Opening remarks

Professor Philip Howard OBE, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds & BSAC President

SESSION ONE: Understanding Pneumonia

Definitions, classifications and epidemiology of pneumonia

Professor James Chalmers, Dundee

Understanding the burden – adults

Dr Vanya Gant, UCLH

Understanding the burden – paediatrics

Dr Paddy McMaster

Q&A

SESSION TWO: Pneumonia in different settings & following the guidance

Hospital acquired pneumonia- treatment options and guidelines

Professor Matteo Bassetti, Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Science, University of Genoa

Community acquired pneumonia

Marisa Lanzman, Senior Pharmacist – Microbiology & ITU, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Nice guidelines and the impact of pneumonia in the community

Dr Tessa Lewis, GP, Medical Adviser & Chair NICE Managing Common Infections Committee, NHS

CQUINs and other official guidance for pneumonia 

Professor Philip Howard OBE, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds & BSAC President

Q&A

SESSION FIVE: COVID-19: Lessons learnt

Point of Care Molecular diagnostics in the diagnosis of bacterial co-infection in COVID19 patients

Dr Joshua Moorhouse, Speciality Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford

The anti-viral and anti-cytokine effects of baricitinib: stitching together a dual mechanism

Professor Justin Stebbing, Professor of Cancer Medicine and Oncology, NIHR Research Translational Professor, Imperial College London

Q&A

SESSION SIX: The future – improving the management of pneumonia

Pneumococcal vaccines and Pneumonia

Dr Rajeka Lazarus, Consultant in Infection, University Hospital Bristol & Weston

The INHALE Study: what have we learnt about the molecular diagnostics of HAP/VAP in critical care?

Dr Vicky Enne, Senior Research Fellow, UCL

Q&A

Closing remarks

Professor Philip Howard OBE, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds & BSAC President