SAPG@15 Event programme, presentations and videos - 24.11.23

Antimicrobial stewardship in Scotland – past successes, present priorities and future opportunities

Welcome and introduction

Mr Robbie Pearson, Chief Executive, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (video)

Part One: Looking Back

Chaired by Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of SAPG, Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS GGC, and Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow

• SAPG - in the beginning (slides)
  SAPG - in the beginning (video)
  Professor Dilip Nathwani, Honorary Emeritus Professor of Infection, University of Dundee and former Chair of SAPG
  
  
• Quality improvement and SAPG (slides)
  Quality improvement and SAPG (video)
  Dr Jacqueline Sneddon, Programme and Accreditation Manager, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), and former Project Lead of SAPG

• Data on antibiotic use through the ages (slides)
  Data on antibiotic use through the ages (video)
  Mr William Malcolm, Pharmaceutical Adviser, Clinical Lead for Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Use (SONAAR) and Antimicrobial Resistance Programme, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) Scotland
  
  
• COVID-19 stewardship challenges and opportunities (slides)
  COVID-19 stewardship challenges and opportunities (video)
  Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of SAPG

Part 2: Moving Forward

Chaired by Dr Stephanie Dundas, Vice Chair of SAPG and Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS Lanarkshire

• Remote and interface working (slides)
  Remote and interface working (video)
  Dr Dave Rigby, General Practitioner, Langabhat Medical Practice and Realistic Medicine and Therapeutics Clinical Lead, NHS Western Isles
  
  
• Evolving role of pharmacy (slides)
  Evolving role of pharmacy (video)
  Co-chairs of Association of Scottish Antimicrobial Pharmacists (ASAP)
  Kirsteen Hill, Antimicrobial/HIV Pharmacist, NHS Tayside
  Fiona McDonald, Specialist Pharmacist - Antibiotics, NHS Grampian
  
  
• Changing landscape of nursing (slides)
  Changing landscape of nursing (video)
  Jo McEwan, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Antimicrobial Stewardship, NHS Tayside and Chair of Scottish Antimicrobial Nurses Group (SANG)
  
  
• Antibiotic prescribing in dental practice – challenges and opportunities (slides)
  Antibiotic prescribing in dental practice – challenges and opportunities (video)
  Dr Douglas Robertson, Senior Clinical Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Chair of SAPG Dental Short Life Working Group

Part 3: Looking Ahead

Chaired by Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of SAPG, Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS GGC, and Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow

• Antimicrobial stewardship – the next 5 years 
  Dr Stephanie Dundas, Vice Chair of SAPG Group and Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS Lanarkshire
  
  
• Paediatrics - a better start (slides)
  Paediatrics - a better start (video)
  Dr Conor Doherty, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS GGC and Chair of SAPG Paediatric Stewardship Steering Group

• Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), Complex Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (COPAT) and virtual capacity (slides)
  OPAT, COPAT and virtual capacity (video)
  Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of SAPG
  
  
• Laboratory diagnostics and stewardship (slides)
  Laboratory diagnostics and stewardship (video)
  Dr Kate Templeton, Head of Molecular Diagnostics, Director and STI and viral genotyping reference laboratory, NHS Lothian
  
  
• Antimicrobial resistance – a “One Health” perspective (slides)
  Antimicrobial resistance – a “One Health” perspective (video)
  Professor Dominic Mellor, Professor of Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health, University of Glasgow
  
  
• Data linkage, artificial intelligence, machine learning and stewardship (slides)
  Data linkage, artificial intelligence, machine learning and stewardship (video)
  Professor Marion Bennie, Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Strathclyde, and Chief Pharmacist, Public Health Scotland
  Dr Amanj Kurdi, Reader (Associate Professor) in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacy Practice, University of Strathclyde
  
  
• Commonwealth Partnership for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) Project, Ghana (slides)
  CwPAMS Project, Ghana (video)
  Ms Fran Kerr, Project Lead of SAPG, Antimicrobial Pharmacist and Lead for Commonwealth Partnership for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) Project