Day 1

The programme

Day 1 (October 9, 2011)

10.15am

Behind the scenes of the pharmacy contract negotiations – and what the next five years holds for funding

Sue Sharpe, chief executive, PSNC 

The most comprehensive review of pharmacy's cost base for the best part of a decade was finally published this summer. The sector's head negotiator explains how the results are informing your financial framework now and for the future

11.15am

What the NHS wants from pharmacists – and what it will pay you for

Felicity Cox, community pharmacy lead, NHS Employers

As the two latest advanced services launch, the NHS's lead pharmacy negotiator reveals what you need to do to prove your worth ahead of the 2013 deadline, and cement the sector's national role in primary care

12.15am

Lessons from a £6bn pharmacy business

Alex Gourlay, health and beauty chief executive, Alliance Boots

The most powerful pharmacist in the sector explains how Boots is adapting to the NHS reforms – and the key insights you can learn from its strategy

2.15pm

An insiders' view of a clinical commissioning group

Dr Charles Alessi, Kingston Consortium

A GP from one of England's first commissioning consortia reveals what really goes on inside the bodies that will decide your enhanced service fate, and how you can engage with and influence them

3.15pm

The C+D Senate Live

in association with Actavis

Dragons' Den: the pharmacy contract pitch

Four pharmacy leaders present their funding ideas to our Dragons – and you, the audience, decide which contract proposals should get control of the cash

Presenters:

Rob Darracott, chief executive, Pharmacy Voice

Fin McCaul, chairman, IPF

Mark Koziol, chairman, Pharmacists' Defence Association

Hemant Patel, secretary, North East London LPC

Dragons:

Michael Cann, director of generics, Actavis

Felicity Cox, community pharmacy lead, NHS employers

John D'Arcy, managing director, Numark