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Pharmacy First in practice: last chance for practice managers to join the conversation

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by MiP reporter
10 June 2026

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Registration for the inaugural Community Pharmacy & General Practice Conference is closing shortly, so this is the final opportunity for practice managers to be part of the discussion shaping how collaboration can work across the sectors.

Taking place from 21-22 June at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham, the free, two-day event will bring together senior voices from general practice, community pharmacy and system leadership to explore how services can work more effectively together in the face of rising demand and initiatives such as Pharmacy First.

The agenda reflects the day-to-day realities practice managers are increasingly navigating – including evolving referral pathways, medicines optimisation, repeat prescribing pressures and the practicalities of working more closely with community pharmacy teams at neighbourhood level.

Among those contributing to the programme are practice manager Denise Smith, Dr Steve Taylor, GP Co-Lead, at the Doctors’ Association UK and Dr Adrian Hayter of the RCGP, who bring clinical, policy and operational perspectives on what effective integrated working looks like in practice.

Register now and be part of the conversation shaping how primary care works in practice.