Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry Annual Conference 2025: future challenges

Join us in Liverpool, or online if you prefer, for a fantastic two days of research and service updates in old age psychiatry.

Confirmed speakers and sessions include:

• Dr Jeremy Isaacs
• Professor Julian Hughes
• Baroness Ilora Finlay 
• Dr Wendy Burn
• Professor Rob Howard
• Dr Amanda Thompsell
• Kate Lee, Chief Executive, Alzheimers Society
• Hilary Evans-Newton, Chief Executive Officer, ARUK 
• Dr Suzanne Reeves
• Dr Rebecca Gould

A programme will be launched later in January.

Regulations:
1. Abstracts must be in English. Abbreviations may be used only if they are defined (spelled out in full text at first mention) followed by abbreviation in brackets.
2. The abstract must not exceed 300 words including sub titles (see No 4) and formulas.
3. The abstract must not contain bibliographical references, tables, diagrams or appendices. If accepted for presentation at the conference these can be added at a later date.
4. Abstracts must be presented in five headed paragraphs in the following order:
Aims and hypothesis, Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
5. Abstracts could present either novel findings or new interpretations of existing data; Quality Improvement
projects; Education and Training projects or other types of service evaluation, audit or case reports. They should include brief details of the rationale for the research and the methods used, including, if appropriate, the statistical approach. The major findings should be stated; it will not be acceptable, for example, to state merely that the "results will be discussed"
6. The title of the abstract must be clearly coherent with the data included in the abstract and the conclusions must be warranted by information included in the results section.  Submissions are accepted on the understanding that the work has been performed with the permission of any relevant ethical or legislative body. The authors should therefore ensure the work was conducted with appropriate ethical and governance safeguards.
7. Authors are encouraged to state their hypotheses and frame their conclusions accordingly.
8. For studies of service users, patients or populations, the number of people studied should be explicitly stated in the methods section.
9. Submissions are accepted on the understanding that the work has been performed with the permission of any relevant ethical or legislative body. The authors should therefore ensure the work was conducted with appropriate ethical and governance safeguards.
10. All sources of financial sponsorship of the study should be stated at the end of the abstract.

Prizes

Your abstract might be eligible for the Mohsen Naguib Prize - Read more about this prize here:
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/your-faculties/old-age-psychiatry/prizes-and-bursaries
If you are eligible for this prize, you might wish to be considered for this prize - please indicate on the form below.

Educational Bursary

Up to twenty bursaries may be awarded, up to a value of £150 each. To be eligible, you must be a junior psychiatric trainee (Psychiatry F1-F2, CT1-3, ST4-6), an affiliate or specialty doctor or a medical students. Read more about this bursary here:https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/your-faculties/old-age-psychiatry/prizes-and-bursaries 
If you are eligible for this bursary, you might wish to apply - please indicate on the form below.

Please submit your abstract through the form below. 

• Submit an abstract

The details you enter cannot be saved, to avoid losing your work please copy your abstract to the form from another document. 

The submission closing date is Monday 27 January 2025 at 11.59pm

The Spine is located in Paddington Village at the heart of the Knowledge Quarter in Liverpool’s City Centre, with Lime Street Station a 19 minute walk away.

• How to find The Spine, Liverpool
• Download a map and directions

By car:

• From M6 on to M57, M62 or M58
• Motorway connections put the majority of UK cities within a four-hour drive time.
• 45 minutes from Manchester and Chester
• 2 hours from Birmingham
• 3 hours 40 minutes from Glasgow
• 4 hours from London

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• Request a booking form and return it along with details of your bank payment transfer

Fees explained

• In-person fees include refreshments and lunch
• In-person and livestream ticket types both include on demand recordings/resources for twelve weeks
• The fee you pay relates to your RCPsych membership status - you can check your status here
• Subsidised rate includes those on lower incomes paying a subsidised RCPsych membership rate (maternity or parental leave, working part time or taking a career break) and International RCPsych Members residing in band D and C countries. 
• Medical Students and Foundation Year Doctors can apply for free RCPsych membership, which then gives you access to reduced conference registration fees, amongst other benefits

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• Event registrations are confirmed when payment is received in full.
• Joining instructions are sent approximately 1 week in advance

This conference is an opportunity to hear about and be inspired by all aspects of working in older people's mental health, and is for:

• Psychiatrists
• Foundation year doctors
• Medical students
• Allied health professionals

This event will be live in Liverpool, and also livestreamed online via a platform called EventsAir. You can watch live, or on-demand later.

Registered participants will receive their link to watch the conference in their joining instructions. Joining instructions will be sent out a week before the conference is due to take place. You will have access to conference recordings for twelve weeks post event.

• Visit our EventsAir FAQs for attendees in advance of the event to familiarise yourself with the platform and to troubleshoot any problems you may have.
• We have also produced an Attendee EventsAir Guidance Booklet which covers all aspects of your journey as an attendee on the online platform.The guide will take you through what you can expect from the EventsAir platform (Joining a conference session, Networking with other attendees, How to view resources, How to watch at a later date, Technical queries)
• You could also watch our handy Attendee Explainer Video

We recommend that you log into the platform in advance of the event to ensure that you are able to access the platform on the day. The recommended browser for EventsAir is Google Chrome, other browsers may not be compatible with the platform.

When you join the conference online you will be able to:

• view a video of the speaker alongside any slides
• ask your questions to the speakers and chat with other delegates via the discussion forum

To successfully join the event online you will need:

• access to a reliable internet connection
• a PC, laptop, tablet or phone.

Start planning your time in Liverpool with our useful guide

Fun facts about Liverpool - how many do you know?

• Exhibition stand = table + 2 chairs, space for banner stand
• Refreshments and lunch for 2 stand staff each day
• Wifi access
• Access to in-person conference sessions and the on-demand content
• Logo and your weblink/your organisation details added to livestream platform
• Details on the Attendee App

Allied health professionals are:

1. Art therapists
2. Dietitians
3. Dramatherapists
4. Music therapists
5. Occupational therapists
6. Operating department practitioners
7. Orthoptists
8. Osteopaths
9. Paramedics
10. Physiotherapists
11. Podiatrists
12. Prosthetists and orthotists
13. Radiographers
14. Speech and language therapists