COPD One Day Update. Thursday 15th January 2026 Please enrol now to be added to the waiting list.

A waiting list will be compiled as all places have been allocated - please register interest to join waiting list.

Venue: NI Hospice Education Building Dame Cicely Saunders Room, 74 Somerton Rd Belfast BT15 3LH

This is a full day certified refresher course to update COPD knowledge to those who have already completed accredited COPD training. This update day will be led by Barrett McGrath EMS trainers and will be interactive throughout.

A Barrett McGrath EMS certificate of attendance will be provided for CPD purposes.

The day will begin 9.45am and finish around 4.15pm. Please note that NI Hospice is situated on a bus route so the area can be busy.

Tea/Coffee/scones will be provided on arrival. Lunch is being provided by GSK but if preferred a light lunch is available for purchasing at the 'old School House' Hospice cafe which is on site. Should you prefer to bring own pack lunch that is fine.

Topics covered -

• Who has COPD and how can we find them? 
• What’s new in GOLD 2026 
• COPD diagnosis revised 
• Much more than a lung disease  - multimorbidity and how to manage
• Treatment of exacerbations and stable disease. 
• The expert review of COPD.