PLT - 5th November 2025

Join us for our Protected Learning Time event!

We invite all healthcare professionals to attend our upcoming PLT event, where everyone is welcome, regardless of role or specialty. Whether you're a nurse, doctor, administrator, or support staff, your presence is valued, and we encourage you to take part in this opportunity for collaborative learning and professional growth.

Come together with colleagues from all areas of practice to share insights, enhance your skills, and contribute to a stronger, more connected healthcare team. We look forward to seeing you there!

When we offer multiple sessions you can attend any of the agenda items across the sessions that are most meaningful for you.

November's PLT

This month we are offering both a Clinical and Non-Clinical PLT. You may book onto both and move between sessions if that is what you would rather do, The sessions will be recorded and shared on the website afterwards.

Clinical PLT

1pm-2:30pm Gender Identity Clinics: The Current Situation

Gender has become a daily topic in the news and social media, but what are the realities that patients experience and what do National tertiary care gender clinics such as Northampton GIC do, and how do they interact with Primary Care.

Dr Simon Tickle, Gender Specialist

Simon has been working as a Gender Specialist for the last 8yrs at Northampton GIC based in Daventry

He formerly was a GP in Earls Barton then at Maple Access Practice in Northampton where he gained experience in Social Exclusion, Substance Use, and Mental Health conditions

Additional contributors from our MDT

Rhian Daniels, Clinical Nurse Specialist/NMP

Zach Patel-Champion, Peer-Support Worker

Dr Eileen Wood and/or Helen Grant, Psychologists (video contribution)

2:30pm-2:45pm Break

2:45pm-3pm TPP has officially launched a new integrated referral solution that allows GP practice teams to refer patients to the Pharmacy First service directly from within SystmOne Speakers: Olivia Fraser, Mini Satheesh and Arti Patel

3pm-3:30pm Pathophysiology of Obesity with Speaker James O'connell James O'Connell (BSC, PG Dip) is a registered dietitian who currently serves as an Obesity Medical Education Associate at Eli Lilly. He has over 13 years of experience as an advanced dietitian with the Tier 3 weight management service at University Hospital Aintree, where he continues his clinical practice under the supervision of Professor John Wilding. James has made significant contributions to obesity research through participation in multiple projects at both local and international levels. He is dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes for individuals living with obesity and is committed to providing ongoing support and guidance in this field.

3:30pm-4:30pm Mounjaro data and Q&A with Speaker: Dr Dimitris -

Dimitris Papamargaritis is Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at University of Leicester/ University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group with special interest in obesity and type 2 diabetes. He is the lead consultant for the young type 2 diabetes/ high BMI clinic in Kettering General Hospital. He is also a National Clinical Fellow of the European Association for the Study of Obesity, an operational member of the Association for the study of Obesity and a member of the academic committee of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists. His research interests include understanding the mechanisms that the novel obesity pharmacotherapies work and how to best combine lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes management.

4:30pm Closing Remarks

Non-Clinical PLT

1:30pm Open event and welcome

1:35pm -1:45pm Pharmacy First service

Speakers- Olivia Fraser, Arti Patel and Mini Satheesh

TPP has officially launched a new integrated referral solution that allows GP practice teams to refer patients to the Pharmacy First service directly from within SystmOne.

This long-awaited development is fantastic news for our SystmOne practices. While EMIS practices have enjoyed a built-in referral process, SystmOne users have previously had to rely on workarounds such as the Ardens template or PharmRefer — the latter being a standalone platform requiring multi-factor authentication, which often created access barriers. This new integrated solution is a significant and welcome improvement.

The system is called the Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) — an NHS interoperability framework that enables practices to send digital Pharmacy First referrals quickly, securely, and in a format that is useful for both practices and community pharmacies. In addition, this advancement supports two key priorities outlined in the NHS Fit for the Future 10-Year Health Plan for England (transitioning from analogue to digital and shifting care from acute to community settings).

1:45 pm-2.30pm NHS pensions

Speaker- Paul Gordon from Atomos