Find answers to your questions about Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care - whether you're attending as a delegate, exhibitor, sponsor, or speaker.
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General information
Who organises Best Practice Birmingham & Respiratory Professional Care?
CloserStill Media organises many leading and award-winning healthcare conferences and exhibitions - including Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care.
For more details on CloserStill Media's full healthcare event portfolio, visit the CloserStill Media website.
When and where are the events taking place?
Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care will take place Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th October 2025 at NEC Birmingham (Hall 4). The opening times are as follows:
Wednesday, 8 October: 09:00 - 17:00
Thursdays, 9 October: 09:00 - 16:00
More details on NEC Birmingham (and how to get there) can be found on and Venue & Travel Information Page.
What should I expect from Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care?
As the leading event for the general practice and primary care communities, Best Practice Birmingham presents an unparalleled opportunity to meet and engage with more than 4,000 healthcare practitioners, leaders, and policy makers.
Best Practice Birmingham delivers world class training for primary care healthcare practitioners. With more than 200 keynote, clinical conference and workshops sessions to choose from, there is a wealth on invaluable content available for Clinical Directors, GP Partners, GPs, Practice Managers, Practice Pharmacists and other ARRS roles from across the UK.
Additionally, with more than 220 exhibiting companies, you can source from a vast array of the latest products and solutions, including: Infection Prevention, Medical Equipment, Medicines Management, Nutrition, Minor Surgery Supplies, OTC Products, Automated Dispensing, GP Practice Pharmacist Providers, Medical Refrigeration, Professional Services, Indemnity Providers, Business Banking, Buying Groups, IT Support Solutions, Cloud-base Telecoms, and Back-End System Support.
Respiratory Professional Care continues to grow and will see 500 respiratory medicine professionals attend the UK's largest free exhibition and conference for respiratory medicine.
Consisting of two theatres, the programme will explore everything to support the sustainable recovery of respiratory services, from early and accurate diagnosis, service innovation and tackling health inequalities, to long Covid, severe asthma, COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), and pulmonary rehabilitation.
The exhibition floor at Respiratory Professional Care presents the UK's largest showcase of products, innovations, and solutions for elevating the provision of respiratory medicine within secondary care, with more than 75 companies on hand to demonstrate how your department can increase efficiencies and improve patient outcomes.
Who are the events for?
Best Practice Birmingham is aimed at Clinical Directors, GP Partners, GPs, Locum GPs, Practice Managers, Practice Nurses, PCN GP Pharmacists, and ARRS roles from across the UK, as well as other healthcare professionals from across these organisations: Surgeries, GP Federations, Primary Care Networks, ICSs, Government ALBs, & NHS England.
Respiratory Professional Care is for healthcare professionals and other related decision makers (ORDM) working within the UK's public and private healthcare systems in the field of respiratory medicine. Find out more details on who can attend for free.
What about getting to the events?
Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care are held at NEC Birmingham, which is easily accessible by car, rail, bus, or coach. For more information on planning your travel to the event, visit our Venue & Travel Information page.
Can children visit the event?
Due to health and safety regulations, attendee restrictions, and the professional business nature of these events, entry is strictly for persons aged 18 years and over. However, some specific exclusions apply to this policy - you can find more details on this here.
Delegate information
I've registered but can no longer attend - how can I cancel my delegate pass?
We appreciated that your time is precious and so you don't have to attend the event for the whole two days - you can come for as little as an hour. However, if you know you 100% are no longer able to attend, we ask that you cancel your delegate registration using the online cancellation form in order to avoid being invoiced for non-attendance.
How do I register as an international delegate or commercial delegate?
If you reside outside the UK, are not a UK-registered healthcare professional, or work for a commercial company you will not qualify for free ticket but can purchase passes. Commercial passes are priced at £749+VAT
Your paid delegate badge will provide you access to both the exhibition and all conference and workshop theatres.
Please note, commercial companies will be invoiced £749+VAT if they attend the event under a complimentary pass reserved for healthcare professionals.
Will my attendance entitle me to CPD hours/points?
Yes, the Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care conference programmes are CPD accredited. All delegates attending CPD sessions (and who are correctly scanned in/out of the conference theatre for each relevant session) will be awarded CPD certification.
What if I don't receive my CPD certificate within 8 weeks after the show?
If you don't receive your CPD certificate within the expected time frame, please contact the Event Team on bestpractice@closerstillmedia.com - please ensure to include your full name and badge code in your email. Your badge code can be found in your original registration confirmation email.
Exhibitor, sponsor, and speaker information
How can I become an exhibitor or sponsor at Best Practice Birmingham or Respiratory Professional Care?
Exhibiting or sponsoring at Best Practice Birmingham or Respiratory Professional Care presents an unparalleled opportunity to showcase your products, services, and solutions at the industry’s leading event for the general practice and respiratory medicine communities.
To become an exhibitor, please complete our online enquiry form and a member of the team will contact you to discuss your participation.
How can I become a speaker at Best Practice Birmingham or Respiratory Professional Care?
Speaking as part of our conference and workshop programme will enable you to directly engage with 4,000+ general practice, primary care, and respiratory health professionals from across the UK.
To become a speaker, please complete our online enquiry form and a member of the team will contact you to discuss your participation.
Who can I expect to engage with at Best Practice Birmingham and Respiratory Professional Care as an exhibitor, sponsor, or speaker?
Exhibiting, Sponsoring, or Speaking at Best Practice Birmingham or Respiratory Professional Care presents an unparalleled opportunity to market your brand in direct association with the industry’s leading event for the general practice and respiratory medicine communities.
4,000+ highly targeted and relevant senior decision-makers from across the UK will gather at the NEC Birmingham, 8-9 October 2025... can you afford to miss it?
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