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Dyfodol and RCPsych in Wales - National Psychosis Conference 2026
Day One
Day Two
| Timings | Full Day |
| Location | Principality Stadium, Westgate St, Cardiff CF10 1NS |
| CPD | 1 CPD point per hour of content, subject to peer approval |
| Consultants | £80 whole event / £50 single day |
|---|---|
| Resident Doctors | £65 whole event / £40 single day |
| Retired members | £65 whole event / £40 single day |
| SAS Doctors | £70 whole event / £45 single day |
| Non members | £90 whole event / £60 single day |
Event Information
The venue is accessible through Gate 7 of the Stadium only, this is located on the River Walk (and not the Westgate Street entrance)
Further information on getting to the venue is also provided.
The innovative Dyfodol (meaning 'Future') programme offers several workstreams to both respond to challenges and opportunities across the health service, but also to model and design future services and pathways. This is achieved through an evidence-based, and informed approach, and through research collaborations with partners.
The programme is hosted within the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH), and works in partnership with RCPsych in Wales and the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC). It's received funding, and reports to Welsh Government on commissioned work.
This National Psychosis Conference will mark a formal launch of the Dyfodol programme, whilst the programme has also helped subsidise the registration cost for delegates.
Further information on Dyfodol is available.
Since last year's RCPsych International Congress, which was held in Newport; RCPsych in Wales has been celebrating its 20-year anniversary with a range of activities and events.
You can read more detail on the unique artwork of Rhiannon Roberts, which was commissioned to mark this milestone.
Whilst a blog post on the activity over the 20 year anniversary has also been posted.
We have a number of bursaries for medical students who wish to attend this conference.
Please complete the linked form and we'll be in touch.
We are delighted that the following work will be displayed at the conference:
Single Blind, Parallel-Group Randomised Sham-Controlled Trial to evaluate the efficacy of a single session ‘Intervention for Caregiver Affiliate stigma REduction’ (iCARE) in severe mental illnesses.
- Dr Tanve Garg
Initial trends in recruitment for the Early Intervention Mission in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Marie Bowers
When Bipolar Disorder Meets Breast Cancer: Complex Psychopharmacological Management During Chemotherapy
- Dr Rishabh Chormalle, Dr Ahmed Oladosu
Hormonal sensitivity and genetics: investigating postpartum psychosis, menstruation and menopause
- Jessica Mei Kay Yang, Dr Ganna Leonenko, Dr Antonio F. Pardiñas, Prof Lisa Jones, Dr Katherine Gordon-Smith, Prof Nicholas Craddock, Prof Ian Jones, Prof Veerle Bergink, Prof Valentina Escott-Price, Prof Arianna Di Florio
Improving Responses to Referrals in an Early Intervention Service
- Dr Joanne Hew, Dr Raya Al-Bader, Dr Ayesha Naveed, Dr Elvan Akyuz
Exploring the prevalence of anxiety disorders in ADHD and identifying risk factors in a clinical sample
- Maryam Khan, Dr Sharifah Shameem Agha, Dr Olga Eyre
Pulse Width Matter? Cognitive and Clinical outcome trial Comparing Brief and Ultra brief pulse width of ECT for schizophrenia
- Dr Gulesh Kumar, Upasana Rai, Surendra Paliwal, Surjit Prasad
Genetic contributions to poor outcomes in psychotic disorders
- Dr Eilidh Fenner, Dr Elliott Rees, Prof James Walters
The Role of Perceived Birth Trauma in the Onset of Postpartum Psychosis
- Miss Kareena Ratti, Prof Arianna Di Florio, Miss Jessica Yang
Monitoring of Prolactin in Patients Prescribed Depot Antipsychotics: A Clinical Audit Against NICE and Local Guidance
- Alexander Hoskins, Dr Gulesh Kumar
Diagnostic Algorithm for Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis: A Systematic Review
- Yassir Mahgoub, Rawan Alhau, Yumna Magzoub, Aya Ali, Eptihal Nour, Mustafa EE Saeed, Sameera GM Mohamed, Ahmed OS Hassan, Omaima Ali
An Audit of Metabolic Syndrome Monitoring and Management in Patients Treated with Antipsychotic in Primary Care
- Lok Yiu Wong
Brain on heart: The autonomic modulation of cardiac function in patients on antipsychotics using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis – A prospective study
- Dr Tanve Garg
“Love sickness” as a somatic delusion with erotomanic features in schizophrenia: a case of delusional physical incapacity
- Dr Laiba Khalid, Dr Faisal Muhammad
Developing a systematic approach to adverse drug reaction and physical health monitoring in patients prescribed clozapine
- Elms, G, Hughes, G, Williams, R, Skyrme, Downs, N, Cook, E, Jones, R & Jordan, S
Additionally, several posters will be selected for oral presentation, and candidates will be notified shortly.
We are delighted to introduce several of our speakers and sessions.
The timetable is also available to download.
Thursday 23 April
Chair: Professor Alka Ahuja MBE, Chair of Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales
Keynote Address
- Kate Northcott Spall
Understanding Postpartum Psychosis
- Dr Sally Wilson, Action on Postpartum Psychosis
Genetics in Psychosis: From Discovery to the All-Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service
- Dr Kim Kendall, All Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service
Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Mental Health Disorders (CoSUM)
- Dr Owen Bowden-Jones CBE, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists
'Dyfodol' informing the future design of mental health services in Wales
- Professor Alka Ahuja MBE, Chair of Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales
- Ollie John, Head of Dyfodol, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
Challenging Cartesian Dualism: Neurological conditions presenting as Psychosis in Children
- Dr Ashley Liew, Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
The Crucial Role of Mental Health Rehabilitation Services
- Professor Helen Killaspy, Professor of Rehabilitation Psychiatry, University College London
Tour of Principality Stadium
Friday 24 April
Chair: Dr Katie Fergus, Chair of Royal College of Psychiatrists Wales Faculty of Rehabilitation & Social Psychiatry
Closing the mortality gap - our model for change
- Dr Ed Beveridge, Physical Health Lead, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Oral Poster Presentations
Pragmatic approaches in management of psychosis in Older Adults & Digital Innovation in QTc monitoring our experience
- Professor Mani Santhana Krishnan, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
AI & Psychosis
- Dr Hamilton Morrin, Academic Clinical Fellow, Kings College London
An aetiological approach to the treatment of psychosis
- Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research, Kings College London
Preventing violence in the context of psychosis
- Professor Pamela Taylor CBE, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Cardiff University
When 39-year old William (Wim) Northcott died in 2021 in his residential care home, his sister Kate began a determined search for answers. She discovered that Wim’s prescribed medication, clozapine, had materially contributed to his death. Over the next three years, Kate investigated widespread failures in clozapine monitoring, culminating in her findings being published in The Times in January 2024.
Refusing to let Wim’s death pass without meaningful change, Kate worked with the Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and collaborated closely with the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dr Lade Smith and her team. Together, they developed ‘Wim’s protocol’, a new approach to safer clozapine monitoring.
An eLearning podcast has been developed, and is available.
We're delighted that Wim's sister Kate Northcott Spall will be joining us at the Conference.