Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference 2007
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th October 2007 Wokefield Conference Centre, Berkshire
Major Sponsors (in alphabetical order): Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd/Otsuka Pharmaceutical (UK) Ltd, Janssen-Cilag Ltd, Merz Pharma UK Ltd, Servier Laboratories Ltd, Sanofi-Aventis Ltd, TEVA UK Ltd
Exhibitors (in alphabetical order): Eisai Ltd, Eli Lilly & Co Ltd, Genthon, Learning Industries, Lundbeck Ltd, MTS - Medication Technologies Ltd, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Organon Laboratories Ltd, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals TBC
Friday 6th October:
10.45am - satellite symposium: Sanofi-Aventis - Chairman: Eric Lynch (Sanofi-Aventis). Auditing bipolar patients, co-presented by Prof Tony Hale, Professor of Adult Mental Illness & Head of Division of Psychiatry Kent Institute of Medicine & Health Sciences and Mr L Bean, Statistician, Kent Institute of Medicine & Health Sciences
12 noon - satellite symposium: Janssen-Cilag: "Pharmacology and formulation – minimising the side effects of antipsychotic drugs" by Professor Gavin Reynolds (Belfast), Chair Prof. Stephen Bazire
Friday afternoon symposium: Treatment resistance
Chairman Prof. John Geddes
- Depression: Dr. Ian Anderson (Manchester)
- Substance misuse: Dr. Charles Douglas (Lancashire)
- Schizophrenia: Prof Peter Jones (Cambridge)
- Bipolar Disorder - Prof. John Geddes (Oxford)
 Dr. Ian Anderson |
 Dr. Charles Douglas |
 Prof John Geddes |
 Prof Peter Jones |
Friday afternoon satellite symposium: Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka debate: "This House believes that knowledge of the mode of action of an antipsychotic medication is irrelevant to the prescribing of such a treatment". Chairman: Prof. David Taylor.
Proposing the motion: Dr David Branford, Opposing the motion: Prof David Taylor
Seconding the motion: TBC, Seconding the opposition: Luiz Dratcu
Posters:
- Quality of pharmacist counseling, Iffy White
- Is Clozapine Prescribing NICE in Berkshire? Camilla Mathoulin
- An Audit on Usage of Benzodiazepines at Newham Centre for Mental Health NHS Trust, Mohammed Koysor Miah, Bart’s and The London NHS Trust
- Audit of antipsychotic polypharmacy, Kayt Blythin, Liverpool
- ‘What medicines do you buy from your local chemist / health store……..and what medicines do you buy from the internet?’ Erica Young, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust
- An Audit of the Use of Risperidone Long Acting Injection in North Birmingham, Erica Young, Celia Feetam, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust
- An Audit of Valproate Monitoring for Mood Stabilization. Paula Bowes, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust/Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
- Out of Your Head: Guides for people who use drugs and have experienced mental illness. Petra Brown: Chief Pharmacist, Mark Holland: Consultant Nurse, Dual Diagnosis; Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust’s Effectiveness Days, Petra Brown, Manchester
- Concurrent Prescribing of Typical and Atypical Antipsychotics by Mental Health Services in Herefordshire, Andrew J Down
- Mucky Medidoses ®– are they a risk? Jeanette Dudley*, Peter Lambert, Julian Smith, Celia Feetam*, Birmingham & Solihull mental Health Trust, Aston University Birmingham
- Antipsychotic Choice - a potential Tool? *Celia Feetam, *Romesh Rana, John Donoghue
- Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacists – a measure of effectivess? Celia Feetam, Erica Young, Amanda Kelso, Romesh Rana
- Completeness of documentation of clozapine use in medical notes. Mr David Heath, Pharmacist, Dr Hellme Najim, Consultant Psychiatrist, Basildon Hospital, Essex, UK
- It’s In The Blood: An Audit of Requests For Serum Clozapine Levels in a Regional Forensic Psychiatric Service, Nikki Holmes, Jeff Harrison, Auckland, NZ
- Can We Handle The Inferno As Tobacco Use Goes Up In Smoke? James Innes
- Risperdal Consta®- A Clinician’s Success Story or an Accountant’s Nightmare? James Innes and Bryan O’Farrell MRPharmS
- Development & Implementation of Evidence-Based Monitoring Guidelines for Psychotropic Medicines, Michael Marven, Samantha Bateman, Rachel Brown, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Physical health of SMI patients, Joan Miller , Neel Halder, Tom Tasker, Adrian Heald , Aram Rudenski et al
- Whose are these drugs in my desk drawer? The Development of Duthie Inspections for Community Mental Health Teams, Graham Newton,* Lorraine Prescott, Katie Barker, Neil Chilton, Yvonne Prax
Pharmacy Department, North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2DA
- Developing New Medicine Information Leaflets for Service Users, Russell Hill, Chief Pharmacist; Anshu Hinton & Caroline Parker, Senior Pharmacists; Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL).
- NAPSAQ-I; NAtional Patient Sleep Assessment Questionnaire in depression, Paterson LM, Dinotaro, KD, Nutt DJ and Wilson SJ, Psychopharmacology Unit, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Bristol, BS1 3NY, UK
- Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist Secondment to Primary Care Project Report, Jane Riley, Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust
- Core standards for pharmacy services to Community Mental Health Teams, Helen Shaw, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Partnership
- How do Pharmaceutical Care Plans improve pharmacists’ contribution to patient care? Helen Shaw, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Partnership
- The development of weight management & nicotine replacement therapy guidelines within Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS partnership(OBMH), Helen Shaw, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Partnership
- High Dose Antipsychotics Audit Bradford District Care Trust, Alistair Tinto, Dr Steve Hopker, Shiraz Haider, Susan Stevens
- Moving to Paperless Pharmacy Care Plans (e-Profiling), Dan White, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership Trust
- An Audit of Intramuscular (IM) Depot Antipsychotic Injection Technique,
Erica Young, Clinical pharmacist; Dr Robert Wall, Consultant Psychiatrist; Dr C Chima, SHO, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust
Members at the AGM voting for free underarm deodorant to be supplied by the committee
CMHP new members Maria McIntyre, Caroline Parker and Audrey Coker (with Stuart Gill-Banham)
Genthon, our multi-talented and ebullient hosts on Friday evening
Just before the band came on to prove how talented they are
Saturday 6th October:
Saturday Breakfast satellite symposium "Disturbed sleep in Mental Health" Elaine Weston (Chair)
1. Importance, effect on illness outcomes, current treatments available. Professor Philip Cowen (Oxford)
2. UK trends in hypnotic prescribing. John Donoghue (Liverpool)
Saturday morning session: Chairman Naaz Coker, Chair of St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
- Six Pharmacist/technician presentations of research work or activities
- New Ways of Working in mental health for pharmacists: Dr Dave Branford (Chief Pharmacist, Derby Mental Health Service NHS Trust)
- Healthcare Commission and Mental health medicines - Julia Sonandez (Acute Hospitals portfolio lead, Healthcare Commission)
- eTraining and Competency Assessment: Ray Lyon (Chief Pharmacist, Sussex Partnership NHS Trust)
 Justine Raynsford |
 John Donoghue |
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 Mary Fraser and Lorna Cuthbertson |
 Sarah Harris |
 David Heath |
 Pat Morgan |
 Chairperson Naz Coker |
 Dr Dave Branford |
 Julia Sonander |
 Ray Lyon |
The medical exhibition in the marquee
Afternoon workshops:
- Aston Case Studies: Celia Feetam and Stephen Guy
- Organising and running a group medication education session (MedEd): Ian Maidment
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Bob Flanagan
- Consent and capacity - practice considerations: Dr Brian Robinson
- Self-medication in mental health: Michael Dixon
- Physical health clinical skills: Dawn Price
- Harm reduction in drug misuse services: Caroline Weaver
- Critical appraisal skills in mental health: Stuart Gill-Banham
- Getting started in research: Dr Jane Sutton
- Running a lithium clinic: Pat Morgan
Marketplace workshops;
- What carers really want to know
- CMHP membership – Stuart Gill-Banham
- TDM services – Bob Flanaghan
- Getting to grips with Doris – Kathy Washington (automation in mental health pharmacy)
- Medicines management – Bev Faulkner
- Alternatives to SLAs – Weeliat Chong and Karen Boyle
- Interface working – Cath Boury
- Integrating in-patient care with CRHTs – Tim Anderson (pushing the boundaries of care and the challenges for pharmacists)
- Physical health skills – Jenny Melville (physical health clinics)
- One-stop shop clozapine clinics – Laura Regan and Lesley Gray (one-stop clozapine blood testing and medication collection)
- CAMHS – Sophie Holmes (sharing session for CAMHS pharmacists)
- Crisis teams – Salwa Morcos (pharmacist inputs to crisis teams)
- Prescribing in Substance Misuse – Rhys Ponton (top tips for patient care)
- Forensic pharmacy services – Ben Browning (top tips for forensic service)
- A new pharmacy build – Wendy Davies
Tim Anderson (Norwich) tries to rise above the general hubbub
General view of the "marketplace" in action
Evening:
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Drinks reception
Dawn Price (Newcastle), Ian Maidment (Kent), Graham Newton (Manchester) and Helen Huck (Barrow)
Evening conference dinner
Helen Tennant award winner Joan Hoek
Ceilidh with Cock and Bull Band, followed by a disco until 1am.
Sunday 8th October
8.30am - Breakfast Symposium: Pills, Patients, Pharmacology and the treatment of anxiety (an interactive symposium), Lundbeck Ltd. Celia Feetam (Chair), speaker: Prof Chris Hawley
Morning Worship led by Alan Pollard
Chair: The Right Honourable Sandra Gidley MP
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Brett Hill Memorial lecture: Bill Davison
- Antipsychotic-induced metabolic syndrome: Dr Richard Holt (reader in endocrinology and medicine, Southampton University)
- Debate: This house believes that most pharmacy services to mental health should be provided by primary care pharmacists:
- Proposers: Dr Chris Manning (PRIMHE) and Alaster Rutherford (Head of Medicines Management, Bristol)
- Against: Peter Pratt (Sheffield) and Dave Branford (Derby)
 Rt Hon Sandra Gidley |
 Bill Davidson |
 Dr. Richard Holt |
 Dr. Chris Manning |
 Dr. David Branford |
 Peter Pratt |
 Dr Alaster Rutherford |
Chris Manning, Alaster Rutherford, Sanda Gidley, Peter Pratt and David Branford
The impressively alert audience late on a Sunday morning
Conference organiser
UKPPG Pharmacy Conference 2007,
23, Danehurst Road,
Wallasey L45 3JJ
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Conference and organising committee:
- Denny Humphries - Administration, advertising, bookings, delegates
- Pat Morgan and Denise Taylor - posters and workshops
- Graham Newton - Medical Exhibition
- Alan Pollard - Morning worship
- Stephen Bazire - Friday afternoon
- Tim Kingscott-Davies - photographer
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Any finally, it's the Annual Caption Contest!
What on earth was Peter Jones saying, or was being said or done to him, that made him so visually ...er... "expressive"?!
E-mail your entries to sbazire@ukppg.org.uk.
2007 Conference report
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