North South Pharmacy Healthcare Conference 2006

Research on all aspects of pharmacy practice will be presented at the third North South Pharmacy Healthcare Conference in Cavan. Presentations will be made in poster and oral formats by pharmacists, qualified assistants and pharmacy technicians from the Republic and Northern Ireland.

The North South Conference is a joint initiative of ICCPE and the Northern Ireland Centre for Postgraduate Pharmaceutical Education and Training (NICPPET).

Professor Tony Avery of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham will present the keynote address at the North South Conference. Professor Avery's lecture will tackle the topic of Working Together for Patient Safety. Professor Avery's recent work has included research on pharmacist and nurse prescribing and on the development and evaluation of interventions to improve safety in prescribing.

Oral presentations will be given at four themed sessions: Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Managing Risk and Ensuring Quality in Pharmacy Practice. Delegates will have the opportunity to attend two of these four sessions. Poster viewing will take place throughout the duration of the Conference.

The main focus of the North South Conference is to share good practice in pharmaceutical care. Another feature of the Conference is to demonstrate the continuing impact that pharmaceutical research has upon changing national policy, pharmacy practice and new models of care. Alongside ICCPE and NICPPET, the North South Conference involves the collaboration of representatives from the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU), Hospital Pharmacists' Association of Ireland (HPAI), Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and the R&D Unit at the DHSS Northern Ireland.

To view a provisional conference schedule, click here.

To view a listing of oral presentations from the Republic of Ireland, click here.

To view a listing of poster presentations at the conference, click here.

To view information on application procedures for the conference, click here.

To view information on the conference venue and how to get there, click here.