A short history of the
United Kingdom
Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
Associations, groups and committees
In 1970, Margaret
Benfield organised a Saturday meeting for psychiatric pharmacists from the
The committee
from 1985-89 was essentially similar, but no one can quite remember!
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Year |
Chairman |
Vice Chairman |
Secretary |
Treasurer |
Committee |
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Psychiatric Pharmacy
Association |
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1970-3? |
Margaret Benfield |
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Denise Preskey |
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Conference/Seminar Steering
Committee |
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1976 |
Geoff Roberts |
Colin Hitchings ( |
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1977 |
Mr E. J. Fitchett |
Colin Hitchings ( |
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1978 |
Mr J Ashford ( |
Margaret Benfield (Leavesden and
Abbots Langley), Mervyn Dent (Denbeigh), Mrs J. Peacock ( |
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1979 |
Glynn Griffiths ( |
Margaret Benfield (Leavesden and
Abbots Langley), Denise Preskey (Leek), Mr C Ashton, D Batchelor and D Davies
(Janssen) |
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1980 |
Denise Preskey (Leek) |
Margaret Benfield (Leavesden and
Abbots Langley), Mervyn Dent (Denbeigh), Mr H Jones (Bridgend), Mr C Ashton,
Dr. R Watson (Janssen) |
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1980/1 |
Margaret Benfield |
Robin Gallamore (Pastures, |
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1981/2 |
Margaret Benfield |
Robin Gallamore (Towers,
Leicester), Brian Jones (Whitchurch, |
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1982-3 |
Margaret Benfield |
Dave Branford (Rampton), Robin
Friend ( |
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1983-4 |
Margaret Benfield |
Dave Branford, Peter Dawson
(Wharfdale GH), Robin Gallamore, Tom Delaney (Sandoz) |
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1984-5 |
Margaret Benfield |
Dave Branford, Robin Gallamore,
Peter Dawson, Elaine Pashley ( |
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1985-6 |
As above? |
Elaine Pashley ( |
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1986-87 |
As above? |
As 1985-6 (probably) |
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1987-88 |
Dave Branford |
Robin Gallamore |
Elaine Pashley |
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1988-89 |
Dave Branford |
Robin Gallamore (resigned 1/89), Lynn Haygarth took over |
Elaine Pashley |
Sylvia Barker |
Lynn Haygarth, Peter Pratt, Andy
Barber, Geoff Hall (co-opted) |
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Psychiatric Pharmacy Group |
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1989-90 |
Dave Branford ( |
Peter Pratt ( |
Lynn Haygarth ( |
Sylvia Barker ( |
Elaine Pashley (Conference
organiser, Leeds), Dr Geoff Hall ( |
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1990-1 |
Dave Branford |
Peter Pratt |
Lynn Haygarth |
Sylvia Barker |
Elaine Pashley (Conference
organiser), Andy Barber ( |
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1991-2 |
Peter Pratt |
Lynn Haygarth |
Alison Coupar ( |
Sylvia Barker |
Dave Branford, Andy Barber, Dr
Geoff Hall, John Donoghue (co-opted), Stephen Bazire ( |
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1992-3 |
Peter Pratt |
Lynn Haygarth |
Alison Coupar |
Sylvia Barker |
Dave Branford, Andy Barber, Dr.
Geoff Hall, John Donoghue, Stephen Bazire (co-opted, Bulletin), Brett Hill ( |
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1993-4 |
Lynn Haygarth |
John Donoghue ( |
Alison McDowell (nee Coupar) |
Sylvia Barker |
Dave Branford, Andy Barber,
Brett Hill ( |
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1994-5 |
Lynn Haygarth |
John Donoghue |
Alison McDowell |
Sylvia Barker |
Dave Branford, Andy Barber,
Celia Feetam ( |
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1995-6 |
John Donoghue |
David Taylor |
(Vacant) |
Celia Feetam |
Dave Branford, Celia Feetam,
Mary Allen (Herts), Jennie Day, Morag Martin (Glasgow), David Taylor, Sue
Lugg (Rampton), Stephen Bazire, Paul Hardy (Pontefract, co-opted) |
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1996-7 |
John Donoghue |
David Taylor |
Alan Pollard |
Celia Feetam |
Mary Allen, Dave Branford,
Stephen Bazire, Morag Martin, Jennie Day, Sue Lugg, Alan Pollard (co-opted),
Paul Hardy (co-opted) |
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1997-8 |
David Taylor |
Stephen Bazire |
Alan Pollard |
Celia Feetam |
John Donoghue, Dave Branford,
Jennie Day, Morag Martin, Mary Allen, Lynn Haygarth, Paul Hardy (co-opted),
Carol Paton (Bexley, co-opted late 1998) |
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1998-9 |
David Taylor |
Stephen Bazire |
Alan Pollard |
Celia Feetam |
John Donoghue, Dave Branford,
Diane Booth (Cambridge, later Fairmile in Oxford), Morag Martin, Peter Pratt,
Lynn Haygarth, Gill Hawksworth (co-opted, Yorkshire) |
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1999-2000 |
Stephen Bazire |
Celia Feetam |
Alan Pollard |
Celia Feetam,
then Morag Martin (from April 2000) |
Graham Parton
(Bristol), Dave Branford (transfered to CMHP 4.00), Diane Booth, Morag
Martin, Peter Pratt, David Taylor (transfered to CMHP 4.00), Lynn Haygarth,
Gill Hawksworth (co-opted), Juliet Shepherd (Gloucester, co-opted from June
2000) and Graham Newton (Liverpool, co-opted from June 2000). |
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2000-2001 |
Stephen Bazire |
Celia Feetam |
Alan Pollard |
Morag Martin |
Graham Parton,
Diane Booth, Peter Pratt, David Taylor (honorary position as President of
CMHP), Lynn Haygarth (co-opted as Bulletin editor), Gill Hawksworth
(co-opted), Juliet Shepherd, Graham Newton and Siobhan Drummond (London). |
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2001-2002 |
Celia Feetam |
Graham Newton |
Wendy Davies |
Morag Martin |
Graham Parton,
David Taylor (honorary position as President of CMHP), Lynn Haygarth
(co-opted as Bulletin editor), Gill Hawksworth (co-opted), Juliet Shepherd,
Siobhan Drummond (London, until November 2001), Stephen Bazire, Robert Goff
(co-opted) |
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2002-2003 |
Celia Feetam |
Graham Newton |
Wendy Davies |
Morag Martin |
Graham Parton,
David Taylor (honorary position as President of CMHP), Lynn Haygarth
(co-opted as Bulletin editor), Gill Hawksworth (co-opted), Juliet Shepherd,
Stephen Bazire, Fiona Couper (Liverpool), Ian Maidment (Canterbury), Robert
Goff (co-opted) |
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2003-2004 |
Graham Newton |
Graham Parton |
Wendy Davies |
Morag Martin |
Celia Feetam,
David Taylor (honorary position as President of CMHP), Gill Hawksworth
(co-opted), Denise Taylor, Stephen Bazire, Fiona Couper, Ian Maidment, Robert
Goff (co-opted) |
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2004-2005 |
Graham Newton |
Graham Parton |
Bob Goff |
Morag Martin |
David Taylor
then Celia Feetam (honorary position as President of CMHP), Gill Hawksworth
(co-opted), Denise Taylor, Stephen Bazire, Fiona Couper, Ian Maidment, Robert
Goff (co-opted), Michael Marvin (Oxford) |
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2004-2005 |
Graham Parton |
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Morag Martin |
Celia Feetam
(honorary position as President of CMHP), Gill Hawksworth (co-opted), Denise
Taylor, Stephen Bazire, Fiona Couper, Ian Maidment, Michael Marvin (Oxford),
Dawn Price |
College of Mental Health Pharmacists
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President |
Registrar |
Secretary |
Treasurer |
PR |
UKPPG Chairman |
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2000-2001* |
David
Taylor |
Dr. Dave Branford |
Trudi Hilton |
Sylvia Otter |
John Donoghue |
Stephen Bazire |
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2001-2002 |
David Taylor |
Dr. David Branford |
Trudi Hilton |
Sylvia Otter |
John Donoghue |
Celia Feetam |
Evelyn
McPhail was originally elected but resigned November 2000.
For a list of CMHP members,
please click here.
Annual Conference
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Year |
Number (International) |
Dates |
Venue |
Delegates* |
Sponsor or supporter |
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1 |
September 23rd-24th |
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24 (+19) |
Janssen |
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2 |
Monday 26th -Thursday 29th September |
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56(+15) |
Janssen |
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3 |
Thursday 28th– Friday 29th September |
New College, |
47(+19) |
Janssen |
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4 |
Monday 24th – Wednesday 26th September |
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62(+23) |
Janssen |
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5 |
Monday 22nd- Wednesday 24th September |
51(+19) |
Janssen |
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1981 |
6 |
Tuesday 29th September – Thursday October 1st |
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48(+17) |
Sandoz |
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1982 |
7 |
Wednesday 29th September – Friday 1st October |
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51(+16) |
Sandoz (Dorsey) |
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8 |
Wednesday 28th – Friday 30th September |
York
University |
62(+20) |
Sandoz (Dorsey) |
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1984 |
9 |
Monday 24th – Wednesday 26th September |
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57(+19) |
Sandoz |
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10 |
Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th September |
York
University |
57(+17) |
Sandoz |
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1986 |
11 |
Wednesday 1st – Friday 3rd October |
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None? |
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1987 |
12 |
Wednesday 30th September to Friday 2nd October |
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None? |
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13 |
Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th September |
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87 |
None? |
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1989 |
14 |
Wednesday 4th October to Friday 6th October |
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Lilly |
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15 |
Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th October |
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Lilly |
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16 |
Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th October |
|
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Lilly |
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17 |
Wednesday 30th September to Friday 2nd October |
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150 |
Lilly |
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18 |
Wednesday 29th September to Friday 1st October |
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Lilly/Dista |
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19 (1) |
Wednesday 5th to Friday 7th October |
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Lilly |
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20 (2) |
Friday 6ndto Sunday 8th October |
Latimer House |
|
Lilly |
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21 (3) |
Friday 4ndto Sunday 6th October |
Latimer House |
|
Lilly |
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1997 |
22 (4) |
Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th October |
Latimer House |
|
Lilly |
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23 (5) |
Friday 2ndto Sunday 4th October |
Latimer House |
200 |
Lilly |
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24 (6) |
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th October |
Latimer House |
180 |
Lilly |
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25
(7) |
Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October |
Wokefield House, |
160 (+15 day, +15
committee/CMHP) |
Lilly, AstraZeneca, Pfizer,
Janssen-Cilag-Shire |
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26
(8) |
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th October |
Wokefield House, |
188 (+20 day, +15
committee/CMHP) |
Lilly, AstraZeneca,
Lundbeck, Pfizer |
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27
(9) |
Friday 11th to Sunday 13th October |
Wokefield House, Reading (report by Ian Maidment in Pharm J 2002, 269, 757-58) |
175 (+27 day delegates + 15
committee/CMHP) |
Lilly, AstraZeneca,
Lundbeck, Pfizer, Sanofi-Synthelabo |
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28
(10) |
Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th October |
Wokefield House, |
200 (+27 day delegates + 15
committee/CMHP) |
Lilly, AstraZeneca,
Lundbeck, Pfizer, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka |
|
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29
(11) |
Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd October |
Wokefield House, |
180 (+27 day delegates + 15
committee/CMHP) |
Lilly, AstraZeneca,
Lundbeck, Pfizer, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka |
|
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30
(12) |
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th October |
Wokefield House, |
180 (+27 day delegates + 15
committee/CMHP) |
Lilly, AstraZeneca,
Lundbeck, Pfizer, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka |
* plus speakers and
organising committee
For photos of the
conferences, click the year:
1976
¦ 1977 ¦ 1978
¦ 1979 ¦ 1980
¦ 1981 ¦ 1982 ¦ 1983
¦ 1984 ¦ 1985 ¦ 1986 ¦ 1987 ¦ 1988 ¦ 1989 ¦ 1990
¦ 1991 ¦ 1992
¦ 1993 ¦ 1994
¦ 1995 ¦ 1996
¦ 1997 ¦ 1998 ¦ 1999
¦ 2000 ¦ 2001
¦ 2002 ¦ 2003
¦ 2004
Does anyone have any photos of 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987,
1989 or 1997? Or even better ones than these? I'd love to borrow and scan them
if possible! Thanks, Stephen.
UKPPG Bulletin
The quarterly Bulletin has
evolved from a shaky start in 1990, but since then has remained a constant
feature of the (
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Year |
Volume |
Sponsor |
Editor(s) |
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1990 |
1 |
Lederle |
Stephen Bazire |
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1991 |
2 |
SmithKline Beecham Produced by Publications Manager Dee Drinkwater (SB) |
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1992 |
3 |
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1993 |
4 |
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1994 |
5 |
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1995 |
5 (again!) |
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1996 |
6 |
Stephen Bazire and Paul Hardy |
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1997 |
7 |
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1998 |
8 |
Pfizer, published by Hayward Medical Communications |
Stephen Bazire (Lynn Haygarth for last two editions of 1999) |
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1999 |
9 |
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2000 |
10 |
February edition by Hayward
Medical Communications. |
Lynn Haygarth |
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2001 |
11 |
February edition by Hayward
Medical Communications. |
Lynn Haygarth |
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2002 |
12 |
Valery Marston of Academic
Publishing Services, supported by Wyeth, AstraZeneca, Orion and Rosemont
(plus?) |
Lynn Haygarth |
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2003 |
13 |
Valery Marston of Academic
Publishing Services, supported by Wyeth, AstraZeneca, Orion and Rosemont
(plus?) |
Lynn Haygarth (despite
having resigned) |
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2004 |
13 |
Valery Marston of Academic
Publishing Services, supported by Wyeth, AstraZeneca, Orion and Rosemont
(plus?) |
Justine Raynsford ( |
Awards
AstraZeneca Travel Award
|
Year |
Recipient |
Title |
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1997 |
Brett Hill ( |
Optimising Antidepressant Compliance in Primary Care |
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1998 |
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The appropriateness of
antipsychotic prescribing in |
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1999 |
Shameem Mir ( |
Prescribing of atypical
antipsychotics |
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Diane Harris (Derbyshire) |
Developing the role of
community pharmacists in the care of older people with mental health problems
discharged from hospital |
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Salwar Morcos ( |
A descriptive study of discrepancies
in prescribing between primary and secondary sectors of mental health service
provision (presented by Chris Link from AstraZeneca) |
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Lynn Haygarth ( |
Finding the best way to
improve pharmaceutical care with limited resources (presented by Arlene
Herring from AstraZeneca) |
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No award |
- |
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Bren Holmes and Stephen
Bazire ( |
Getting lithium monitoring
under pharmacy control (presented by Dr Malcolm Barrett-Johnson) |
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No award |
- |
Posters and Oral
Presentations at Annual Conference
There are many missing
names and details here. Can you help the accuracy in this section?
|
Year |
Poster |
Oral |
|
1988 |
1. Morag Martin ( 2. Paul Foster ? Antipsychotic equivalent
doses? |
? |
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1989 |
1. ? 2. Stephen Bazire ( |
? |
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1990 |
Commended Dave Branford ( |
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1991 |
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1992 |
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1993 |
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1994 |
Wing
Lee (Prescot) - information on side effects |
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1995 |
Morag
Martin (Glasgow) - multidisciplinary approach to improving prescribing |
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1996 |
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1997 |
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Special awards: Catherine
Fewster ( |
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1998 |
Highly commended Veronica Dennis |
|
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1. Denise
Duncan-McConnell (London) - patient education |
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Carol Paton (Bexley), Graham Newton (Liverpool) and
Sarah Beck (Kent) |
Shubhra Mace
(Maudsley) |
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1. Joy Nicholson, |
1. Pat Morgan, Abergavenney (near-patient lithoum
clinic) |
|
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1. Fiona Couper and Orla Daly, Catterbridge (An
investigation of in-patient lithium therapy management) |
1. Jayne Kinder and Emma Cutler, |
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1. Kiran Parmar, (Clozapine Assay) |
1. Shubra Mace, Maudsley (An audit of Risperdal
Consta) |
|
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1. Carol Paton, Radia Esop and Chike Okocha,
Bexley |
1. Joan Miller, |
|
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1.
Producing
drug information videos for deaf service users; Ciara Sarah Hallows and
Caroline Falconbridge ( 2.
Dr
Dave Branford ( Highly
commended: ·
Corina
Young and Dr. David Taylor (Maudsley), a mirror image study of Risperdal
Consta ·
Deborah
Reeves ( ·
Paul
Deslandes, L Raitt, Arwel Thomas and RDF Sewell ( ·
Carol
Paton (Bexley) Outcomes after switching to generic clozapine |
1.
Ray
Lyons ( Highly
commended: ·
Walter
Broekema, Will the pharmacist become a film producer? Videoclips as a Quality
Improvement Tool ·
Paul
Deslandes, ; |
Best final year or pre-registration
project
This was planned to be a regular award
but became just a one-off until revived by Graham Newton in 2003.
|
1990 |
Michael Ritson, Sunderland, for a final year project on a |
|
2003 |
Gail Healey, |
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2004 |
Eva Brennan, |
|
2005 |
Eimear Sheachnasaigh, Royal London Hospital Eire; Audit of how long it takes to prescribe clozapine to patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia |
Sandoz Award Lecture
As far as is known, this was
planned to be regular, but turned out to have been a one-off.
|
1984 |
Philip Cherry, |
· -
UKPPG/Bayer Old Age Psychiatry Award
This also sadly turned out to be a
one-off award.
|
1999 |
Helen Tennant ( |
Chairman’s Award for Lifetime
Achievement
This award was instituted in 1998
by David Taylor. It is to be presented by the Chairman annually to the person
of his or her choice, the only criterion (to ensure the award does not become
too introverted or self-congratulatory) being that it can not be presented to
the previous Chairman of the UKPPG. The Chairman's Award trophy was designed
and procured by Celia Feetam in 1998.
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1998 |
Dr.
David Branford ( |
|
1999 |
Peter Pratt (Community Health, |
|
2000 |
Lynn Haygarth (Huddersfield), presented by
Stephen Bazire, for her roles as former treasurer, Chairman, conference organiser,
education programme coordinator (making the original proposal for a
specialist postgraduate qualification) and now committee member and Bulletin
editor. |
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2001 |
Celia Feetam (Birmingham), presented by Stephen
Bazire, for her work going back to the Constitution, being on the committee
for last decade, Voluntary work for psychiatric service in Romania, running
Diploma and certificate for last 3 years, plus the Psychiatry 1 and 2 and
technician courses and Conference organising, not to mention the day job. |
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2002 |
Carol Paton (Bexley), presented by Celia
Feetam, for her work going back over fifteen years, including many
publications, helping set up and being the first CMHP member, Intensive Care
Network and generally high profile for pharmacy. |
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2003 |
Dr. David Taylor (Maudsley),
presented by Celia Feetam, for his work as former Chairman, getting a
research base established and the Maudsley Guidelines but not for making the
group organise the conference around his rugby-playing commitments. |
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2004 |
Stephen Bazire (Norfolk) presented by Graham Newton,
for his work as former Chairman, conference organising, committee work,
Psychotropic Drug Directory and the website. |
|
2005 |
Miriam Wilcher
presented by Graham Newton, for developing a pharmacy service in an unfashionable
area of learning disabilities, supporting users and carers and being known as
“The Pill lady”. |
Life membership of UK
Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
|
1997 |
Margaret Benfield (e-mail thebenfields@ntlworld), presented by David Taylor |
Notable events
|
1970 |
Margaret Benfield appointed as Group Chief Pharmacist to Leavesden and |
|
1970 |
Margaret Benfield organises a Saturday meeting for psychiatric pharmacists
from the |
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1971-2 |
Psychiatric Pharmacy Association (PsyPhA) formed, with Margaret Benfield as chairman, Denise Preskey as Treasurer. |
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1973-5ish |
PsyPhA disbanded, as the committee felt it was self-perpetuating and not democratic |
|
1974/5 |
A survey was carried out of all psychiatric hospitals known to have pharmacy departments. Margaret Benfield has a copy on a computer somewhere - does anyone else have a copy of this? |
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1974/5 |
Janssen organised a trip for psychiatric pharmacists to their factory in |
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September 1976 |
First Conference. Speakers included Dave Branford, giving one of two talks on "Drug Administration", the other being by a Senior Nursing Officer |
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1976-80 |
Full conference proceedings published by Janssen, edited by Margaret Benfield, including photographs by Colin Benfield |
|
1980 |
"Psychiatric Pharmacy Association" carried out a survey of pharmacy in Psychiatric Hospitals. Published 1981 thanks to Dorsey Laboratories (part of Sandoz). Compiled by Margaret Benfield, Glyn Griffiths and Denise Preskey. I (Stephen Bazire) have a copy of this if anyone is interested. |
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September 1983 |
First Medical Exhibition at Conference |
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1986 |
Conference organisers began running the conference themselves, rather than have Industry run it for them |
|
1988 |
A report appears in British Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice (Branford
DM, 1988;10:252-253) reporting on the first joint meeting between the |
|
1989 |
Alan Milligan becomes the first pharmacist Mental Health Act Commissioner |
|
1989 |
In 1989 clozapine was marketed by Sandoz, with a revolutionary
pharmacy-managed monitoring scheme. For academic interest, back in 1989,
Sandoz was having difficulty convincing the CSM that there was a satisfactory
system of control and monitoring, and the then Chairman Dave Branford
proposed using psychiatric pharmacies, rather than public health laboratories
or private health care organisations. The RPSGB deemed it unethical to have a
system than paid pharmacies for monitoring work (with the potential for
conflicts of interest and possible incentives to prescribing). The elegant
solution was that Sandoz fund 3-4 training courses per year for 100 mental
health pharmacists. It did mean that pharmacies were expected to manage the
workload without direct extra staffing (although some did receive extra
funding as part of overall bids) but the training framework has been pivotal
in helping revolutionise the practice of psychiatric pharmacy in the |
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October 1989 |
Psychiatric Pharmacy Group officially formed at the Annual Conference, under the leadership of Dave Branford |
|
1990 |
Conference agency employed to run conference, with over 100 delegates expected, including some International speakers and delegates. |
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May 1990 |
First PPG Bulletin, sponsored by Lederle. |
|
1990 |
Sandoz CPMS-supported residential training courses/weekends started. |
|
24th-25th October 1990 |
The PPG organises a study day in |
|
1990 |
PPG produces a statement on use of benzodiazepines. The advice to hospital pharmacists was published in the Pharmaceutical Journal (Pharm J 1990, 244, 197). |
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October 1990 |
PPG AGM passes a motion to seek to establish a postgraduate qualification psychiatric pharmacy (proposed Lynn Haygarth, seconded Peter Pratt). Thought by many at the time to be a completely unrealistic aim. |
|
January 1991 |
PPG Bulletin now supported by SmithKline Beecham and their publications manager Dee Drinkwater. |
|
July 1991 |
Lilly/Dista, through their Dr. Hiram Wildgust, run a two-day pharmacist
mental health conference at the Moat House International Hotel, |
|
21st November 1991 |
For some reason no one can remember, the RPSGB holds a one-off
"Symposium on Drugs in use in Psychiatry" at Lambeth High Street.
Speakers included Dr. Tom Barnes ( |
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October 1992 |
PPG becomes the United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group |
|
October 1992 |
Attempt to form a Special Interest group for psychiatry within ESCP
(European Society of Clinical Pharmacy). (Stephen Bazire visits the ESCP
Symposium in |
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January 1993 |
First intake for Liverpool Polytechnic Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy planned |
|
March 1993 |
First intake for De Montfort University Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy, with David Branford as Course Leader |
|
June 1993 |
UKPPG Care in the Community Statement launched |
|
October 1994 |
Nurjehan Moledina (Sutton) becomes first person to obtain Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy |
|
October 1995 |
Consensus statement on Community Care published. A report appears in the PJ (UKPPG, Pharm J 14 Oct 1995;255:501-3) |
|
January 1996? |
UKPPG patient information leaflets launched |
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May 1996 |
First attempt at UKPPG website, by Paul Hardy on a Compuserve server. |
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October 1996 |
UKPPG membership by annual subscription introduced, having been rejected at the AGM the previous year. |
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December 1996 |
Nurjehan Moledina (Sutton) and Kathryn Carter ( |
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May 1997 |
Opening of UKPPG National telephone helpline, financially supported by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Zeneca as it was then), for two years, extended later to 5 years, after the 1999 Helpline report indicated how useful it was. |
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May 1997 |
First specific meeting of European Psychopharmacists, in Brussels. |
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May 1997 |
Establishment of the European Psychopharmacists, in Lille, November 1997, when the group name "European Psychopharmacy" was launched |
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May 1998 |
The groups first website www.ukppg.co.uk becomes operational |
|
June 1998 |
After several meetings, letters and reports, the UKPPG withdrew support
for the Certificate/Diploma/MSc in Psychiatric Pharmacy from De Montfort
University due to the lack of anyone at De Montfort with appropriate mental
health expertise after the unfortunate "loss" of Dr. Dave Hutchins
and Dr. Dave Branford from their staff. A new course was proposed for |
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July 1998 |
UKPPG Bulletin now sponsored by Pfizer, and published by Hayward Medical Communications |
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September 1998 |
Celia Feetam becomes Course Leader for Aston University Postgraduate Psychiatric Pharmacy qualification |
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September 1998 |
First pharmacist-run parallel symposium at a major international
psychiatry conference – Association of European Psychiatrists, |
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October 1998 |
First UKPPG book ("Case studies in Psychopharmacology") launched, edited by David Taylor and Carol Paton |
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November 1998 |
First European Psychopharmacy Congress,
Skodsborg, |
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1998 |
Dave Branford become a Mental Health Act Commissioner |
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December 1998 |
First Pharmacist-written guest Editorial in a major psychiatric journal. Written by John Donoghue (biography, Acta Psych Scand 1998, 98, 509-510). |
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January 1999 |
First intake of pharmacists for the Aston Postgraduate Psychiatric Pharmacy Certificate started. |
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February 1999 |
A membership survey undertaken in summer 1998 was circulated early in 1999. It covered pharmacies, pharmacists and a survey of activities carried out. It was published in February 1999. |
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March 1999 |
UKPPG committee takes the decision to attempt to establish
a |
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September 1999 |
Government releases the National Service Framework for
Mental Health in |
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October 1999 |
The best-ever attended UKPPG
AGM (119 members) votes, after a lengthy and open discussion, to vote to
mandate the committee to take the measures necessary to establishment of a |
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1999/2000 |
Petrina Douglas-Hall becomes the third pharmacist Mental Health Act Commissioner |
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January 2000 |
Elections for Founding Members of the |
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March 2000 |
First meeting of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists
Board of Founders, in |
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March 2000 |
UKPPG makes an collective input to the review of the Mental Health Act, as well as circulating the UKPPG reply to all members, some of whom use it as a basis for an input locally within their own Trusts. |
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March 2000 |
Publishing of the UKPPG Bulletin moves from Hayward Medical Communications (who provided a high quality product for two years) to Academic Publishing Services. The first edition (June 2000) actually comes out in June. |
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April 2000 |
First intake of pharmacists for the Aston Postgraduate Psychiatric Pharmacy Diploma started, and 25 (of 27) candidates pass the first Postgraduate Certificate from Aston. |
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April 2000 |
Dr. Dave Branford leaves the committee to move to the CMHP, after x years on the committee (where x tends towards infinity, or at least 18), as does immediate past Chairman David Taylor. |
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April 2000 |
The UKPPG e-mail discussion group was launched, through
"egroups" and set up and managed by Graham Parton from |
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May 2000 |
David Taylor (Maudsley) becomes the first
President/Chairman of the |
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June 2000 |
Evelyn McPhail becomes the Vice President of the CMHP, Trudi Hilton the Treasurer, Dr. Dave Branford the registrar and John Donoghue the PR Officer at the second meeting. |
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July 2000 |
Winners in the hospital section of the Pharmaceutical Journal/GlaxoWelcome Pharmaceutical Care Awards for 1999 for "Managing patients on high-dose antipsychotics" were Pat Murray (chief pharmacist, Royal Edinburgh hospital) and Joy Nicholson (principal pharmacist, Royal Edinburgh hospital). A team led by Ms Betsy Wilkie (principal pharmacist, community services, St Pancras hospital, London) won the runner-up prize in the shared care category for a project on the production of leaflets on psychiatric medication for patients with learning disabilities (Pharm J 2000, 285, 21-15). |
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12th September 2000 |
The RPSGB Mental Health Task Force guidance was launched
at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in |
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14th September 2000 |
The UKPPG website moves from www.ukppg.co.uk to www.ukppg.org. |
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August-September 2000 |
The De Montfort certificate and Diploma in psychiatric pharmacy was put "on hold". |
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October 2000 |
The 25th Annual Conference
is held, at a new venue (Wokefield House, |
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March 2001 |
Celia Feetam runs the first Psychiatry for Technicians
study day, in |
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June 2001 |
UKPPG committee member Gill Hawksworth gets elected as Vice President of the RPSGB. |
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June 2001 |
Postal launch of |
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Carol Paton becomes the full member of the |
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Launch of PALs (Patient Advice Leaflets) on CD-ROM, at best-ever attended UKPPG conference. |
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March 2002 |
Setting up of a Head Office and corporate address, phone, fax, e-mails etc, at 2, The Hawthorns, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9DY. |
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September 2002 |
Sales of PALs (Patient Advice Leaflets) on CD-ROM reach 200, and feedback forms show high customer satisfaction. |
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At the 2002 conference, CMHP accredited membership reaches
12, and delegates from |
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November 2002 |
End of link with C3 for Head Office and corporate address. |
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September 2003 |
UKPPG and CMHP Joint Position Statement on Specialist Pharmacist Supplementary prescribing in Mental health and Learning Disabilities published, having been led by Graham Newton. |
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At the 2003 conference, CMHP accredited membership reaches
20, and delegates from |
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At the 2004 conference, CMHP accredited membership reached
25, and the Board resugned ready for full elections. Delegates from |
Pharmaceutical industry
Psychiatric Pharmacists have
been helped in their development along the way by various pharmaceutical
companies. Whilst there are obvious economic reasons for Industry interest in
the profession, there has been an open, working relationship which has
benefited both parties. Funding of accommodation and travel for committee
meetings has been of significant benefit to the UKPPG. Offers of bursaries for
the Psychiatric Pharmacy Certificate and Diploma have been offered, and
received by many students. Some companies that should be mentioned include (in
alphabetical order):
- AstraZeneca, who have funded the UKPPG national telephone helpline, based at the
Maudsley, since October 1996, sponsor an annual AstraZeneca-UKPPG
Travel Award, have helped with committee meetings, and joint
conference sponsors in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004
- Bayer, who presented the Bayer-UKPPG Psychiatry of Old Age
Award in 1999
- Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka, joint major
sponsors in 2003, 2004
- Janssen, who essentially started the conference
in 1976, and supported it for five years, then became with Shire joint
conference sponsors in 2000, 2003 and 2004
- Lilly Industries, particularly Dr Hiram
Wildgust. Hiram and colleagues have been a regular feature of the annual
Conference from 1989 to 1999 and joint major sponsors (2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004), have run an annual conference of their own every June since
1990, have invited pharmacists to speak at Medical Conferences and
supported a range of psychiatric pharmacy activities (including committee
meetings on a regular basis).
- Lundbeck Foundation, who have funded and
supported many UKPPG functions (e.g. AEP in 1998, committee meetings,
publication of consensus statements) and projects (e.g. Community Care
Statement) over the years in a noticeably ethical way, and joint major
conference sponsors in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004
- Novartis/Sandoz, who supported the conference
from 1980-85, and from 1990-2004 had been significant supporters and
facilitators of the residential training programme, initially organised by
Lynn Haygarth and which has formed part of the Certificate and Diploma
qualifications
- Pfizer, who have supported many events
(including committee meetings) and the UKPPG Bulletin (1998-2000), and
joint conference sponsors in 2000 and 2002
- Sanofi-Synthelabo, joint conference major
sponsors in 2002, 2003, 2004
- SmithKline Beecham, who published, printed and
distributed the Bulletin for many years
Many other companies have
helped the UKPPG, but who are now no longer major players in the mental health
field e.g. Roche, Lederle etc
Additional bits of history:
From Margaret Benfield:
It is important to
remember that before the 1960’s, most psychiatric hospitals were in Hospital
Management Groups of their own. Even though there have been a number of
incorporations into general groups over the 1970’s and 1980’s, the
amalgamations have rarely bought the psychiatric hospital [which usually only
had one pharmacist, who therefore had little or no regular contact with other
pharmacists] into much closer contact with other hospitals in the group. Yet,
at the NHS reorganisation in 1974, 17% of the 500 hospital groups were still
for psychiatric treatment only, and of the 800 hospitals that had a pharmacy,
20% were in psychiatric hospitals. Probably few administrators, to say nothing
of suppliers and educators, realised that one fifth of all hospital pharmacy
departments were in this field.
By the early 1970’s,
there were virtually no psychiatric hospitals in London, these hospitals having
been built in Victorian times in two country areas, near Epsom in the south and
round St. Albans in the north. When I was appointed Group Pharmacist at
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
were the first company to meet the challenge we undoubtedly presented and,
although it was not long before other companies began to take part, it is
Janssen we must thank for the first four or five conferences.
Margaret Benfield, Hemel
Hempstead
Former Group Pharmacist,
These are a pretty random
selection, mainly "firsts" and appointments. I am sure you can all
add a few events to the above (particularly as regards your particular rôle in
history! e-mail comments to sbazire@ukppg.org.uk
here!
Last update 31.10.05
First compiled by Stephen Bazire
in October 1998, additional details from many people, particularly Margaret
Benfield (December 1998, March 1999, especially early data), Celia Feetam and
Morag Martin (February 1999, additional detail and missing names).