Friday-Sunday 9th-11th October 2009
34th Annual (16th International)
Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference

Thank you to all who attended and contributed to another outstanding conference at the new venue: Hinckley Island Hotel, Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Premium Partners (in alphabetical order): 
AstraZeneca UK Ltd
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd/Otsuka Pharmaceutical (UK) Ltd
Eisai Ltd/Pfizer Ltd
Eli Lilly & Co Ltd/Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd
Janssen-Cilag Ltd
Leyden Delta
Lundbeck Ltd
Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd
Servier Laboratories Ltd
TEVA UK Ltd

Exhibitors (in alphabetical order):
Dallas Burston Asbourne Ltd
Flynn Pharma Ltd
Kelsius
Learning Industries Ltd
Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd
MTS - Medication Technologies Ltd
Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd
Schering Plough Ltd

Partner organisations (in alphabetical order)
Bath University
Choice & Medication
College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP)
Mental Health Research Network (MHRN)
Getting the Medicines Right (New Ways of Working & NIMHE)
Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH-UK)

For details on the satellite symposiums see the symposiums timetable

Friday 9th October:

11:00 – 18:30:
Medical Exhibition (London Suite)
Poster Display (Rotunda area)

11:30 – 13:00: Lunch

12:00 – 12:45: Parallel Satellite Symposia
Paris Suite

Lakeside Suite:

13:00 – 17:00: Plenary Session (Paris Suite)
Horizon Scanning – New Medicines, New Treatments, New Goals
Chairman: Professor Gavin Reynolds, Queen's University Belfast

17.00-18.30 - Tea, medical exhibition and posters

17:15 – 18:00: Parallel Satellite Symposia
Paris Suite:

Lakeside Suite:

17:30 – 18:30: Informal drinks reception (London Suite)
18.30-19.30: Dinner
19.45: AGM for UKPPG (Paris Suite)
21.00: AGM for CMHP (Paris Suite)

Stephen Guy (President) and Stephen Bleakley (Registrar) welcoming 2 new accredited members Raymond Gray and Andrew Down.

Saturday 10th October:

08:00 – 09:00: Parallel Breakfast Symposia
Lakeside Suite:

Conference Room 11:

09:00 – 17:00:
Medical Exhibition (London Suite)
Poster Display (Rotunda area)

09:00 – 13:00: Plenary Session(Paris Suite)
Pharmacy Practice
Chairman: Martin Stephens, National Clinical Director for Hospital Pharmacy

Expanding the Medicines Management Skill Mix

13:00 – 14:00: Parallel Satellite Symposia
Conference Room 12:

Conference Room 16:

13:00 – 13:45: Lunch, medical exhibition, poster displays

Running through the whole afternoon: Medical Exhibition, Poster Displays & refreshments

14:00 – 15:15: Workshops
Diploma case studies and/or TDM of antipsychotics
14:30 – 15:15: Marketplace
15:15 – 15:45: Coffee break
15:45 – 16:30: Marketplace
15:45 – 17:00: Workshops
Diploma case studies and/or TDM of antipsychotics

Evening:
19.00 – 19:00: Drinks reception (Rotunda)
19.30: Evening conference dinner (formal dress/black tie strongly encouraged i.e. let's keep the dinner something special!) (Paris Suite)
21.30ish: Ceilidh with the legendary Peeping Tom and caller Gordon Potts (a legend as well), followed by a disco.

Alan Pollard collecting the Chairman's award for lifetime achivements via a high tech link

 

Sunday 11th October:

09:30 – 13:00: Plenary Session(Paris Suite)
Current issues in Mental Health
Chairman: Steve Churton, President, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

and finally its the annual caption competition, What's Steve Bazire thinking about here? or... er...trying to grab....?

 

 

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