HDA Annual Conference – 22nd January 2026
The HDA’s 2025 Annual Conference was held at the 116 Pall Mall in London on 22nd January and featured a programme of high-profile speakers:
- Dr Zubir Ahmed MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety
- Simon Tottman, Vice President & Chris Pillsbury, Senior Director, Market Intelligence UK (IQVIA)
- Sam Patel, CEO (Day Lewis)
- Mark Samuels, CEO (Medicines UK)
- James Davies, Director of Research and Insight (Community Pharmacy England)
- Jeremy Meader, Chief Wholesale Officer (Bestway Healthcare)
- Rob Darracott, Director of Policy and External Affairs (Communications International Group)
- Peter Brown, Expert GDP Inspector (MHRA)
- Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor (The Sunday Times)
- Craig Spurdle, IT Director (Phoenix)
- Connor Lattimer, Cyber Resilience Expert (Baringa)
- Simon H, Lead Consultant for Construction, Manufacturing and Pharma (National Cyber Security Centre)
- John Preston, Regulatory and Development Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
- Jeremy Main, Independent Chair, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
- Martin Sawer, Executive Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
The 2026 digital newsletter can be accessed here.
The HDA’s 2025 Business Day was held at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, Scotland on 5th June and featured a programme of high-profile speakers:
- Professor Alison Strath, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, The Scottish Government
- Matt Barclay, CEO, Community Pharmacy Scotland
- Kane Edgeworth, Director, Biomap
- Andrew Moncrieff, Entreprise Account Executive, Bizzmine
- Michal Ayres, Managing Director, Flexible Power Systems
- Charles Joynson, Managing Director, WaveData
- Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, Community Pharmacy England
- Simon H, Lead Consultant for Construction, Manufacturing and Pharma at the National Cyber Security Centre
- Martin Sawer, Executive Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
- John Preston, Regulatory & Development Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
- Jeremy Main, Independent Chair, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
The 2025 Business Day digital newsletter can be accessed here.
The HDA’s 2025 Annual Conference was held at the 116 Pall Mall in London on 23rd January and featured a programme of high-profile speakers:
- Karin Smyth MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care
- Simon Tottman, Vice President & Chris Pillsbury, Senior Director, Market Intelligence UK, (IQVIA)
- Gila Sacks, Medicines Director (DHSC)
- David Wells, Chief Executive (Logistics UK)
- James Pound, Interim Executive Director Innovation and Compliance (MHRA)
- Gerard Greene, Chief Executive (CPNI)
- Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor (The Sunday Times)
- Kasper Ernest, Director General (GIRP)
- Sally Edgington, Bob Childe & Chris Taylor (AXREM)
- Jeremy Main, Independent Chair, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
- Martin Sawer, Executive Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
The 2025 digital newsletter can be accessed here.
The Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA) was launched at a Parliamentary reception hosted by the Rt Hon Sir Kevin Barron MP, chair of the All Party Pharmacy Group, following the rebranding of the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (BAPW) to better reflect the evolving healthcare supply chain.
The event was attended by pharmaceutical industry, NHS, doctors and pharmacy representatives, as well as regulators and government officials.
