Day 1 — NSPN members only
An exclusive working day for up to 20 NSPN members, focused on mapping services, sharing best practice, and shaping the future direction of the network. This is a collaborative workshop day, not a lecture programme.
12:00 – 13:00
Networking
Registration & Lunch
Informal networking and poster viewing.
13:00 – 13:15
Welcome & Introductions
Network Chair
Overview of network goals, agenda, and opportunities for collaboration.
13:10 – 14:00
Workshop
Mapping out sleep service offerings across the UK
Network chair and members
Locating sleep services, identifying key individuals involved, and understanding pharmacist roles in sleep across the UK.
14:00 – 15:00
Workshop
Current guidelines, best practice documents and pathways used in services
Pharmacist facilitators & committee members
Members are invited to bring guidelines, pathways, formulary documents, and APC applications to understand regional processes and variation across the UK.
15:00 – 15:30
Break
Coffee and networking
Informal discussion and connecting with colleagues.
15:30 – 16:30
Workshop
Strategies to tackle inequality, sleep medicine education, and the future of NSPN
Committee members
Key actions to progress the network. Establishing new roles to elevate NSPN's impact nationally.
16:30 – 17:45
Case studies
Case studies & best practice sharing
Committee members
Members present brief clinical cases or interventions, followed by discussion on practical challenges and shared learning.
17:45 – 18:15
Close
Wrap-up & networking
Chair
Summary of key takeaways, announcement of next meeting, informal networking.
Day 2 — Open to all pharmacy professionals
A full educational day open to NSPN members and non-members, with up to 50 places available. Expert-led sessions covering sleep neuroscience, insomnia management, hypersomnia, restless legs, and the future of sleep pharmacy.
09:00
Networking
Registration and coffee
Poster setup and networking.
09:30
Welcome and introduction
Chairs: Dr Rania Ward & Dr Adam Rathbone
Overview of aims, sponsors, and structure of the day.
09:45
Workshop
Sleep service provision: inequalities and barriers
Dr Adam Rathbone and committee members
Wider discussion of key themes identified from Day 1, exploring barriers to equitable sleep pharmacy provision across the UK.
10:30
The neuroscience and functions of sleep
Dr Rania Ward (Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Mechanisms of sleep-wake regulation and the neurobiology of sleep.
11:15
Break
Coffee break
11:40
Insomnia and its primary management
Louise Berger (Royal Surrey County Hospital)
The patient's perspective and behavioural management of insomnia.
12:25
Insomnia in practice: a case series of common clinical challenges
Dr Rania Ward (Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
A case-based exploration of common clinical challenges in insomnia management, including co-morbidities, medicines optimisation and deprescribing.
13:10 – 14:00
Lunch
Lunch and networking
Poster viewing and sponsor booth.
14:00
Hypersomnia: diagnosis and management
Dr Adam Rathbone — Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hypersomnolence versus central hypersomnias: understanding the clinical distinctions and management approaches.
14:40
Restless legs and limb movement disorders in sleep
Mr Jas Kaler (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)
Diagnostic and management insights for restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder.
15:20
Break
Coffee break
15:40
Paediatric sleep disorders: recognition and management
Akshay Phatak (Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust)
An overview of sleep disorders in children and young people, including recognition, assessment and management approaches relevant to pharmacy practice.
16:10
Keynote
The long-term plan: how sleep pharmacy services can contribute to the health of the nation
Speaker from the Department of Health and Social Care (TBC)
Audience Q&A, innovation, and collaboration opportunities for pharmacy professionals in national sleep health strategy.
16:50
Close
Take home messages and questions
Dr Rania Ward & Dr Adam Rathbone
Key take home messages from the day, open questions and discussion, and certificates of attendance.