.
Please CLICK HERE to complete your online registration.
Registration fees;
NPPG Members – £70
Non-members – £100
If you need to book accommodation for Thursday 7th November, you can book and pay direct by contacting Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel.
Please contact us at admin@nppg.org.uk if you have any questions.
09.30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
10.00 Welcome and AGM Vicky Holden, POP Chair
POP UpdatesVicky Holden, POP Chair
Caroline Osborne, Principal Oncology Pharmacist Team Manager, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Lamia Samrin-Balch, Lead Pharmacist Haematology and Oncology, Great Ormond Street
Neil Richardson, Pharmacist, NHS Lothian
Vanessa McLelland, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Karen Whitehouse, Paediatric Pharmacist, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Rupal Evans, Paediatric Oncology Pharmacist, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Laura Mattis, Lead Pharmacist for CYP, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Ghazala Javid, Senior Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Pharmacist, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust
11.00 REFRESHMENTS
11.15 When should we be using Sodium Thiosulfate (STS) in the treatment of children with cancer? Penelope Brock MD, PhD, MA. Former Paediatric Oncologist GOSH and Professor and Head of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology in Leuven University Hospital, Belgium
12.15 Overview of NHL treatment including the new trial GLO-BNHL for relapsed/refractory disease
Emma Seaford, Paediatric Oncology Consultant Bristol Royal Hospital for children and
Paul Turner, Specialist Pharmacist Haematology/ Oncology BMT/Chemocare, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
13.00 LUNCH
13.45 BOPA passport – challenges and issues in practice Lamia Samrin-Balch, Lead Pharmacist Haematology/Oncology, Great Ormond Street Vicky Holden, POP Chair
14.15 Management of paediatric thrombosis Kristina Marshall, Paediatric Haematologist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
15.15 Challenges before and after stem cell transplantation Arina Lazareva Locum BMT Consultant Bristol Royal Hospital for children
16.00 Open discussion Vicky Holden, POP Chair
16.30 CLOSE AND FEEDBACK
