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
 
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Chair's Introduction
 
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
CMHP Memorial Lecture

Topic: Safe use of clozapine

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Keynote Lecture

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

The Weight of Waiting: Addressing Global Clozapine Underutilisation and the Challenge of Weight Management

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
 
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)

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Pharmacy Practice Oral Presentation 2

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

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

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

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Lunch with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Lunchtime Symposium - Katalyst Diagnostics

Topic: Point-of-Care Clozapine Testing

2:45 PM - 3:50 PM
AGM

CMHP Council & Members – non-members welcome to observe

The AGM is an important opportunity for members to come together to hear about the CMHPs achievements, financial performance, and future plans. The AGM provides a forum for transparency, accountability, and engagement, allowing members to hear reports from council, ask questions, and contribute to key decisions affecting the organisation. It also offers a chance to reflect on progress made over the past year, celebrate successes, and discuss priorities for the year ahead.

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Keynote Lecture: Pharmacist Prescribing for Mental Health in Primary Care as part of the NHS IP Pathfinder Pilot

Topic: Deprescribing in Primary Care

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Discussion Panel

Topic: Primary Care Interfaces

5:00 PM - 5:10 PM
Chair's Close
 
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM
Refreshments with Medical Exhibition and Poster Viewing
 
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM
2026 CMHP Awards Dinner
 

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
 
9:35 AM - 9:50 AM
Chair's Introduction
 
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote Lecture

From Bowel to Brain Function and Behaviour: The Gut Microbiome as a Therapeutic Target in Mental Health

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 Health and Informatics/AI

Career opportunities and extended roles in digital medicines

11:55 AM - 12:35 PM
Keynote Lecture / Panel

Topic: Pharmacogenomics

Beyond Trial and Error: Gene-uinely Personalised Prescribing

12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks
 
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: a behavioural science approach to medicines optimisation in mental health

Workshop 3

Weight Management Conversations: Co-producing a Resource for People Prescribed Antipsychotics

Workshop 4

Mental Health Consultation and Prescribing Skills in Early Career

Workshop 5

APTUK - Pharmacy Technicians Extended Roles Pathway

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Workshop 2

Managing Risk of Suicide in Mental Health

Practical Suicide First Aid Skills for Pharmacy Staff

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Symposium

Topic: to be announced