by Dorothée van Hooff | May 3, 2017 | Events, News Release
A delegation from Northern Ireland attended the conference in Brussels on the SIMPATHY research programme ‘Polypharmacy and adherence in elderly population’. This conference aimed to showcase the outcome of the EU funded SIMPATHY project.
Third EU Health Programme
Ten organisations from across Europe have come together within the SIMPATHY (Stimulating Innovation Management of Polypharmacy and Adherence in The Elderly) project to address health service provision and sustainable management of medication among the elderly. The project aims to deliver the necessary change in management approaches and develop tools to help manage multi-medication and adherence to prescribed drugs. It is funded by the Third EU Health Programme and aims to stimulate, promote and support innovation across the EU in management of appropriate polypharmacy and adherence in the elderly.
At the final conference good practice was identified and shared like the components required to optimise impact, and new tools were demonstrated to gather evidence on the potential economic impact of improved approaches to polypharmacy. A wide range of professionals and key stakeholders from across Europe were invited to this conference including Ministers of Health and key decision makers. MOIC was represented at the conference by Michael Scott, Glenda Fleming, Cathy Harrison, and Claire Scullin.
‘Active and healthy ageing – Addressing the challenges of multi-medication in Europe’s elderly population’ conference. Organisation by SIMPATHY project, Scottish Government EU Office. Date: 27 April 2017. Location: Scotland House, Rond Point Schuman 6, Brussels.
More information on the conference can be found at simpathy.eu and the SIMPATHY Brussels Workshop Agenda 27 april 2017
Picture: The NI team with Dr Neelam Dhingra (Coordinator of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Unit – WHO).
by Dorothée van Hooff | Mar 7, 2017 | Events, News Release
On Tuesday 9 May 2017, Pharmacy Management and UKCPA are going back to Manchester with the second annual conference on Diabetes Medicines Optimisation which has been created by the two organisations.
The Learning Zone will be available for anyone who wishes to present their work in the form of a Poster. In order to do so, please email Jenny Thompson in the first instance to register your interest and receive a pack – jenny.thompson@pharman.co.uk
Booking for delegate places at the website booking page is open with the agenda/Satellite Sessions and registration procedure.
Take the opportunity to review the excellent number of Satellite Sessions and book a place: https://www.pharman.co.uk/events/2017/5/jomo-ukcpa-national-meeting-diabetes
Those satellite presenters who presented in 2016 have been asked to update their presentations and new topics have been incorporated in the light of feedback received. Satellites for this Event:
- Managing Diabetes in the Community – Considerations in older people
- Managing type 1 diabetes in Hospital
- Keeping patients safe: Human factors and a Safety Culture (with practical examples)
- The General Practice Pharmacist – Potential for Diabetes Medicines Optimisation in the Role
- Diabetes and Renal Disease
- The Changing Landscape and the Increased Focus on the Physical Health of the Mental Health Patient (with emphasis on Diabetes)
- Does Motivational Interviewing have a Role in Diabetes?
- How does NICE drive practice in type 2 diabetes?
- Diabetes in the Elderly
- Insulin Safety
- How to Become a System Leader in Diabetes Care
- The Practice Pharmacist’s Contribution to Diabetes Care – The View from the AHSN
- How to Develop Specialist Clinical Pharmacists
- Management of Diabetic Emergencies
- What’s the Risk – Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Diabetes?
For further information, please contact: Katie Fraser, Senior Executive Assistant Pharmacy Management, Katie.fraser@pharman.co.uk, tel: 01747 829501
JoMO-UKCPA National Meeting: Medicines Optimisation in Diabetes. Location: 9 May 2017, Midland Hotel, Manchester.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Mar 2, 2017 | Events, mo_projects, News Release
At the 18th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards the award for Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year was won by Dr Ruth Miller and The Medicines Optimisation in Older People Team. A collaborative working partnership between pharmacy teams in the Western Trust and Northern Trust has been recognised recently for excellent practice in older people’s medicine. The teams shared the honours in the Hospital Pharmacy Team Of The Year award category at the Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards, held at the Europa Hotel, Belfast. The annual event is dedicated to celebrating those whose exceptional expertise and contribution to their profession have transformed the provision of healthcare for the better.
Innovative service
Since September 2015 the Western Trust and Northern Trust’s Medicines Optimisation in Older People Pharmacy Teams have worked together, refining and changing new consultant pharmacist led models of pharmaceutical care for patients living in care homes and admitted to community hospitals. The teams embraced the need to implement the new service and evaluate them as it would change the shape of how older people’s medicines management would be delivered across Northern Ireland. Based on their positive outcomes for patients, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland is now providing permanent funding for this new, innovative service to be replicated across all five trusts.
Anne Friel, Regional lead for Medicines Optimisation in Older People said:
“This is a great acknowledgement of the teams’ hard work and dedication; not many can say that they have made such an impact on pharmaceutical care across an entire region”
Project Manager Dr Ruth Miller, who led the entry, noted how inspirational the team had been as they worked with other healthcare professionals to deliver a very high quality clinical pharmacy service to their patients.
Team members, Sabrina Parkhill, Rory McSorley, Nuala McGeough, Helen Graham, James Nicholl and Niamh McLister (older people specialist case management pharmacists) have expressed their delight at receiving this award saying: “The role provides immense job satisfaction. Older people can take many medicines for more than one medical condition; medicines optimisation is patient centred and ensures patients are taking the most appropriate medicines at the right time and in the right way.”
18th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards, 23 February 2017, the Europa Hotel, Belfast
Winners of 18th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards Revealed – 18th NIHA Press Release
Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year: Dr Ruth Miller & the Medicine’s Optimisation in Older People Team – WHSCT & NHSCT
by Dorothée van Hooff | Feb 7, 2017 | Events, News Release
The Spring 2017 PM Academy Workshop programme is online. The programme is entitled ‘Working Better Together: How to build multidisciplinary and multiagency teams to improve patient care’ and consists of whole day courses taking place at 10 locations around the United Kingdom. This unique PM Academy programme will focus on how to deliver projects requiring the input of multiple teams or organisations.
The Academy Workshop in Northern Ireland will take place on Tuesday 23 May 2017 at the Maldron Hotel Belfast, Belfast International Airport, Belfast BT29 4ZY from 10am to 4pm.
For the press release: the Pharmacy In Focus website.
To book your place – simply go to www.pharman.co.uk/events.
For further information, please contact Katie Fraser (Senior Executive Assistant, Pharmacy Management) at katie.fraser@pharman.co.uk or on 01747 829501.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Feb 3, 2017 | Events, News Release
It was the first ever conference focused solely on Respiratory Medicines Optimisation. The National Medicines Optimisation in Respiratory Medicine Workshop was a joint meeting organised by Pharmacy Management in partnership with UKCPA.
The Journal of Medicines Optimisation (JoMO) has worked with the Respiratory Specialist Interest Group of the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA) to create a day of satellite sessions that will deliver quality learning quality and best practice exchange for all sectors of pharmacy. MOIC presented its mission, projects and programmes at the conference.
Location: MacDonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham, 1 February 2017
Main picture: Kelly Lefteri, Head of Pharmacy Practice, University of Hertfordshire, at the MOIC stand.
Jamila Dhansey, Medicines Quality, Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, at the MOIC stand.
Rachel Galway, Clinical Pharmacist, NHSCT, at the MOIC stand.
Anitia Hogg, Lead for Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness, MOIC, with a visitor at the MOIC stand.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Dec 9, 2016 | Events, News Release
Mike Scott, Director MOIC, and Mark Lee, with the European Reference Site Award. The ceremony took place during the second European Summit on Digital Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing, Brussels, 6-7 December 2016. 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).
Information on the European Summit on Digital Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing.
