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o A month of webinars offering practical, timely solutions to modern challenges in primary care
Caring for patients with multiple long-term conditions is one of the greatest challenges facing primary care in 2026: rising levels of multimorbidity and increasing demand for services create additional intricacies when managing these already complex patients. How do you know where to start in an appointment with so many competing priorities – and so little time?
Chronic Conditions Month returns again in 2026, offering a series of webcasts specifically for UK healthcare professionals looking for solutions to these everyday challenges. Across six focused sessions delivered throughout May, we’ll explore key long-term conditions including common respiratory problems, cardiovascular disease, mental health problems and more. Each webinar combines updates on the latest guidance and evidence, with clear take-home messages that you can apply to your practice immediately.
Whatever your role in primary care – GP, practice nurse, pharmacist, or any other healthcare professional – this series will strengthen your confidence in managing complex patients with multiple long-term conditions, and equip you with the tools to deliver efficient, effective and – most of all – meaningful care.
GP Partner and Primary Care Lead for Diabetes MCN
Kashif qualified in 2001 from the University of Glasgow and has been practicing as a GP since 2005. He is currently a partner at the Nithsdale Merryvale Group and primary care lead for Diabetes in NHS Glasgow. He is a GP trainer and a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion.
Kashif has an interest in Obesity and hold SCOPE (Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education) certification.
GP and NHS Somerset Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Autism, Learning Disability and Dementia
Peter Bagshaw has been a GP for over 30 years. He has held posts as Senior Clinical Fellow at the Department of Primary Care at Bristol University, the national Improvement and Assessment Framework Board and the Director of the South West Dementia Clinical Network. He is a co-author of the NHS publication “Older Persons Mental Health, a Practice Primer” and author of “Daggers of the Mind”, a novel, as well as being a regular contributor to Pulse and other magazines.
He is NHS Somerset Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Autism, Learning Disability and Dementia, and the national clinical coordinator of the DEMON network which uses AI to improve dementia research.
His outside interests include painting, Shotokan Karate and quantum mechanics.
GPwSI in Diabetes, Cardiff
Sarah is a GP in Cardiff with a special interest in diabetes. She qualified at the University of Wales College of Medicine in 2003 and initially trained as a physician, before making the move into general practice and never looked back! She has continued her interest in diabetes and presents regularly on the subject to colleagues at local and national meetings. She is passionate about general practice, particularly great quality diabetes care in the primary care setting.
She is the Clinical Director for Diabetes in primary care for Cardiff and Vale UHB and All Wales lead for diabetes in primary care. She is a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, Primary Care Diabetes Society committee member and a presenter for NB Medical Hot Topics, leading their diabetes course.
GP, Shepton Mallet and Clinical Respiratory Lead, NHS England South West and NHS Somerset
Steve has been a GP principal since 1989 and continues enjoying clinical work. He is a passionate generalist – but has a respiratory specialist interest. Steve has worked nationally and internationally on respiratory issues – and has more than 300 publications on mainly respiratory topics. He has been involved in national and international guidance and has worked to promote good quality care for people with long term conditions. He works on educational issues in primary and secondary care – and has regular involvement with Asthma and Lung UK as well as more local patient groups in encouraging change in practice.
He has worked in service development since fundholding in the 1990s through many changes and remains passionate to make a difference.
Steve enjoys music, running, watching rugby and time spent with his wife and two daughters.
GPwSI Cardiology, Northampton
Dr Javaid qualified from Cambridge University and completed his VTS training in Northampton. He has a specialist interest in cardiology and echocardiography and was a clinical lead in the Northamptonshire Community Cardiology service, which had a focus on patients with heart failure and valve disease.
He was named Pulse “GP of the Year” in 2015 for his work in reducing stroke emergency admissions in the East Midlands. He is on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology.
