by Dorothée van Hooff | May 31, 2017 | News Release
The Clinical Leadership in Pharmacy (CLIP) Programme Across Ireland 2017-2018 was launched on Thursday 25 May 2017 at the Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Dundalk.
“This programme will improve participants’ understanding of the practice of pharmacy and the challenges and opportunities facing its leaders across Ireland, supporting connectivity and future joint working”
Cathy Harrison, Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Department of Health Northern Ireland
The CLIP Programme is a comprehensive leadership series aiming to unlock the potential of Ireland’s future pharmacy leaders. By embedding collective leadership behaviours within the pharmacy sector, this programme hopes to support our future leaders in maximising the opportunities created by health and social care integration and novel models of care.
The CLIP Programme will run over a twelve month period, with all training events/modules taking place in either Belfast or Dublin starting from June 2017.
Read the brochure The Clinical Leadership in Pharmacy Programme Across Ireland 2017-2018 for more information.
by Dorothée van Hooff | May 23, 2017 | News Release
SIMPATHY has published a leaflet: Polypharmacy Programmes, Transforming Awareness into Action: Implementing effective management of the use of multiple medications across the EU. The leaflet is part of the SIMPATHY Project.
Leaflet SIMPATHY Polypharmacy Programmes
by Dorothée van Hooff | May 22, 2017 | News Release
Kamila Urbańczyk recently completed her MPharm at Wroclaw Medical University, Poland. She arrived in Antrim Area Hospital on 22nd May 2017 and is commencing a two month visit to gain practical experience in clinical pharmacy and learn more about the work of MOIC.
by Dorothée van Hooff | May 12, 2017 | News Release
Emma Jönsson from Uppsala University, Sweden visited Antrim Hospital to complete her undergraduate degree project under the supervision of Linden Ashfield. Her project aimed to identify referral criteria for prioritising patients for inpatient review by the clinical pharmacist. Emma’s visit was for a period of 4 months and commenced in January 2017.
Emma Jönsson has presented her poster in Uppsala, Sweden: ‘Prioritisation of patients for clinical pharmacist inpatient reviews’
by Dorothée van Hooff | May 11, 2017 | News Release
Thomas Kempen, clinical pharmacist, and PhD student from Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden, visited MOIC and Antrim Hospital on 10th May 2017.
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).
