Ukcpa-United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association

Don’t miss out on booking a place at our popular ‘starting out in critical care’ masterclass. LIMITED PLACES! This event always reaches maximum capacity quickly so early reservation is advised.
Date: 7th December 2018 Location: Whiston Hospital, Merseyside
... This is a fantastic event designed with pharmacists starting out in critical care and pharmacists who wish to refresh their knowledge in the critical care area in mind.
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We still have some places on our popular critical care advanced practitioner meeting, but they are booking up fast! Early reservation is strongly advised.
Sessions include: an overview of key developments in critical care pharmacy; research – engaging, collaborating and challenges, plus the role of electronic health records in research; and sleep in ICU and the science behind it. The masterclass will also provide advice on identifying the sick patient, a skill particularly of use to pharmacist prescribers but relevant to everyone.
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The Handbook of Peri-operative Medicines is the first national guidance to professionals working in this area of medicine. Developed collaboratively by clinical pharmacy experts working in the area of Surgery, the handbook contains information on how medicines are to be managed in the peri-operative period, a time when a patient is nil by mouth and often experiences interruption of medication regimens that are important for the treatment of other non-surgical comorbidities. I...t contains information pertaining to the risks and benefits of omitting, changing and continuing therapy during this period, and where possible how those risks can be managed. The Handbook is an essential guide which will remove the need for individual local guidelines and ultimately reduce variations in patient care and improve outcomes for patients undergoing surgery. If you wish to order a printed and PDF copy of the Handbook (2nd edition) for £15 (including postage and packing to a UK address) please complete the online order form here:
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Every day is #waistcoatwednesday when you're the UKCPA joint chair, Mark Borthwick. Pictured here back in 2015 with Gill Hawksworth, UKCPA Trustee and Chair of the UKCPA community group.

Are you a primary or secondary care pharmacist involved in the care of patients with infections or working in antimicrobial stewardship? Then this event is just for you!

UKCPA Critical Care Advanced Practitioner Meeting, London, 28 Sept - We have a fantastic line up of specialist and consultant pharmacists ready to share their knowledge and experience with you. Book your place - learn from the best!

Registration now open for Pharmacy Together Conference delivered by @UKCPA and @pharman. A unique event delivering exceptional education & skills development for primary & secondary care pharmacy staff https://buff.ly/2JeJzuw #PharmacyTogether2018 #THEpharmacyeventoftheyear

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Have you booked your place yet? Electronic prescribing – the next generation, 13 September 2018, Guy’s Hospital, London. The day will cover aspects of implementing, optimising and replacing e-prescribing systems and draw on the experience of Trusts who will share their practical experience with attendees. For more information or to book please visit the UKCPA website:

We have an inspiring line up of speakers for you at our optimising medicines management in care homes masterclass. As always, this event has been developed and delivered by experienced clinical pharmacy practitioners committed to sharing leading edge knowledge, expertise and best practice to the profession. Learn from the best.

Following last year's very successful Cardiac Medicines Optimisation event in Leicester we are bringing our Joint Conference with Pharmacy Management to London on October 2nd. The event is free for NHS Pharmacists and you can book online from tomorrow! https://buff.ly/2z4kJgY

Care home residents are amongst the most vulnerable older people in our society. A combination of multimorbidity and polypharmacy makes them particularly susceptible to adverse events related to the prescribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring of medicines.
Whether you work in hospital or primary care, if you are involved in the provision of medicines management to care home residents we have designed an event just for you!
The day will focus on the key role that pharmacy staff in both hospital and primary care settings can play in reducing potential harm to care home residents through ensuring optimal medicines management.

Places on our popular critical care advanced practitioner meeting are booking up fast. Early reservation is strongly advised.
The Critical Care advanced practitioner masterclass is an excellent opportunity for all critical care pharmacists to learn, network and develop their practice. As in previous years, we have a wide range of topics, updating knowledge and consolidating treatment approaches, as well as updates on research. Sessions include: an overview of key developmen...ts in critical care pharmacy; research – engaging, collaborating and challenges, plus the role of electronic health records in research; and sleep in ICU and the science behind it. The masterclass will also provide advice on identifying the sick patient, a skill particularly of use to pharmacist prescribers but relevant to everyone. We look forward to you joining us.
You can find more details on our website:
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Don’t miss out on booking a place at our popular ‘starting out in critical care’ masterclass. LIMITED PLACES! This event always reaches maximum capacity quickly so early reservation is advised.
This is a fantastic event designed with pharmacists starting out in critical care and pharmacists who wish to refresh their knowledge in the critical care area in mind.
Title: Starting out in critical care... Developed by: UKCPA Critical Care Group Date: 7th December 2018 Location: Education, Training and Conference Centre, Whiston Hospital, Merseyside The aim of this masterclass is to provide the required knowledge and skills for pharmacists who are starting out in critical care.
This popular event follows a tried and tested format of lectures and questions in the morning followed by case studies in the afternoon that apply the principles learnt earlier in the day.
Learning outcomes: At the end of this masterclass, participants will be able to: · Identify the causes of shock and the balance between perfusion and pressure · Describe the basics of fluid balance and fluid choice in critical care · Describe the advanced practitioner framework and explain its relevance to their role · Inform choices on critical care specific drugs; keeping the patient calm, connected to the ventilator and free from pain · Describe pharmaceutical aspects of the management of sepsis and septic shock · Undertake a medication review in critically ill patients
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Last chance to register for our gastroenterology/hepatology masterclass. Registration for this event closes at noon tomorrow (21st June)! For event details and to book, visit our website https://buff.ly/2JPQL1A Learn from the best.

Head over to the UKCPA website to find out more about our event 'What the cell: Unlocking diagnostics, metrics and big data – the new era of stewardship'

CARDIAC CONFERENCE WITH PHARMACY MANAGEMENT COMES TO LONDON! Following last year's very successful event in Leicester we are bringing our Joint Conference with Pharmacy Management to London on October 2nd. The website goes live on July 2nd. The event is free for NHS Pharmacists so put October 2nd in your diary if Cardiac Medicines Optimisation is an interest for you and look out for website going live with details buff.ly/2MrJiHt

There's still time to register for our gastroenterology/hepatology masterclass. You can find more details on our website