Royal College of Psychiatrists
West Midlands Division
SpringAcademic Meeting
Village Hotel
Castlegate Park, Birmingham Road,
Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4TB
Friday, 8 May 2015
09.00 / ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09.30 / Welcome and Introduction to include Annual General Meeting
Dr Gabrielle Milner, West Midlands Division Chair
Morning Session – Challenging Cultures in Healthcare
Chair – Dr Gabrielle Milner
09.45 / The Gasman Cometh – Up a Blind Alley in Community Care
Dr Chris Fear, South West Division Chair RCPsych
10.30 / Research Presentation Competition
11.30 / REFRESHMENTS
11.45 / The Challenge of Dimensional Psychosis
Dr Rachel Upthegrove
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
12.30 / Awarding of Research Presentation Prizeand
Poster Presentation Certificates
12.45 / LUNCH

Afternoon Session – Maintaining Sanity in an Insane World

Chair –Dr Ashok Roy
14.00 / Presidential Priorities
Professor Sir Simon Wessely, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
14.40 / Dangerous Waters: Am I the Appropriate Expert?
Professor Keith Rix, Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,Visiting Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Institute of Medicine, University of Chester
15.20 / Repelling the Invaders from the Psychiatric Ark
Professor Peter Tyrer
16.00 / Plenary and Discussion
16.30 / CLOSE & REFRESHMENTS
Village Hotel
Castlegate Park
Birmingham Road
Dudley
DY1 4TB
Tel: 0871 222 4584

By road

From the M5 – Turn off at Junction 2. At roundabout take the 3rd exit following the signs for the A4123 (Dudley). Continue straight on that road over all sets of lights until you reach the end of the dual carriageway. This will bring you onto a large roundabout which is called the BurntTreeIsland (you will see Tescos and Toby Carvery straight ahead). At this island, take the 1st exit which is the A461
Continue up to the next island which is called the Castlegate Island and take the 5th exit – this will mean you do a full circle and come back on yourself. The hotel is situated just a few yards from the exit on your left

Parking

350 spaces

By rail

Dudley Port Station 1.8 miles.