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Prescription for Excellence - It’s happening now!
National joint conference with NHS Education for Scotland and
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland
Tuesday 26 May 2015 - The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Programme
09.30 - 10.00
Registration, Coffee, Prescription for Excellence Poster Session & Exhibition
Chair: Professor Rose Marie Parr, Director of Pharmacy, NHS Education for
Scotland
10.00 - 10.15
Welcome & Aims of the Conference
Professor Rose Marie Parr, Director of Pharmacy, NHS Education for Scotland
10.15 - 10.45
Prescription for Excellence
The Vision
Progress to date
Alpana Mair, Deputy Chief Pharmacist of Scotland, Scottish Government
10.45 - 10.55
Prescription for Change – People at the Centre
Graeme Morrison, Inclusion Officer, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
10.55 - 11.15
Midget-gems from Health Boards
Person-centred pharmaceutical care and medicines
Polypharmacy Reviews in NHS Borders
Dawn MacBrayne, Prescribing Support Pharmacist, NHS Borders
Create a model to facilitate clinical pharmacist prescribers working in partnership with patients, GPs and other prescribers
Frances Rooney, Director, NHS Tayside Elaine Thomson, Locality Pharmacy Team Leader, NHS Tayside Delivering Prescription for Excellence - an Integrated Approach
Hazel Brown, Integrated Care Pharmacist, NHS Lothian
Developing the pharmacy contribution to unscheduled care provision
David Pfleger, Director of Pharmacy, NHS Grampian
11.15 - 11.35
Coffee, Prescription for Excellence Poster Session & Exhibition
11.35 - 12.30
Midget-gems from Health Boards
Safety in pharmaceutical care and medicines
Taking long term responsibility for prescribing in a care home
Francesca Aaen, Care Homes Pharmacist, NHS Lanarkshire
Community Pharmacy Medicines Reconciliation
Gail Caldwell, Pharmacy Director, NHS Forth Valley
Prescribing Clinics
Emily Kennedy, Prescribing Support Pharmacist, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Midget-gems from Health Boards
Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical care and medicines
Post-MI LVSD Teach & Treat: Transferring Caseloads of Patients to Primary Care
Paul Forsyth, Heart Failure Pharmacist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Improving pharmaceutical care in a variety of care settings
Clare Morrison, Lead Pharmacist, NHS Highlands
Telehealth – Panacea or Placebo?
Anthony McDavitt, Primary Care Pharmacist, NHS Shetland
Working together - Prescribing without boundaries
Michele S Caldwell, Director of Pharmacy, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Roisin Kavanagh, Lead Pharmacist, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch, Prescription for Excellence Poster Session & Exhibition
Chair: Alex MacKinnon, Director for Scotland, Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland
13.30 - 14.20
Workshop Session 1
14.20 - 14.30
Coffee (to be taken to workshop groups)
14.30 - 15.20
Workshop Session 2
15.20 - 16.20
How do we deal with challenges? - an inspirational talk
Chris Moon MBE, Motivational Speaker
16.20 - 16.30
Next Steps
Alex MacKinnon, Director for Scotland, Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland