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Network News (2004-2007)  |   May   June   (updated 9 May)

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Monday 12 May

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May 12

Stockport

Time: Refreshments 7.15pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Stepping Hill Hospital, Postgraduate Centre, Pinewood House

 Content: Annual general meeting followed by “Infection control: did we do better” by Sarah Maxwell (microbiologist, Stepping Hill Hospital)

May 12

Swindon

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 7.30pm

Venue: Oakfield Campus, University of Bath in Swindon, Marlowe Avenue

 Content: Annual general meeting followed by “Cultural influences on how patients take medicines” by Kay Tanna

Tuesday 13 May

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May 13

Barnet

 Time: Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Education and Information Centre, Barnet Hospital

 Content: Annual general meeting and “Tackling rising obesity” by Addic Brillon (deputy dietetic service lead, Chase Farm Hospital)

May 13

Bath

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: The Skittle Alley of The Royal Oak, Summerlays Place, Pulteney Road, Widcombe, Bath

Content: “All you ever wanted to know, with an introduction to the new Wiltshire wide wound care formulary”

May 13

Bedfordshire

 Time: Buffet from 7.40pm, AGM 8.00pm, meeting 8.20pm

Venue: The Library, Cranfield University, Silsoe, MK45 4DT

 Content: Annual general meeting followed by “Code of ethics and controlled drugs” by Priya Sejpal (professional ethics pharmacist, Royal Pharmaceutical Society)

May 13

Ipswich

 Time: Sandwiches and drinks 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Cedars Hotel, Stowmarket

 Content: Annual general meeting and “Current use of atypical antipsychotics” by Peter Jones (department of psychiatry, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge)

May 13

Liverpool

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Postgraduate Education Centre, Alder Hey Hospital

Content: “Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections” by Paula Briggs (specialist in sexual health, May Logan Centre)

May 13

Reading

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Trust Education Centre, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

Content: “Falls prevention” by David Oliver (consultant geriatrician)

May 13

West Surrey

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Park Room, Guildford College, Stoke Road

Content: “Asthma and new guidelines on Symbicort and chlorofluorocarbon-free beclometasone” by Tim Ho (consultant chest physician, Frimley Park Hospital)

Thursday 15 May

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May 15

Crawley, Horsham and Reigate

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Crawley Hospital, West Green Drive, Crawley

Content: “Latest advances in the treatment of epilepsy” by Professor Besag

May 15

Medway

 Time: Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 7.45pm

Venue: Medway School of Pharmacy, Anson Building, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime

Content: “The challenge of children” by Elizabeth Worthing (teacher practitioner and paediatric specialist pharmacist, Medway Hospital)

May 15

Sunderland

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 730pm

Venue: Sunderland Marriott Hotel, Seaburn

Content: “Illicit drugs” by Detective Constables Ken Dale and Chris Coan

May 15

Thames Valley

Time: 7.30 for 7.45pm

Venue: The Adelaide Public House, Park Road, Teddington

 Content: “Pharmacist prescribing: where are we now?” by Jane Nicholls. Plus Annual general meeting

Monday 19 May

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May 19

Bromley

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Queen Mary's Hospital, Postgraduate Centre, Frognal, Sidcup

Content: "Just in time" by Clare Noonan (campaign manager for the Parkinson's Disease Society)

Tuesday 20 May

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May 20

Chelmsford

Time: 7.30pm for 8pm

Venue: Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 10 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex

 Content: “Child protection matters” by Karen Moore (Named Nurse, Child Protection, MEPCT) and annual general meeting

May 20

Cheltenham and Gloucester

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 8pm (pre-book by e mail cheltglosbranch@hotmail.co.uk)

Venue: Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham

 Content: “Super infections: meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and C difficile, the facts and treatments” followed by annual general meeting

May 20

Harrow and Hillingdon

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Cumberland Hotel, Central Harrow

Content: “Depression” by Caroline Parker (lead clinical pharmacist for adult services, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust)

May 20

Oxfordshire

Time: 7.30 for 8pm

Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital. Headley Way, Oxford

 Content: Annual general meeting and “Neurological rehabilitation work of Oxford Centre for enablement cannabis in MS”

May 20

Sheffield

Time: 7 for 7.30pm

Venue: EEF Sheffield

 Content: “Herbal medicines: uses and drug interactions” by Steven Kayne, follwed by annual general meeting

May 20

South West Metropolitan Branch

 Time: Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Philip Constable Room, Grosvenor Wing, St George's Hospital

 Content: Annual general meeting and “Developing a pharmacy medication review for heart failure: opportunities for cross sector working” by Louise Coughlan (deputy chief pharmacist, St George's Hospital)

Wednesday 21 May

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May 21

Teesside

Time: 7 for 7.45pm

Venue: Parkmore Hotel, Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees

 Content: "Controlled drug regulations: what do they mean for pharmacy?" by Alison Hopkins (Inspector, Royal Pharmaceutical Society). Followed by Annual general meeting

Sunday 25 May

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May 25

Clwyd

Time: 1.45pm

Venue: Bodnant Gardens. River Conwy, Tal y Cafn

 Content: Guided tour

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June  3 … 5   6 … 10 … 12 … 17 … 25

Tuesday 3 June

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June 3

Dudley

Time: 7.45 for 8pm

Venue: Dudley Clinical Education Centre, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley

Content: “Care of the diabetes patient” by Sue Bacon (clinical nurse specialist, Dudley PCT)

Thursday 5 June

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June 5

Huddersfield

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue:

Content: “Asthma MUR skills”

June 5

Medway

 Time: Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 7.45pm

Venue: Medway School of Pharmacy, Anson Building, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime

Content: “A night in pain” by Sarah Coulling (acute pain specialist nurse and non medical prescriber)

Friday 6 June

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June 6

Clwyd

Time: 6.45pm

Venue: The Devil’s Gorge, Loggerheads Country Park

 Content: “Guided walk”

Tuesday 10 June

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June 10

Barnet

 Time: Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Education and Information Centre, Barnet Hospital

Content: “Thyroid gland” by Mark Cohen (consultant endocrinologist, Barnet and Edgware hospitals)

June 10

Crawley, Horsham and Reigate

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Crawley Hospital, West Green Drive, Crawley

 Content: Talk TBC, followed by Annual general meeting

Thursday 12 June

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June 12

Bolton

 Time: Buffet 7pm, meeting 7.30pm

Venue: Education Centre, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton

Content: “Brief intervention training: Part 1”

June 12

Halifax

 Time: 7.30 for 8pm

Venue: Gimbals Restaurant, Sowerby Bridge

Content: “Summer social evening”

Tuesday 17 June

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June 17

Chelmsford

Time: 7.30pm for 8pm

Venue: Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 10 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex

Content: “POM to P Switches” by Helen Darracott (director of legal and regulatory affairs, PAGB)

June 17

 

Harrow and Hillingdon

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: Cumberland Hotel, Central Harrow

Content: “H Pylori testing and MUR”

Wednesday 25 June

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June 25

Halifax

 Time: Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm

Venue: The Learning and Development Centre, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax

Content: “Current affairs in pharmacy” by Martin Astbury (Vice-President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council)

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