Friday-Sunday 10th-12th October 2008
33rd Annual (15th International)
Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference

Wokefield Park Conference Centre,
Wokefield Park,
Mortimer,
Reading,
Berkshire RG7 3AG
Fax 0118-933 4031
Phone 0118-933 4000

Wokefield Park Conference Centre

For directions on how to find Wokefield, click here.

Wokefield Park is now part of De Vere.

Major Sponsors (in alphabetical order):  TBC.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd/Otsuka Pharmaceutical (UK) Ltd, Servier Laboratories Ltd, Merz, Sanofi-Aventis Ltd, TEVA UK Ltd

Exhibitors (in alphabetical order): TBC

In 2007 these included 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 10th October 2008:

10.45-11.30 Satellite Symposium: Eli Lilly and Company Limited
11.00- Medical Exhibition opens
11.00- Poster Presenters onwards
12.00-12.45 Satellite Symposium: Servier Laboratories Ltd

Buffet lunch

1.15-4.45pm Friday symposium: Less common conditions (provisional title until we think of something more catchy!)

Chairman: Prof. Tony Hale

Satellite symposium: BMS/Otsuka

Saturday 12th October:

Saturday 8am - Breakfast satellite symposium - Lundbeck Ltd

Saturday morning session:

2.00-4.30pm Marketplace workshops;

After success in 2007, the whole afternoon will be round-table discussions. Best described as "Speed dating at work"! This will be around 15 tables, each with a leader and a topic. You will be able to choose a table, have 20 minutes on a topic, then move to another table, allowing up to about 5-6 short sessions of your choice. Potential topic leaders are warmly invited to contact the committee with ideas for next year. No booking for these sessions is necessary, just relax and pick a few tables of your choice.

Last year we had "What carers really want to know", CMHP membership', TDM services, Getting to grips with Doris and automated dispensing, Medicines management, Alternatives to SLAs, Interface working, Integrating in-patient care with CRHTs, Physical health skills, One-stop shop clozapine clinics, CAMHS, Crisis teams, Prescribing in Substance Misuse, Forensic pharmacy services, new pharmacy builds.

Wanna do one in October 2008? Please let us know - it's much less stressful than a full workshop! And much more fun!

There will also be two traditional workshops:

• Aston Diploma case studies - Celia Feetam,and Stephen Guy
• Therapeutic drug monitoring of antipsychotics - Dr Bob Flanagan

16.30 Parallel Satellite Symposium Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd/Otsuka Pharmaceutical (UK) Ltd

Evening:

Sunday 13th October

8.30am - Breakfast Symposium:

9.00-9.30 - Morning Worship led by Alan Pollard

9.30-13.00 - Morning session - Chairperson Dr Geraldine Strathdee, Oxleas Trust:

As well as the usual, there will be poster sessions, medical exhibition, pharmacist oral presentations, prizes, surprise events, UKPPG and CMHP AGMs, Conference dinner, band, dancing, disco and much, much more, as ever. We should have almost exclusive use of the conference centre over the weekend.

How to register:

For the registration form, please click here.

Where possible this should be e-mailed to Denny Humphries denny.humphries@virgin.net or if unavoidable fax or post to the address below.

UKPPG members will receive a registration invitation in 2008 by post as well but please use the paperless system if possible.

Denny Humphries,
UKPPG Pharmacy Conference 2008,
23, Danehurst Road,
Wallasey L45 3JJ
Fax +44 (0)151 638 3237

There were a number of good reasons for making the application form available early:

1. It gives Trusts the opportunity to fund staff attending the conference over 2 financial years.
2. It gives non-members the opportunity to join the UKPPG well before the 1st April deadline, and therefore the ability to benefit from the members rate.
3. It gives members the opportunity to book attendence early, and therefore there being a good chance of availability. This also helps with our planning.

In 2007 we had relatively few bookings before the mid/end of August and so to avoid penalty fees we released some rooms back to Wokefield. We then had a surge of booking in early September and, unfortunately, we could not totally satisfy the demand. So the message is - if you would like to be guaranteed a place at the conference book as early as possible.

Companies wishing to take part in the Medical Exhibition please contact:

Graham Newton,
Principal Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health Services
Pharmacy Department
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Halton General Hospital
Hospital Way
Runcorn
Cheshire       
WA7 2DA

Tel: 01928 - 753 400
Fax: 01928 - 753 191
Pager: 07623 - 617 778

E: graham.newton@nch.nhs.uk

For a selection of photos and review of the 2007 conference read more here...

 

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