UK BMT Pharmacists Group

UK BMT Pharmacists Group Educational Meeting

Date: Friday 17th November 2023  Time: 13:00 to 17:00


 

Please see the UK BMT Pharmacists Group Information Page here: https://www.bopa.org.uk/membergroups/affiliated-groups/bmt-group/

 

The UK BMT Pharmacists’ Group (a special-interest group affiliated to BOPA) is running an educational meeting via Zoom on the afternoon of Friday 17th November 2023. The meeting will run from 1-5pm and the programme has been split into different sessions over the 4 hours to make it easy to dip in and out!  All pharmacists with an interest in haematology are very welcome to attend for some or all of the sessions. There is no registration fee and no need to pre-register. The meeting agenda and all the details you need to log in can be found below.

If you have any enquiries about the meeting please contact:

 

This meeting will be recorded and the sessions will be present in the Haematology Section of our eLearning site HEREYou have to be either a free associate or paid BOPA member to access these sessions

 


 

AGENDA

 

First Sessions – Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87414888959

1300-1305          Welcome, Introductions, Housekeeping, UK BMT Pharmacists Group Committee

Elizabeth Davies, Consultant Haematology Pharmacist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Raakhee Shah, Lead Pharmacist Haematology, BMT & ATMP, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

1305-1350         Management of relapsed B-ALL

Dr Anna Castleton, Consultant Haematologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust


BREAK – 13:50 14:00


Second Session – Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82191472867

1400-1450    New approaches to managing Graft vs Host Disease – focus on post-transplant cyclophosphamide and belumosudil

Dr Andrew Clark, Transplant Director, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde


BREAK – 14:50 15:00


Third Session – Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81838310877

1500-1525 BOPA verification passport for HSCT

Raakhee Shah, Lead Pharmacist Haematology, BMT & ATMP, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Fourth Session – Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84021942036

1525-1555   Vaccination following BMT

Siobhan Smith, Bone Marrow Transplant Pharmacist, University Hospital of Wales


BREAK – 15:55 16:00


Fifth Session – Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88202192221

1600-1655  Service developments and Audit

Presentation: Do we overhydrate transplant patients with HD cyclophosphamide?

Eleanor Ball, University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Presentation: CMV reactivation in patients receiving letermovir

Jessica Pealing, Lead Haematology Specialist Pharmacist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Presentation: Role of CAR-T/ATMP Pharmacy Technician

Gemma Hicks, Senior Pharmacy Technician CAR-T and ATMPs, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Presentation: Experience of  using oral fludarabine for BMT lymphodepletion

Chris Salmen, Lead Haematology Pharmacist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

 

1655–1700       Closing remarks

Raakhee Shah, Lead Pharmacist Haematology, BMT & ATMP, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Elizabeth Davies, Consultant Haematology Pharmacist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

 

1700                   Meeting close