Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference 2005

Friday-Sunday 7th-9th October 2005 30th Annual (12th International)

Venue:

Wokefield Park Conference Centre,
Wokefield Park,
Mortimer,
Reading,
Berkshire RG7 3AG

Major Sponsors (in alphabetical order): AstraZeneca, BMS Otsuka, Denfleet, Eli Lilly, Ivax Genthon, Janssen, Lundbeck, Shire and Sanofi Synthelabo.

Exhibitors (in alphabetical order): Cambridge Labs, Novartis, Organon, Schering Plough and Wyeth.

Friday 7th October:

12-12.45 Parallel symposium, Eli Lilly, main hall

12.00-13.00 Buffet lunch

1.30-5pm Friday symposium: Managing Challenging Behaviour

Chairman Professor Peter Redfern, Bath University

13.00-13.15 Chairman’s introduction
13.15-14.00 Non-pharmacological management of Emergency Tranquillisation – Roland Dix
14.00-14.45 Pharmacological management of Emergency Tranquillisation – Stephen Pereira
14.45-15.15 Tea, coffee and medical exhibition
15.15-16.00 Non-pharmacological management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) – Jane Byrne, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in the Department of Old Age Psychiatry at the School of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Withington Hospital, University of Manchester
16.00-16.45 Pharmacological management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) – Roger Bullock, Consultant Psychiatrist, Swindon
16.45-17.00 Panel discussion

Roland Dix	Stephen Pereira
Jane Byrne

Professor Tony Hale and Graham Newton

Professor Peter Redfern

17.00-18.30 Tea, medical exhibition and poster viewing
17.15 Satellite symposium, BMS Otsuka "Schizophrenia and metabolic risk factors"
18.00 Drinks reception with posters and medical exhibition
19.45 AGM for UKPPG and CMHP
21.00 Alan Pollard hosted "Mental health Weakest Link" with big money prizes
CMHP members at the AGM, including Ian Maidment, Dave Branford, Michael Marven, Justine Raynsford, Carol Paton, but not Steve Bazire (who was taking the photo) nor Alan Pollard (acting suspiciously in the main hall)

Friday evening's social activities (click for full size pictures)

Cathy Willan and Jed Hewitt	Michelle Rix centre stage
The Genthon and Ivax stand was the place to be, even if the only way your webmaster could get a drink was to put on the Norwich City away shirt! Chris Pickles and Karl Jollie (respectively left and right of Steve) don't seem to be too worried.	Tim Kingscott-Davis, Julia Jones and Claire Stanniland

Saturday 8th October:

Saturday morning session: Chairman Tony West, President of Guild, Chief Pharmacist, Guy’s and St Thomas' London

8.00-9.00 Satellite symposium, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Roger Bullock

9.00-10.00 Pharmacist/technician presentations of research work or activities:

Will the pharmacist become a film producer? Videoclips as a Quality Improvement Tool, Walter Broekema

Is reducing dopaminergic function a forgotten factor in suicidality associated with SSRIs? Paul Deslandes

Utilising PANSS-EC scoring to minimise the risks of parenteral rapid tranquillisation; Ray Lyon
10.00-10.30 Consultant Pharmacists - the implications for you; Richard Cattell
10.30-11.00 Coffee and medical exhibition
11.00-11.45 Complementary medicines in mental health; Dr Max Pittler, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Plymouth and Exeter
11.45-12.30 Medicines and post-mortems; Dr Robert Flanagan, Guys and Thomas'
12.30-13.00 Electronic prescribing; Peter Pratt Sheffield

Richard Cattell

Dr Max Pittler

Dr Robert Flanagan

Tony West	Ray Lyon	Paul Deslandes
Peter Pratt

2.00-3.30, 4-5.30pm Workshops:

TDM of antipsychotics - Dr. Bob Flannagan

Diploma case studies - Celia Feetam

Developing PGDs - Ray Lyon and Ros Mitchell
MedEd sessions - Ian Maidment
Technician-led session (role of CMHTs and extended roles as two separate successive sessions, not repeated) - Bev Faulkner (Oxford) and Jeanette Dudley (Birmingham)
Consent & capacity - practice considerations - Dr Brian Robinson
Harm reduction in drug misuse services / opioid dependence - Anshu Hinton & Caroline Weaver (see photo below):
Self-medication in mental health - Jane Reilly
CMHP portfolio workshop - Stuart Gill-Banham
Physical health in ME patients - Denise Taylor and Peter Aitken
Compliance therapy and motivational therapy - Dan White
Supplementary prescribing in mental health - Dawn Price

Evening:
19.00 Drinks reception
19.30 Evening conference dinner
22.00 Ceilidh with The Geckoes
Followed by a disco until 2am.
- Click photos for full-size version (you'll need to be patient or have Broadband to get the full-size pics)

Pat Morgan and Diane Booth

	That Norfolk lot (Lesley Gray, Bren Holmes, Steve Bazire, Maria Pedrosa, Kirsty Ellis, Val Dixon and Andy Nunney)
Paul Hardy, Jane Riley	That Denfleet lot (Dennis Harper-Davies, David Tweedale and Simon Collis)

Sue Fearn, Steve Bazire and Vicky Newey	Obtaining money by threats! Arleen Herring gives in and pays up.
Conference photographer Andy Nunney gets snapped for a change.	Dawn Price and Denise Taylor struggling
Shushma Lau and
The Maudsley lot	Deborah Reeves receiving her poster prize from Graham Parton
Carol Paton receiving her poster prize from Graham Parton	Dr. Dave Branford receiving his poster prize from Graham Parton
Caroline Faulconbridge receiving her poster prize from Graham Parton	2005 Pre-reg Bursary winner Eimear Sheachnasaigh
Miriam Wilcher receiving her Lifetime achievement Award from Chairman Graham Newton	Worried looks from Elizabeth Eide and Lesley Gray
Since they were in a marquee, those rascals from Genthon decided to buy wellies in case it rained and they got wet.	Morag Martin (right)

Sunday 9th October

9.00-9.30 Morning Worship led by Alan Pollard

9.30-13.00 Morning session: Ethnicity, Chair: David Sallah, NIMH-E BHE Director

Brett Hill memorial lecture - self-management in Bipolar Disorder; Michael Grinter, MDF director
Effect of ethnicity on treatment – Harish Gadhvi, NE London MH Trust
Patient perspective – Paul Grey

Ethnicity and genetic issues in medication selection – Anne Connolly, Maudsley

Harish Gadhvi

Anne Connolly

David Sallah and Paul Grey

Conference and organising committee:

Denny Humphries - Administration, advertising, bookings, delegates
Denise Taylor - Friday afternoon
Ian Maidment - Sunday morning
Graham Parton - Posters, oral presentations, Saturday morning
Fiona Couper - workshops
Robert Goff - Medical Exhibition and IT
Alan Pollard - Morning worship

Andy Nunney - photographs

Alan Pollard

Graham Parton

Robert Goff

And finally, it's the

Annual caption contest!

Plenty of choice this year but we've settled on the two Graham's fan club. What is Graham Parton (left) saying to Graham Newton (right), vice versa or why are they pouting at each other?
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“Go on………give us a kiss” (Janet Howell, Hertfordshire)

“I think we should share the last mouthful of Ivax’s champagne, don’t you?” (Ray Lyon, Sussex)

E-mail your entries to sbazire@ukppg.org.uk.