Date & Time: THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER 2022, 10.00am – 3.30pm
Where: ONLINE, in conjunction with Healthcare Conferences UK.
Delegate fee: Only £15
For the full programme content, speaker line-up and to book visit www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/antibiotic-research-uk
Unable to attend the full day? Don’t worry. This virtual conference will be recorded, giving you the flexibility to dip in and out throughout the day and catch up with anything you miss later. Find out more about virtual attendance.
Benefits of attending this conference:
- Network with colleagues who are working to tackle antimicrobial resistance and improve antimicrobial stewardship
- Learn about current research studies, programmes and initiatives in antimicrobial resistance and stewardship
- Hear and learn from the patient experience of antibiotic resistance
- Reflect on national developments and learning
- Improve the way in which we deal with antibiotic resistance, personally and organizationally, nationally and internationally
- Ensure you are up to date with the latest research and developments
- Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
Programme
Conference chair: Jonathan Pearce, CEO, Antibiotic Research UK
- 10.00 – 10.05 Welcome and introduction by Simon Dukes, Chair, Antibiotic Research UK Board of Trustees
- 10.05 – 10.15 Patient testimonial: living with a resistant infection
- 10.15 – 10.30 Lucina Wilde and Dr Ryan Hamilton, School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, “Understanding the experiences and support-needs of those living with antimicrobial resistance”
- 10.30 – 10.35 Questions
- 10.35 – 10.50 Prof Matthew Todd, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, “Open-Source Antibiotics”
- 10.50 – 10.55 Questions
- 10.55 – 11.10 Dr Simon Hardman, Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, “Impact of long-term azithromycin on antibiotic resistance and bacterial dysbiosis in a paediatric cohort”
- 11.10 – 11.15 Questions
- 11.15 – 11.25 Break-out sessions
- 11.25 – 11.40 Break
- 11.40 – 11.55 Eric Budgell, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, “Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital): Results from a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial and a parallel observational study involving all acute Trusts in England”
- 11.55 – 12.00 Questions
- 12.00 – 12.50 Professor Joe Standing, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, London, & Dr David Wareham, Blizard Institute, QMUL, London, “Cefepime / sulbactam as an enhanced antimicrobial combination therapy for the treatment of MDR Gram-negative infections – latest research findings”
- 12.50 – 12.55 Questions
- 12.55 – 1.05 Break-out sessions
- 1.05 – 1.40 Lunch Break – virtual networking, poster presentations, meet the Patient Support Team
- 1.40 – 1.55 Professor Colin Garner, Founder and former CEO, Antibiotic Research UK
- 1.55 – 2.10 Video of patients talking about living with a resistant infection
- 2.10 to 3.25 Dr David R. Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and BSAC President, “Tackling antimicrobial resistance through quality improvement: the BSAC Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme”
- 3.30 AGM – all welcome; only members can vote.
Free tickets are available for students: email joy.richardson@antibioticresearch.org.uk, providing your name, university/academic institution, email address, along with your course name and tutor’s name.