Hot Topics 2026: Diabetes, Menopause, Urology, Dermatology & Cardiometabolic Health (Manchester)

FACE TO FACE EVENT

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO UK REGISTERED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ONLY

Location: Royal Nawaab Stockport Pyramid Yew Street

Event Agenda

Study Day Summary

This dynamic, CPD-accredited study day brings together leading experts in diabetes, urology, oncology, metabolic medicine, and women's health to explore the conditions that increasingly intersect in everyday primary care practice. With a focus on practical, evidence-based learning, delegates will leave equipped with clinical skills and confidence to apply directly to their patients.

The day covers essential topic areas:

• Diabetes in practice – the latest developments in type 2 diabetes care, with case-based learning on treatment optimisation and individualised therapy
• Urology and men's health – the link between prostate cancer and cardiometabolic risk, and practical use of the anticholinergic burden (ACB) score in urological prescribing
• Obesity and MASLD – identifying and managing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in patients living with obesity
• Menopause and cardiometabolic health – how menopause affects cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic risk and the skin, plus case-based lipid management

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this study day, participants will be able to:

• Describe the latest developments in type 2 diabetes management and apply case-based approaches to optimising therapy, addressing cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic risk rather than glucose alone
• Recognise the relationship between prostate cancer, its treatments, and cardiometabolic risk, and support safe monitoring and management of these patients in primary care
• Apply the anticholinergic burden (ACB) score to urological prescribing, identifying patients at risk and making safer medication choices
• Identify patients with obesity at risk of MASLD, use appropriate assessment and non-invasive testing, and follow evidence-based management and referral pathways
• Explain the impact of menopause on cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, and dermatological health, and apply structured, case-based approaches to lipid management in practice

Key Benefits

• Practical, clinically relevant content delivered by specialist speakers with primary care expertise
• Peer discussion and networking in a collaborative learning environment
• CPD-accredited certificate for revalidation portfolios

Additional Information

• This is a face-to-face, CPD-accredited event
• A certificate of attendance will be issued for full participation
• Suitable for GPs, prescribing pharmacists, nurses, and wider primary care MDT members

Chair Person

Dr Almas Agha

GPwER Diabetes and CVRM

Dr. Almas Agha, GPwER CVRM, FRCGP, is a GP with over 20 years of NHS experience and a special interest in Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic health. She is a Fellow of the RCGP and an Honorary Primary Care Consultant at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. She holds diplomas in Diabetes and Sexual Health, runs Tier 2 Diabetes Clinics, and has held leadership roles including CCG Lead for Central Manchester. An active educator,she trains GP trainees and leads a local educational group. She has also worked with Diabetes UK and received the Muslim Professional National Award for services to healthcare

Meet the Speakers

Nicole Green

Diabetes Specialist Nurse | EDEN Education & Research Associate | LLR ICB Diabetes Mentor.

I am a Diabetes Specialist Nurse with experience across primary care, education, research and integrated diabetes services. I have worked in general practice and at the Leicester Diabetes Centre, specialising in complex Type 2 diabetes management, multimorbidity and improving the quality of diabetes care.

As an EDEN Education and Research Associate, I have delivered award-winning diabetes and multimorbidity education to primary care teams, supported research initiatives including the Early Onset Type 2 Diabetes clinic, and contributed to service improvement projects.

Over the past four years, I have also worked as an Enhanced Diabetes Service Mentor, supporting the implementation of the LLR integrated model of diabetes care and helping practices deliver more coordinated, patient-centred care closer to home.

Dr Zalan Alam

MBBS, FRCGP, BA, MA, MSc

Dr Zalan Alam is a GP and has an extended clinical role in frailty and intermediate care, with broad experience in older people’s medicine, urgent care and palliative care.

He is Director of Postgraduate Medical Education at Rochdale Infirmary within the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Alam is also an NHS England Peer Ambassador for Modern General Practice and neighbourhood health, supporting primary care transformation and more integrated working across general practice, community services and the wider health system. He has qualifications in medical education and leadership and has contributed to the development of intermediate care, dementia services and new models of neighbourhood-based care.

Dr Kamal Khan

Dr. Kamal Khan is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist specialising in coronary artery disease. He primarily undertakes coronary angioplasty (stents) procedures using the radial approach for lower risk and greater comfort in recovery. Dr. Khan performs procedures on heart attack patients and is adept at both elective and emergency situations. He is a member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions. Dr. Khan has published numerous papers on interventional cardiology, particularly focusing on coronary artery disease and angioplasty techniques.

Sara Hafidh

MPharm. MSc ACP. PWSI in gynaecology.

Lead Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & CVD lead of Wakefield North & Pontefract & Knottingley PCN / Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Practitioner with special interest

Dr Mohammad Athar Marghoob

MBBS FRCS is a consultant urologist

Dr Mohammad Athar Marghoob MBBS FRCS is a consultant urologist with over 25 years’ experience in urology at North Manchester General Hospital and its successor NHS trusts. He holds Fellowships of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Dublin and a Diploma in Urology from University College London. His clinical experience includes cystoscopy and endoscopic procedures for prostate and bladder conditions. He has also supported junior doctors through teaching, research and quality improvement work.

Event Sponsors

This meeting has been organised by CliniLink Ltd and is supported by the pharmaceutical industry via the purchase of exhibition stands. The sponsoring companies have had no involvement in the development of the agenda or content of this meeting. Further information about the sponsorship can be found below.