2008 (London)
21 May PDF (40K)
Health professionals must ensure that their
assumptions
about a person’s lack of capacity are correct. Alan Nathan reports
The joint meeting of the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association,
the College of Mental Health Pharmacists and the UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
was held in London on 21 May
2007 (Reading, Berkshire)
5-7 October PDF (50K)
Mental health pharmacy improves medicines management
but more of it needs to be established. Justine Raynsford reports
The 32nd annual psychiatric pharmacy conference organised
by the UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group took place in Reading, Berkshire, from 5–7
October
2006 (Reading, Berkshire)
6-8 October PDF (30K)
Over 200 pharmacists and technicians met recently
to discuss expanding the boundaries of mental health pharmacy. Dawn Price reports
The 31st annual (13th international) Psychiatric Pharmacy
Conference was organised by the United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group. It
took place in Reading, Berkshire, from October 6 to 8
2006 (York)
28 February PDF (30K)
Topical issues affecting the mental health pharmacy workforce were discussed at a recent conference and preliminary results of a new workforce survey were presented. Ian Maidment, Siobhan Chadwick and Graham Parton report
“New ways of working — delivering
the mental health pharmacy workforce” was held in York on 28
February. It was organised by the National Institute for Mental Health
in England New Ways of Working team in partnership with the College of
Mental Health Pharmacists, the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society and the United Kingdom Psychiatric
Pharmacy Group. Ian Maidment is vice chair
of the UKPPG, Siobhan Chadwick is workforce specialist in the New Ways
of Working team and Graham Parton is chair of the UKPPG.
2005 (Reading)
7-9 October PDF (40K)
Over 200 pharmacists and technicians attended a mental health pharmacy
meeting recently whose subjects included managing challenging behaviour
and ethnicity issues. Jacinta Dean reports
The UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group annual conference took place near Reading from 7 to 9 October
2004 (Reading)
1-3 October PDF (40K)
Patient safety and the role of the National Patient Safety Agency, bipolar disorder and treating children and adolescents were among the subjects discussed at a recent meeting of mental health pharmacists. Celia Feetam, clinical psychiatric pharmacist, Aston University, reports
The United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group conference was held from 1 to 3 October in Reading, Berkshire
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United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group www.ukppg.org.uk
The UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group exists to:
• Promote the highest standards of pharmaceutical practice in
mental health
• Promote the role of specialist mental health pharmacists
• Lead, promote and encourage research into and development of
treatments
• Be the forum for all pharmacists with an interest in mental
health
• Inform and guide the Royal Pharmaceutical Society about the
pharmaceutical needs of mental health patients
• Encourage and promote specialist postgraduate and other education
• Develop the College of Mental Health Pharmacists as the accreditation
body for specialist mental health pharmacists
• Promote the role of pharmacists in mental health care
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