Drugs can be dangerous: Are your patients safe?
Thursday 27 September 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Online booking for this meeting is now closed, please note there are on the day spaces however we can not guarantee catering. Please contact the coordinator for further details.
9.00 am |
Registration tea and coffee |
9.30 am |
President's welcome and opening remarks |
| Dr Natasha Robinson, Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Medical Director, Northampton General Hospital and RSM Patient Safety Section President | |
9.40 am |
Safe prescribing for the future |
| Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, President Royal Society of Medicine, London | |
10.10 am |
What's new in adverse drug reactions? |
| Dr June Raine, Director of Pharmacovigilance, MHRA | |
10.40 am |
Panel discussion |
10.50 am |
Tea and coffee break |
11.10 am |
The New Landscape for patient safety and medication safety in NHS England |
| Professor David Cousins Associate Direct for Patient Safety Medication Practice and Medical Devices, NHS Commissioning Board, London | |
11.45 am |
Learning from patient stories |
| Dr Natasha Robinson, Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Medical Director, Northampton General Hospital and Speaker tbc, MHRA | |
12.05 pm |
New guidance on management of paracetamol overdose |
| Dr Alison Cave, Expert Scientific Assessor, MHRA | |
12.30 pm |
Panel discussion |
12.45 pm |
Lunch |
1.45 pm |
The prescribe project: Training medical students to be safe and effective prescribers |
| Professor Simon Maxwell Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Edinburgh | |
2.05 pm |
Prescribing safety at the frontline |
| Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP, Consultant Physician, Worthing | |
2.25 pm |
Communication prescribing decisions |
| Sarah Ross, Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Aberdeen | |
2.45 pm |
Panel discussion |
3.00 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
3.20 pm |
Medication administration errors in patients with dysphagia - implications for practice |
| Dr Jennifer Kelly, Lead Tissue Viability Nurse, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust | |
3.40 pm |
E-prescribing: The good, the bad and the ugly |
| Professor Nick Barber, Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, UCL School of Pharmacy, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Health Foundation | |
4.10 pm |
Panel discussion |
4.25 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.30 pm |
Close of meeting |
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Meeting ref: PAC04 CPD: 5 credits |
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