Pneumonia is still one of the most common reasons for urgent assessment, hospital admission, deterioration, and avoidable antibiotic exposure. NICE NG250 (2025) brings CAP and HAP guidance together, updates key areas and strengthens the practical “how” of delivering diagnosis and treatment within clinical timeframes. Older people with pneumonia often present differently, deteriorate faster, and recover more slowly — especially considering frailty, multimorbidity, dysphagia and care home transitions. This conference brings together NICE NG250 (Sept 2025) guideline leaders, frontline NHS experts, care home prevention innovators and specialist pneumonia nursing to translate national guidance into an end-to-end pathway from early recognition and timely diagnosis and treatment including care bundle delivery and antimicrobial stewardship through to safe discharge, recovery and aftercare.
“Pneumonia continues to place a huge burden on the NHS and is the third biggest cause of death from lung disease. Community-acquired pneumonia is a leading cause of hospital admissions and in some cases this could be avoided and in others the length of stay could be reduced. It affects older people disproportionately as the incidence doubles for those aged 85-95 years old compared with 65-69 years old.”
NHS England
“Pneumonia can cause serious health problems. Around 29,000 people die from pneumonia each year in the UK.”
Asthma+Lung UK 2026
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve practice in the assessment and management of pneumonia in older people
Reflect on lived experience
Update your knowledge on the September 2025 NICE Guideline Update and implications for the care of older people
Understand risk factors and improve prevention
Learn from outstanding practice in reducing mortality from pneumonia
Improve early recognition and reduce diagnostic delay
Understand Pneumonia and Frailty and optimise your skills in the management of frailty associated pneumonia
Reduce inappropriate admissions to hospital
Improve your skills in clinical diagnosis and severity assessment
Optimise the implementation the Pneumonia Care Bundle in frail older adults
Improve partnership working with care homes to improve practice and avoid hospital admission
Ensure you are meeting National Standards in prescribing and antibiotic treatment and stewardship
Improve after care and support at discharge and beyond
Self assess and reflect on your own practice, gaining 5 hours CPD for professional development and revalidation (subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes)
