Northern and Yorkshire Autumn Conference 2023 'Gold standards: myths, bias and evidence'
One day event
Timings | 9:25 AM - 4:00 PM |
Location | Holiday Inn, Darlington, Scotch Corner, DL10 6NR |
Non Member rate | £180.00 |
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Member rate | £160.00 |
SAS Doctor / Higher Trainee rate | £140.00 |
Core Trainee / Subsidised / Retired rate | £90.00 |
Foundation Doctor / Medical Student / Patient and carer rate | £20.00 |
Event Information
What will this event cover?
We are delighted to invite you to our Autumn conference held for the first time at the Scotch Corner Hotel. The day will cover gold standard established treatments in psychiatry – are you using them enough and correctly?
Dr Lade Smith CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists will be presenting the current and future college priorities and the meeting is face to face!
The final session of the day is in response to much media negativity around antidepressants, how they work and whether they work. Please come and hear the facts and evidence. Places are strictly limited in number, we expect a sell out event and recommend you book early! We look forward to seeing you there.
Speakers
We are delighted to announce the following speakers for the Northern and Yorkshire Autumn Conference:
Professor David BaldwinProfessor of Psychiatry and Section Head, Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton David is President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology, a Councillor of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, a Past President of Depression Alliance, a Medical Patron of Anxiety UK, Editor-in-Chief of Human Psychopharmacology, and author of around 500 full articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. | |
Dr Lade Smith CBERCPsych President Dr Shubulade (Lade) Smith was elected President of the RCPsych in 2023. She holds this role until 2026 and leads RCPsych on behalf of its members and associates. Lade is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London. Until July 2023, Lade was the Clinical and Strategic Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health at the RCPsych, providing medical leadership for the team developing mental health guidelines. Lade was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June 2019 for services to Forensic Intensive Psychiatric care. In November 2019 she was awarded Psychiatrist of the Year by the RCPsych. In July 2020, she became joint Presidential Lead for Race and Equality at the RCPsych. | |
Professor Nicol FerrierEmeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Newcastle University Nicol Ferrier is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Newcastle University. His research interests are in psychopharmacology and the neurobiology and treatment of severe affective disorders. Professor Ferrier was pharmacological lead on the 2004 NICE Guidelines for Unipolar Depression and was Chairman of the 2006 NICE Bipolar Disorder Guideline. He has served on the MRC Clinical Fellowship, the Wellcome Trust Neuroscience and Mental Health Grant Committees and the Research Assessment Exercise on two occasions. Professor Ferrier is Past-President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. | |
Matthew CroftAdvanced Clinical Pharmacist – Locality Lead for Mental Health Services for Older People TEWV Mat Croft is a specialist mental health, non-medical prescribing pharmacist with experience from across inpatient and community settings. He graduated with a Masters of Pharmacy from the University of East Anglia in 2010, completed a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice in 2013, and postgraduate certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics from Aston University in 2017. His current role involves supporting community mental health teams and primary care across North Yorkshire through MDT queries and medication reviews. His interests include utilising evidence and audits to inform best practice, person centred care, and collaboration across organisational boundaries. Outside of work he enjoys rock climbing, house renovation and keeping an allotment. | |
Dr Sameer JauharKing's College London Dr Jauhar graduated in Medicine from Glasgow University in 2002, having also completed a degree in Public Health and Epidemiology. He moved to the Institute of Psychiatry in 2012, to work with Oliver Howes and Shitij Kapur on predominantly PET studies of the dopamine system, with the focus on psychosis and treatment response. |
Venue
Holiday Inn Darlington - A1 Scotch Corner
Darlington, Richmond DL10 6NR
Parking: On-Site complimentary parking is available with a total of 200 parking spaces. The car park is managed by Parking Eye a third-party company, please register your vehicle registrations at the touch screen on reception to access the free parking.
Train Station: The nearest train station is Darlington, which is located 15 minutes drive from the Hotel
Competitions
We are pleased to be running our Poster competitions again at this Conference. Poster presentations will take place in person at the 2023 Autumn Conference.
We welcome entries in the following categories:
- Medical Students and FY1
- FY2 and Trainees
- SAS Doctors
There will be a winner in each category who will receive £100 prize money and a certificate of Merit. Winners will be announced on the day.
If you would like to submit an entry or find out more information then head over to the competitions webpage.
Terms and conditions
Please read the terms and conditions before booking.
Competing interests
The following speakers have competing interests to declare:
- Matthew Croft - Sponsorship for attending a meeting
- Professor David Baldwin - Funds for research
For further information, please contact:
Email: division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk
Contact Name: Division Events Team
Contact number: 0208 618 4261