Friday, 2nd October | Theme: Interfaces

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Registration, Medical and Poster Exhibition Opens
 
 
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Conference Welcome
 
Nicola Greenhalgh, CMHP
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Chair's Introduction
 
Dr Hayley Gorton, Aston University
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
CMHP Memorial Lecture

Topic: Safe use of clozapine

Karen Brownbill, Clozapine Carer's Group
Melanie Stratford, Clozapine Carer's Group
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Keynote Lecture

Topic: Clozapine prescribing rates, managment of obesity in mental health

Dr Ita Fitzgerald, St. Patrick's Mental Health Services
11:10 AM - 11:45 AM
Refreshments with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
 
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
Chair's Introduction to Oral Presentations
 
Dr Hayley Gorton, Aston University
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Pharmacy Practice Oral Presentation 1

Service development of independent prescribing (IP) clinics across trust-wide adult community mental health teams (CMHTs)

Rajinder Bains, CWPT
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Pharmacy Practice Oral Presentation 2

Evaluation of pharmacist involvement in DIvERT responses within adult inpatient mental health services

Viandro Borja, Alfred Care Group (Bayside Health)
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
Pharmacy Practice Oral Presentation 3

Person-centredness, therapeutic alliance and empathy in pharmacist-led mental health consultations: a critical interpretive synthesis and meta-framework

Balazs Adam, University of Southampton
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM
Pharmacy Practice Oral Presentation 4

Co-SMR: A co-produced structured medication review toolkit to improve psychotropic prescribing for people with learning disabilities

Shiva Fouladi-Nashta, East London NHS Foundation Trust
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Lunch with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
 
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Lunchtime Symposium by Katalyst Diagnostics

Topic: to be announced

Katalyst Diagnostics
2:45 PM - 3:50 PM
AGM

CMHP Council & Members – non-members welcome to observe

 
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Keynote Lecture

Topic: Deprescribing in Primary Care

Andrew Magrath, NWL GP Federation
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Discussion Panel

Topic: Primary Care Interfaces

Dr Hayley Gorton, Aston University
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM
Chair's Close
 
Dr Hayley Gorton, Aston University
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM
Refreshments with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
 
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM
2026 CMHP Awards Dinner
 
Nicola Greenhalgh, CMHP

Saturday, 3rd October | Theme: Building Future Readiness

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration, Medical and Poster Exhibition Opens
 
 
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
Conference Welcome
 
Nicola Greenhalgh, CMHP
9:35 AM - 9:50 AM
Chair's Introduction
 
Prof Subodh Dave, Royal College of Psychiatrists
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote Lecture

Topic: to be announced

 
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Refreshments with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
 
11:15 AM - 11:55 AM
Keynote Lecture

Topic: Career Pathways in Digital Heath and Informatics/AI

John Gwilliam, NHS England
11:55 AM - 12:35 PM
Keynote Lecture / Panel

Topic: to be announced

 
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks
 
Nicola Greenhalgh, CMHP
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
 
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunchtime Symposium

Topic: to be announced

 
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Workshop 1

Driving change: Leveraging behavioural science to innovate in mental health pharmacy

Dr Sion Scott, University of East Anglia
Workshop 2

Managing Risk of Suicide in Mental Health

Graham Newton, Mersey Care NHS FT
Workshop 3

Weight Management on Antipsychotic Medication including in CAMHS

Dr Jo Howe, Mental Health Innovation and Improvement Network
Workshop 4

MH Consultation and Prescribing Skills in early career

Yogita Dawda, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Workshop 5

APTUK - Pharmacy Technicians Extended Roles Pathway

Louise Revell, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Symposium

Topic: to be announced