Events and diary

Please let the editor know of any dates to be added to the UKPPG events and diary listings, either by post (Stephen Bazire, Chief Pharmacist, Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich NR6 5BE) or e-mail: sbazire@ukppg.org.uk.

2008

Wednesday May 21st 2008 10.00-3.00 (PLEA AGM 3-4pm).

The Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association with the College of Mental Health Pharmacists and the UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group present "Consent and the new mental health law", Beachcroft LLP, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1BN.

Aims to provide an update on how new law on mental health and mental capacity might affect consent in pharmacy practice. The new Mental Health Act has attempted to address the problems of managing personality disorders for which there is no proven treatment and of ensuring that individuals with mental disorders can be compulsorily medicated in the community. More generally, the Mental Capacity Act (and its earlier equivalent in Scotland) is intended to protect the interests of those who have, or anticipate having, impaired capacity to take decisions for themselves. This includes, for example, people with learning disabilities or dementia or people with terminal conditions that may rob them of the capacity to make their decisions and wishes clear. As the role of the pharmacist becomes more clinical, there is a growing need to understand how the law underpins the concepts of capacity and consent in pharmacy practice. Speakers include Joy Wingfield, Professor of Pharmacy Law and Ethics, University of Nottingham; Peter Bartlett, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Professor of Mental Health Law, University of Nottingham; Anthony Oxley, Divisional/Chief Pharmacist, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; David Branford Chief Pharmacist, Kingsway Hospital, Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust.

PLEA members may attend free of charge. Non-PLEA members may pay £50 for the day or join PLEA (£15). Applications to attend should be made to gordon.appelbe@btopenworld.com

Friday 13th June 2008 - UKPPG committee meeting
Please let Ian Maidment e-mail ian.maidment@nhs.net or Marina Davidson marinadavidson@sky.com know of any item you would like to raise.

Wednesday 25th June 2008 - Medicines Management in Mental Health Conference - Marriott Hotel, Trevelyan Square, Leeds. This national conference on Medicines Management in Mental Health is a collaborative event between the NIMHE National Workforce Programme, the Department of Health and all of the professional bodies associated with medicines management in mental health. The main aim and purpose of the conference is to:

CLOSING DATE FOR BOOKING FORMS: WEDNESDAY, 4 JUNE 2008

27th June 2008; closing date for portfolio submissions for College of Mental Health Pharmacists membership for vivas in October 2008:
If you wish to apply for College membership then the application form needs to be completed and sent to the registrar at the address given on the top of the form. You will then be sent a pack containing three portfolio files for you to complete (1 original plus 2 copies). When three identical copies of your portfolio are received by the registrar will your application be considered. All individuals who are currently working on a portfolio need to send a copy of the attached form to the registrar in order for their interest to be noted. This will allow us to offer support to those individuals currently in process of applying.
Steve Bleakley, Principal Pharmacist, The Beeches, St James' Hospital, Locksway Road, Portsmouth PO4 8LD, stephen.bleakley@ports.nhs.uk

21st July 2008 (week commencing) vivas for college membership:
It is anticipated that no more than 4 candidates will be assessed at each viva. Dates will be allocated in accordance with when completed portfolios are submitted to the College Registrar. If you would like to be considered for a particular viva date then your completed portfolio needs to be received by the registrar at least 3 months before the date that you would like to attend. If you wish to apply for College membership then the application form needs to be completed and sent to the registrar at the address given on the top of the form. You will then be sent a pack containing three portfolio files for you to complete (1 original plus 2 copies). When three identical copies of your portfolio are received by the registrar will your application be considered. All individuals who are currently working on a portfolio need to send a copy of the attached form to the registrar in order for their interest to be noted. This will allow us to offer support to those individuals currently in process of applying.
Steve Bleakley, Principal Pharmacist, The Beeches, St James' Hospital, Locksway Road, Portsmouth PO4 8LD, stephen.bleakley@ports.nhs.uk

Monday 21st – Friday 25th July 2008 EPSA Summer University (BPSA are organising for the European Union. The main academic sessions are in the mornings of the week (all day Thursday). UKPPG/CMHP are hoping to have a stand.

20-23 July 2008 - BAP Summer Meeting (Harrogate)

Friday 26th September 2008 - UKPPG committee meeting
Please let Ian Maidment e-mail ian.maidment@nhs.net or Marina Davidson marinadavidson@sky.com know of any item you would like to raise.

Thursday 9th October 2008 vivas for college membership:
It is anticipated that no more than 4 candidates will be assessed at each viva. Dates will be allocated in accordance with when completed portfolios are submitted to the College Registrar. If you would like to be considered for a particular viva date then your completed portfolio needs to be received by the registrar at least 3 months before the date that you would like to attend. If you wish to apply for College membership then the application form needs to be completed and sent to the registrar at the address given on the top of the form. You will then be sent a pack containing three portfolio files for you to complete (1 original plus 2 copies). When three identical copies of your portfolio are received by the registrar will your application be considered. All individuals who are currently working on a portfolio need to send a copy of the attached form to the registrar in order for their interest to be noted. This will allow us to offer support to those individuals currently in process of applying.
Steve Bleakley, Principal Pharmacist, The Beeches, St James' Hospital, Locksway Road, Portsmouth PO4 8LD, stephen.bleakley@ports.nhs.uk

Friday-Sunday 10th-12th October 2008, 33rd Annual (15th International) Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference, venue Wokefield Park, Reading

Please click here to see separate page for annual Conference details

Friday 21st November 2008 - UKPPG committee meeting
Please let Ian Maidment e-mail ian.maidment@nhs.net or Marina Davidson marinadavidson@sky.com know of any item you would like to raise.

Friday ?th February 2009 - UKPPG committee meeting
Please let Ian Maidment e-mail ian.maidment@nhs.net know of any item you would like to raise.

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

And in case you're interested:

21st ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 30 August - 3 September 2008.

22nd ECNP Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 12 - 16 September 2009.

23rd ECNP Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 28 August - 1 September 2010.

24th ECNP Congress, Paris, France, 3 - 7 September 2011.

25th ECNP Congress, Vienna, Austria, 13 - 17 October 2012.

26th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 5 - 9 October 2013.

 

For the Pharmweb conferences pages, click here.

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