PHARMACY MANAGEMENT NATIONAL SEMINAR FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
“CONNECTING FOR HEALTH”
Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Riddel Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW
You will not want to miss this National Seminar for Northern Ireland, which promises to be a most important event in the calendar for pharmacy. The agenda is shown below.
The seminar, which has been developed in conjunction with Senior Pharmacists from Northern Ireland, will be chaired by Joe Brogan, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Health and Social Care Board.
Speakers from across Northern Ireland and further afield will address a range of interesting topics to develop and shape your thinking to address the challenges that lie ahead. There will be three sessions covering Public Health, Patients and Pathways and plenty of interest with 10 presenters, a patient video and adequate time for interaction through questions and networking at break times. Attendees can be assured that the day will be most informative, interesting and lively.
The seminar, which is available to all primary and secondary care pharmacists working in the NHS, is free of charge with reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses at standard rate upon production of appropriate receipts.
TO BOOK A PLACE
Please either:
• go online to the Pharmacy Management website atwww.pharman.co.uk, where you will find a booking form
• send an email to
• telephone the offices of Pharmacy Management at 0118 984 4977.
Numbers for this seminar are limited and places will, therefore, be on a ‘first come first served’ basis.
This Seminar will be entirely funded by a limited number of pharmaceutical companies. These companies will have no input into the design or content of the meeting.
Pharmacy Management Seminar for Northern Ireland
CONNECTING FOR HEALTH
Wednesday, 2nd October 2013
Riddel Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast
09.00 Tea/coffee and registration
10.00 Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks
Joe Brogan, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Health and Social Care Board, Northern Ireland
SESSION 1: Public Health – Prevention is better than Cure
10.15 KEY NOTE PRESENTATION
The Public Health approach
Speaker details to be confirmed
10.40 Obesity Management
Speaker details to be confirmed
11.00 Tea/Coffee
11.30 Malnutrition – what are the consequences and what role can pharmacy play?
Trudy Beattie, Senior Aseptic Pharmacist, Aseptic Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital
11.50 Public Health – what is the role of the Community Pharmacist?
Dr Brenda Bradley, Pharmacy Lead - Medicines Governance and Public Health, Health and Social Care Board, Northern Ireland
12.10 LUNCH
SESSION 2: Focussing on Patients
13.10 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Communications at each step of the patient journey: what are the risks?
Professor Michael Scott, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
13.30 The Medicines Strategy – what is the vision?
Dr Mark Timoney, Acting Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Northern Ireland
13.45 The Patient experience (video)
13.55 Consultant Pharmacist case management of elderly patients in intermediate care.
Carmel Darcy, Consultant Pharmacist (Older People), Altnagelvin Hospital, Western Health & Social Care Trust
14.10 PANEL
14.30 Tea/Coffee
SESSION 3: Innovation across the healthcare pathway
14.50 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Connecting for Health.
Sean Donaghy, Director of eHealth, Health and Social Care Board, Northern Ireland
15.10 Telehealth and devices: where can pharmacy contribute?
Eddie Ritson
15.25 The electronic box: telemonitoring and telecompliance.
Stephen Burns
15.40 PANEL
16.00 Chairman’s closing remarks
16.15 CLOSE