NZHPA Pharmacists in Mental Health
Special Interest Group Seminar:
New Horizons
25-26th July 2015
Faculty of Medical Health Sciences,
Nelson and Marlborough
Institute of Technology
Nelson
Interim Programme
Saturday 25th July 2015
Kowhai Lounge
8.30 am
Registration
9.00 am
Mihi whakatau and Karakia
Harold Wareta, Maori Health and Whanau Ora, Te Wai Ora – Nelson Marlborough District
Health Board
Welcome Guna Kanniah, NZHPA Pharmacists in Mental Health SIG Convenor
Mental Health Pharmacist, Waikato DHB
9.10am
Opening from Principal Sponsor
9.15 am
Nutrition and Mental Health – A New Horizon?
Prof. Julia Rucklidge, Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury
10.10am
Patient Information Leaflets – the Choice and Medication Journey. Ariel Hubbert,
Psychiatric Pharmacists Team Leader, Waitemata District Health Board
10.40 am Morning Tea
11.00 am New Horizons - Developing Medication Management Role in MH Community Wellbeing
Team
Elsie Peusschers, Senior pharmacist – Logan-Beaudesert Wellbeing Team, Metro South HHS
Addiction and Mental Health Service, Queensland
12. 00 pm New Horizons - National Developments in Medicines Management
Andi Shirtcliffe, Chief Advisor Pharmacy, Ministry of Health.
12.40 pm Lunch
1.45 pm
To Treat or not to Treat – the Young Person
Dr Julie FitzJohn, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services, Canterbury District
Health Board
Interim Programme April 2015
2.30 pm
New Horizons in Depression
Dr Richard Tranter, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nelson and Marlborough District health Board
3.15 pm
Afternoon Tea
Kowhai Lounge
Breakout Room 1 K Block
3.30 - 5pm
Medication Management – a Practical
Workshop
Ariel Hubbert, Psychiatric Pharmacists Team
Leader, Waitemata District Health Board
3.30- 4.15pm
New Horizons in Substance Misuse - Workshop
Dr Mike Haskew, Alcohol and Drugs Service, Nelson
and Marlborough District Health Board
4.15-5.00pm
Practical Problem Solving in Mental Health Workshop
Dr Valerie Pollard
5.00 pm Close
7.00 pm - Dinner
Sunday 26th July 2015
Kowhai Lounge
8 am
NZHPA Mental Health SIG AGM (NZHPA Mental Health SIG members only) and
Open Forum –Topics for General Discussion
8.30 am
Registration
9.00 am
Challenges in Acute Care
Dr Paul Hunt, Registrar, Nelson and Marlborough District Health Board.
10.00 am Presentations from Practice – New Horizons
Various Speakers
11.00 am Morning Tea
Kowhai Lounge
Breakout Room 1 K Block
11.30-12.30pm Refugee Mental Heath Workshop
– The Practical Pharmacists’ Role
11.30-12.30pm Cultural Perspectives Workshop –
Lewis Boyle, Maori Mental Health Care, Nelson and
Marlborough District Health Board
12.30 pm Closing remarks
Guna Kanniah, Mental Health SIG Convenor
12.45 pm Karakia
Harold Wareta, Maori Health and Whanau Ora, Te Wai Ora – Nelson Marlborough District
Health Board
13.00 pm
Refreshments and Depart
Interim Programme April 2015