SAPG Network Event - 19 May 2026: programme and presentations

SAPG Stakeholder Engagement Event Programme

10:00
Welcome and overview
Safia Qureshi, Director of Evidence, Healthcare improvement Scotland

10:10
9 years as SAPG chair – reflections of SAPG Chair
Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group, Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS GGC and Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow

10:30
Progress towards UK National Action Plan (NAP) for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) targets and National Antibiotic Indicators
Dr Janathan Danial, Clinical Lead for Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Use (SONAAR) and Antimicrobial Resistance Programme, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) Scotland

10:40
NHS Scotland: Overview of current progress towards UK NAP, SAPG strategy and National Antibiotic Indicators
Dr Stephanie Dundas, Vice Chair of Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group, Infectious Diseases Consultant, NHS Lanarkshire

10:55
UK Perspective: Overview of current progress towards UK NAP

• NHS England:
  Laura Whitney, Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead for London, NHS England
  
  
• Wales:
  Nicholas Reid, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Public Health Wales
  
  
• Northern Ireland:
  Bronagh McBrien, Programme Manager AMR, Northern Ireland
  
  
• UKHSA:
  TBC

11:40
Q&A Session

11:50
Coffee Break

Update from SAPG subgroups

12:10
OPAT
Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group

12:25
Dental
Andrew Smith, Co-Chair of SAPG Dental subgroup, Professor & Consultant Microbiologist (Dental), NHS GGC
Douglas Robertson, Co-Chair of SAPG Dental subgroup, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Glasgow Dental School

12:35
Primary Care
Dr Dave Rigby, Chair of SAPG Primary Care subgroup, General Practitioner, Langabhat Medical Practice and Realistic Medicine and Therapeutics Clinical Lead, NHS Western Isles

12:45
Q&A Session

Stakeholder workshop - impact of SAPG

12:50
Feedback from stakeholder Questionnaire
Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group:  Value, Vision and Purpose
Fran Kerr, SAPG Project Lead

13:20
Lunch

13:50
SAPG strategy – what’s going well
Facilitator: TBC

14:20
Lessons learned, Tried and tested, Even better if…
Facilitator: TBC

14:50
Next steps: Start, stop, pause
Facilitator: TBC

15:30
Summary of Day and next steps for SAPG
Professor Andrew Seaton, Chair of Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group

15:45
Keynote speaker address and presentation to SAPG chair
Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland

16:00
Close

16:15 - 18:00
Reception for SAPG Chair
All Bar One, West Nile Street