by Dorothée van Hooff | Sep 6, 2016 | Events, News Release
In order to mark the International Day of Older Persons (1 October) MOIC is organising an event to showcase research and service development in the area of Medicines Optimisation in Older People (MOOP). Medicines are the most widely used intervention in health care and are an essential component in the treatment and prevention of illness. However, there is growing evidence that people do not always receive the best outcomes from their medicines. During this event we will showcase initiatives and projects aimed at optimising medicines use in older populations.
Please register for this event by emailing: MOIC@northerntrust.hscni.net. Inform us of any dietary or special requirements that you may have.
Date: 28 September 2016, 9.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Location: Riddel Hall, Queen’s, Belfast.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Sep 6, 2016 | Events, News Release
MOIC is holding a significant event for all those involved in the care of patients in mental health. The Conference entitled ‘Medicines Optimisation in Mental Health – putting patients at the centre of medicines and innovation’ will be utilising high quality speakers from around the UK. Chairman is Dr Gerry Lynch, Chair of the RCPsych in NI and Vice President of The Royal College of Psychiatrists, Northern Ireland. The meeting is sponsored by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd and coordinated by Pharmacy Management – both organisations are partners with MOIC for the communication and delivery of medicines optimisation.
This event is free of charge to NHS healthcare professionals and places can be secured by registering as a user at www.pharman.co.uk. The complete agenda can be seen at Pharman.
Booking closes 5 p.m. 10 October 2016.
Date: Wednesday 12 October 2016, from 9.40 a.m. – 4.10 p.m.
Location: Ramada Plaza Belfast Hotel, 117 Milltown Rd, Old Shaw’s Bridge, Shaws Bridge, Belfast BT8 7XP.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Sep 2, 2016 | Events, News Release
Mark Timoney, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Department of Health, Social Services and Public Health Northern Ireland gave a presentation at the FIP Congress in Buenos Aires. Timoney’s presentation ‘The future of community and hospital pharmacy, an integrated actor within the health care system’ was part of the programme on 1 September 2016 called ‘Four new scenarios of future health care’.
FIP as pharmaceutical sciences network
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global body representing pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Through our 137 national organisations, academic institutional members and individual members, the FIP represents over three million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists around the world. FIP is a non-governmental organisation that has been in official relations with the World Health Organization since 1948. Through our partnerships and our extensive global pharmacy, and pharmaceutical sciences network, we work to support the development of the pharmacy profession, through practice and emerging scientific innovations, in order to meet the world’s health care needs and expectations.
76th FIP World Congress Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Buenos Aires, 28 August-1 September 2016. Theme: ‘Rising to the challenge: reducing the global burden of disease’.
FIP programme ‘Four new scenarios of future health care’
Mark Timoney FIP 2016 Buenos Aires ppt 1-9-16
by Dorothée van Hooff | Aug 9, 2016 | News Release
Northern Ireland achieved the highest recognition of 4 Star Reference Site status from the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA). As a result of the ‘Call for Reference sites 2016’ launched in December 2015 at the Conference of Partners of the EIP on AHA, a total of 74 regional and local organisations from across Europe have been awarded ‘Reference Site’ status. Northern Ireland was 1 of only 8 Reference Sites to achieve the 4 Star Status, and 1 of 5 applicants to receive full marks against all 5 criteria. The application featured MOIC and examples of work being delivered in Medicines Optimisation in Northern Ireland.
All the regions represent a commitment to invest in innovative solutions that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of the ageing population, support efficiencies and sustainability of health and social care delivery and finally, stimulate economic growth and competitiveness. These investments will benefit an expected five million people in the next three years.
The Reference Site status is granted to organisations who have demonstrated excellence in the development, adoption and scaling up of innovative practices for active and healthy ageing. In line with the strategic objectives of the EIP on AHA and particularly the ‘European Scaling Up Strategy for Innovation in Active and Healthy Ageing’.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Jul 6, 2016 | Publications:
The Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH) has created a new initiative consisting of a scientific training exchange programme called “International Centres of Excellence in Hospital Pharmacy”. This programme consists of generating an internationale network which will connect leading-edge hospitals worldwide in the various areas of Hospital Pharmacy. The first international centre interested in cooperating and joining forces in the scope of the specialised training of post-graduates and in the furthering of research has been the Hospital Pharmacy Service of Antrim Area Hospital in Northern Ireland.
‘“International Centres of Excellence in Hospital Pharmacy”; a SEFH new initiative; the role of the clinical pharmacist in the hospital antibiotic stewardship in Northern Ireland’. Elena Alba Álvaro-Alonso, Mamoon Aldeyab, Linden Ashfield, Fiona Gilmore, Montserrat Pérez-Encinas. In: Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2016; 40(4): 233-236
Farmacia Hospitalaria SEFH Antrim Observership
