Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
Rehabilitation and Forensic Faculty Joint Meeting
Friday 6 September 2013
Dunblane Hydro, Perth Rd, Dunblane, Stirlingshire /

DRAFT PROGRAMME

9.00 – 9.25Arrival and registration

(Tea/Coffee)

9.30 – 11.00Session 1

Is forensic psychiatry over resourced at the expense of rehabilitation psychiatry?

Chair: Dr Alastair Cook, Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland

“We think that the preoccupation with risk (important though this is) has forced psychiatrists into relying increasingly on compulsion: too many people end up unnecessarily in Forensic Units at great expense and to the great detriment of general mental health services.

We believe that it should be possible in the next five years to identify substantial savings which should be reinvested in improving local acute care and strengthening community based provision.”

The Schizophrenia Commission, 2012

9.30- 10.15The future role of rehabilitation and forensic psychiatry services

Dr Shubulade Smith, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry and member of the Schizophrenia Commission

10.15 – 10.45Responses from a Scottish perspective

Professor Lindsay Thompson, Medical Director, The State Hospital

Dr Neil McNamara, Chair of the Rehabilitation & Community Care Faculty, RCPsych in Scotland

10.45 – 11.00Audience feedback

11.00 – 11.15 Tea/Coffee

11.15 – 12.30Session 2

Psychological treatments in vocational rehabilitation

Chair: Dr Caroline Mitchell, Consultant Rehabilitation Psychiatrist

11.15 -12.15 Cognitive Remediation Therapy

Gordon Mitchell, Rehabilitation Psychologist, NHS Fife

12.15 – 12.30Questions

12.30 – 1.30 Lunch

1.30 – 3.30Session 3

Is the extension of excessive security appeals a good thing for lawyers and a bad thing for patients?

Chair: Dr John Crichton, Chair of the Forensic Faculty, RCPsych in Scotland

1.30 – 2.00A lawyer’s perspective

Mr Trevor Ormiston, Ormiston’s Law Practice

2.00 – 2.20A forensic psychiatrist’s perspective

Dr Martin Culshaw, Clinical Director, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Forensic Mental Health & Learning Disability Service

2.20 – 3.00 The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland perspective

Dr Joe Morrow, President, MHTS

2.40 – 3.00A rehabilitation psychiatrist’s perspective

Speaker TBC

3.00 – 3.30Audience Discussion

This meeting qualifies for 6 CPD points subject to approval by the individual member’s Peer Group.