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PCCS 8th Annual Conference: New Horizons in Cardiovascular Care

PCCS 8th Annual Conference: New Horizons in Cardiovascular Care

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This conference was developed by the PCCS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have had no input into the conference agenda, speaker selection or presentations, with the exception of the sponsored symposium sessions, for which the respective sponsoring companies are fully responsible.

We are delighted to invite you to the PCCS 8th Annual Conference entitled "New Horizons in Cardiovascular Care", taking place virtually across two days on Thursday, 25th & Friday, 26th September 2025.

Through presentations and question and answer sessions, this conference aims to bring together an expert faculty of primary and secondary healthcare professionals with specialisms across cardiology. A wide range of topics across cardiovascular disease will be covered including policy and practice, overweight, obesity and weight loss drugs, lipids, heart failure and deprescribing in CV disease. 

You can now view the full agenda. 

This conference was developed by the PCCS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have had no input into the conference agenda, speaker selection or presentations, with the exception of the sponsored symposium sessions, for which the respective sponsoring companies are fully responsible.

Agenda

Thursday 25th September 2025

08:50

Early bird welcome and address

  • Conference co-chairs: Prof Raj Thakkar & Beverley Bostock

08:55

State of the nation


09:20

Breakfast sponsored symposium


10:00

Session 1: Policy and practice

10–year health plan – what does it mean for CVD and primary care?
 
Neighbourhood working in CV care
 
Live Q&A

11:00

Refreshment break


12:00

Session 2: Overweight, obesity and weight loss drugs

Overweight and obesity A national approach 
 
Weight loss drugs real world experiences in primary care 
 
Live Q&A

13:00

Lunch break


13:20

Afternoon sponsored symposium


14:00

Session 3: Lipid management

Lipids – a national perspective 
 
Lipid optimisation – what does the ideal pathway look like?

 

Live Q&A

15:00

Refreshment break


15:20

Late afternoon sponsored symposium


15:50

Session 4: Polypharmacy and deprescribing in CV disease

Deprescribing in CVD - why, in whom and what 

 

Starting and stopping lipid lowering therapies in other people
 
Heart Failure case study 

 

Panel discussion - what does this look like in the real world
 

16:50

Closing remarks

  • Conference co-chairs: Prof Raj Thakkar & Beverley Bostock

Friday 26th September 2025

08:55

Chair's opening

  • Conference co-chairs: Prof Raj Thakkar & Beverley Bostock

09:00

Breakfast sponsored symposium


09:30

Session 5: Heart Valves

Heart valve disease in primary care
 
Endocarditis prophylaxis

 

Live Q&A

10:30

Refreshment break


10:50

Late morning sponsored symposium


11:30

Session 6: Research round up

PCCS Initiatives
 
What's on the horizon?
 
Live Q&A

12:30

Lunch break


12:50

Afternoon sponsored symposium


13:20

Session 7: Heart failure

Heart failure – what is optimal care in 2025?
 
Heart failure update – the role of primary care in diagnosis and management
 
Live Q&A

14:20

Late afternoon sponsored symposium


14:50

Closing remarks

  • Conference co-chairs: Prof Raj Thakkar & Beverley Bostock

Agenda subject to change

This conference was developed by the PCCS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have had no input into the conference agenda, speaker selection or presentations, with the exception of the sponsored symposium sessions, for which the respective sponsoring companies are fully responsible.

Speakers

Beverley Bostock

Beverley Bostock

PCCS President Elect, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Mann Cottage Surgery and Editor in Chief, Practice Nurse Journal

Bev is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in long-term conditions.  She is currently President Elect of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society.  She has a special interest in cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and lipid management along with common comorbidities such as metabolic liver disease, asthma and COPD. She is Editor in Chief of Practice Nurse Journal and has been a Queen’s Nurse since 2015.    

In a previous role she developed and delivered accredited modules in cardiovascular disease, heart failure and diabetes in collaboration with the Open University.  As well as holding an MA in Medical Ethics and Law and an MSc in Respiratory Care, Bev has a Post Graduate Diploma in Diabetes from the University of Warwick. Bev has had an extensive range of articles published in various journals on the management of long-term conditions and is a regular speaker at national conferences.


Prof Raj Thakkar

Prof Raj Thakkar

PCCS President and CKD representative, Primary care cardiovascular society, GP Primary care cardiology lead, Oxford HIN Honorary Visiting Professor, Cardiff University Medical School, National EAGs for lipids and HF/HVD, NHSE National primary care workstream co-lead - cardiac transformation programme, NHSE UK Clinical Director, Healthy.io and Board observer, British Society of Heart Failure

Raj trained at University College London where he achieved a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and completed his medical degree in 1999. He went on to a GP training programme in the Oxford deanery during which time he completed postgraduate membership exams of both the Royal College of General Practitioners and Physicians. Raj went on to win the national GP enterprise award in his division. He also completed an enhanced GP registrar post in cardiology.  

Raj’s varied roles have included working as a GP partner since 2004, Clinical Commissioning Director in planned care, Cardiac Lead for Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network, primary care cardiology lead for the Oxford Health Innovation Network (HIN) and atrial fibrillation champion for NHSIQ Thames Valley. He is also on the national expert advisory group for heart failure and valve disease and is currently the national primary care workstream co-lead for the cardiac transformation programme (NHSE). Raj sits on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology.  

Raj has worked as a presenter on BBC Radio and is a medical writer, lecturer, speaker, and advisor. He has written and published over 200 articles and several books including the MIMS consultation guide which won the BMA book of the year award in the category of medicine in 2012. He has achieved two atrial fibrillation pioneer awards, was a national finalist for GP of the year in 2017 and a national HSJ finalist, 2019 for his work in atrial fibrillation. 

This conference was developed by the PCCS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have had no input into the conference agenda, speaker selection or presentations, with the exception of the sponsored symposium sessions, for which the respective sponsoring companies are fully responsible.

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This event is free for all delegates.

This conference was developed by the PCCS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have had no input into the conference agenda, speaker selection or presentations, with the exception of the sponsored symposium sessions, for which the respective sponsoring companies are fully responsible.

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