About this event
- Date and time Wed 23 Sep 2026 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by General Practice with Primary Healthcare
- Gain practical, consultation-ready insights, leaving with clear, prioritised updates on key areas like cardiovascular risk, respiratory care, lifestyle medicine and multimorbidity - helping you to manage increasing clinical complexity earlier and more efficiently.
- Hear directly from distinguished faculty, including professors, senior national leaders and President of the RSM, Professor Gillian Leng CBE - translating the latest evidence, innovation, and prevention strategies into realistic, actionable approaches.
- Understand how emerging topics such as social prescribing, digital tools, and cancer survivorship fit together, enabling more confident, holistic decision-making in complex patient care.
- Benefit from opportunities to discuss challenges with peers, explore sustainable career pathways and portfolio options, and leave with renewed clarity and direction.
- Professor Gillian Leng CBE (President of the RSM)
- Professor Sam Everington OBE
- Professor Ahmet Fuet
- Professor Raj Thakkar
- Professor Anwar Khan
- Professor Nick Merrifield
- Current topics in Primary Care; the latest insights into AI, systemic cancer treatment and MSK.
- Cardio-pulmonary, and lipid profiling; practical risk assessments, prevention, interpretation, decision support.
- Lifestyle medicine and social prescribing; including evidence, implementation and realistic application in everyday practice.
- Career development; future-facing sessions on portfolios, extended roles, leadership, sustainability and future opportunities.
- To provide concise, evidence-based insights on the key issues shaping frontline care, including AI in practice, cardio-pulmonary risk, MSK and cancer.
- To equip clinicians with actionable knowledge and top tips that can be applied immediately in everyday consultations and patient management.
- To explore the role of lifestyle medicine, lipid profiling and social prescribing in improving long-term patient outcomes.
- To offer guidance on emerging technologies, evolving career pathways and system pressures to help professionals navigate change with confidence.
- Apply up-to-date knowledge from key areas of modern primary care, including AI, oncology and work, MSK practice, cardio-pulmonary risk and lipid management, to enhance clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
- Evaluate the role of prevention in practice, including lifestyle medicine and social prescribing, and identify practical, evidence-based ways to incorporate these into routine care.
- Recognise evolving career opportunities in primary care and reflect on how to develop a sustainable and fulfilling future professional role.
- GPs
- GP registrars
- Primary care nurses
- Pharmacists
- Allied health professionals
- Specialists or those interested in cardiology, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, occupational medicine and nutrition.
Prizes
General Practice with Primary Healthcare: John Fry Prize
Deadline: Monday 13 July 2026 at 11.59pm
Open to: This prize is open to GP Trainees, postgraduate students based in primary care, medical students and other postgraduates from professional groups involved in primary care.
Award: £300 cash prize.
General Practice with Primary Healthcare Section: Student Poster Prize
Deadline: Monday 13 July 2026
Open to: Medical students
1st Prize: £150
2nd Prize: £100
General Practice with Primary Healthcare Section: Trainee Poster Prize
Deadline: Monday 13 July 2026
Open to: GP registrars (trainees)
1st Prize: £150
2nd Prize: £100
The 2026 RSM and CAIPE John Horder Team Award and John Horder Student Award
Applications must be sent to: [email protected]
Deadline: Wednesday 12 August 2026 at 5:00pm
Team Award Prize: Certificate of achievement and £600
Student Award Prize: Certificate of achievement and £600
Show Virtual / In Person rates
Tickets (In Person)
Early Bird pricing available until 11 August 2026.
Member
RSM Associate
| Day 1 |
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£0.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional)
£35.75
Lunch
(optional) |
RSM Fellow
| Day 1 |
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£0.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional)
£35.75
Lunch
(optional) |
RSM Resident Doctor
| Day 1 |
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£0.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional)
£35.75
Lunch
(optional) |
RSM Retired Fellow
| Day 1 |
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£0.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional)
£35.75
Lunch
(optional) |
RSM Student
| Day 1 |
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£0.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional)
£35.75
Lunch
(optional) |
Non - Member
Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors
| Day 1 |
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£141.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional) |
Other HCPs
| Day 1 |
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£84.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional) |
Resident Doctor
| Day 1 |
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£84.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional) |
Student
| Day 1 |
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£44.00
Clinical Complexity, Preventive Medicine and the Future of Practice
£75.00
Dinner
(optional) |
Tickets (Virtual)
Early Bird pricing available until 11 August 2026.
Member
| RSM Associate | RSM Fellow | RSM Resident Doctor | RSM Retired Fellow | RSM Student |
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| £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Non - Member
| Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors | Other HCPs | Resident Doctor | Student |
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| £141.00 | £84.00 | £84.00 | £44.00 |
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and President’s Address
Susan Strong, President, General Practice with Primary Health Care Section, The Royal Society of Medicine
Session 1 - Health, safety & work
Chair: Dr Jeya Balakrishna, President-elect, General Practice with Primary Health Care Section, The Royal Society of Medicine and Dr Monica Krivcevska , Honorary Secretary, General Practice with Primary Health Care Section, The Royal Society of Medicine
Systemic anti-cancer therapies & fitness to work: Key considerations for GPs
Dr Louise Hancock, Consultant Occupational Physician, President-Elect, Occupational Medicine Section
Knee Pain made easy in Primary Care
Dr Sol Abrahams, Consultant Physiotherapist, MSK Medicine
Keeping patients and practitioners safe
Professor Anwar Khan, Professor, Primary Care Medical Education, University of East London
Tea and coffee break
Opportunity to view posters and speak to sponsors
Chair: Tharshini Ramalingam and Dr Miruna Constantin
11:00am
The cardio-renal axis: Don’t forget to take the pee!
Professor Raj Thakkar, Honorary Professor, Cardiff University Medical School President and CKD Lead, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
11:20am
Treasure chests: top tips for managing acute exacerbations of COPD
Beverley Bostock, Queen’s Nurse, President-Elect, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
11:40am
NICE heart failure guidance: Going beyond QoF tickboxes
Professor Ahmet Fuat, Honorary Professor, Primary Care Cardiology, Durham University, Co-Founder and Past President, Education and Research Lead Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
12:00pm
Expert Q&A panel
Dr Beverley Bostock, Professor Ahmet Fuat, Professor Raj Thakkar
Chairs: Professor Margaret Lloyd, Dr Alison Lehovsky and Mr Josish Wilson
11:00am
Welcome and Introduction
Professor Margaret Lloyd
11:05am
Prize Winning Presentations 1&2
John Horder and CAIPE Prize Winners
11:30am
Evidence to Impact: Inspiring the next generation of Primary Care Leaders
A fireside chat with Professor Gillian Leng CBE, President, The Royal Society of Medicine
12:00am
Prize Winning Presentations 3&4
John Fry and Poster Prize Winners
12:25am
Concluding remarks
Dr Alison Lehovsky
Lunch
Session 3 - Lifestyle, social health and preventative medicine
Chairs: Susan Strong, President GP and Primary Healthcare Section, Dr Jeya Balakrishna President-Elect GP and Primary Healthcare Section
Social prescribing in primary care
Professor Sir Sam Everington OBE, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Honorary Professor, Queen Mary's University London and NHSE Board
Preventive medicine in public health
Dr Monica Kriv, GP Registrar & Section Council
Expert Panel Q&A
Professor Gillian Leng CBE, President, Royal Society of Medicine, Dr Monica Krivcevska and Prof Sir Sam Everington OBE
Tea and coffee break
Session 4 - AI, Portfolio Careers and Prize Winners
Chairs: Dr Varun Kumar & Dr Jeya Balakrishna
The Augmented General Practitioner: AI and Digital Transformation in General Practice
Dr Selva Selvarajah, RCGP Council & GP Partner, Bromley by Bow
Portfolio careers: What are your options?
Professor Nick Merrifield, Professor, Primary Care, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, Deputy Clinical Director, SW London ICS
President’s Closing Remarks-Formal End of Conference
Susan Strong President GP and Primary Care Section
Drinks reception
Dinner and after-dinner speaker
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Disclaimer: Registration closes at 1:00 am (GMT) on Tuesday, 22 September 2026; late registrations will not be accepted. The agenda may change without notice.
Views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily of the RSM or their organisations. Presentation slides will only be shared with permission, and the event will be recorded and may be published on RSM online channels.