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    ID services, loneliness, and suicide in rural areas

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    04Jun

    One Day Event

    Timings 2 - 5PM
    Location Virtual event, Online
    CPD 1 CPD point per hour. Subject to peer group approval
    Non member fee£95
    Consultant fee£72
    Higher Resident / SAS Doctor fee£54
    Core Resident / Subsided / Retired / Medical Students / FY Doctor Fee£37
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    ID services, loneliness, and suicide in rural areas

    Event Information

    2pm Welcome
    2.05-2.35pm Lived experience perspectives: Challenges of living with disabilities, mental ill health, facing cancer and other health conditions
    Melanie Costas
    Founder and CEO- Rural Mental Health Matters Lived Experience Speaker and Inclusion Specialist
     
    Rural mental health inequalities
    Andy Bell
    CEO – Centre for Mental Health
    2.35-3.05pm Challenges in providing ID services in rural areas, and remote consultations
    Dr Laura Nicholson
    3.05-.3.20pm Competition Winners Presentation
     
    3.20-3.30pm Comfort break
    3.30-4pm Why is loneliness important for rural mental health and what can we do?
    Professor Simon Gilbody
    4-4.30pm Ongoing suicide prevention work in rural Wales, and work of the DPJ Foundation
    Kate Miles | Charity Manager | The DPJ Foundation - The Mental Health Farming Charity<
    4.30-5pm Rural and mental health recruitment: Challenges and ways forward
    Dr Ellen Wilkinson
    5pm Close

    This event will be recorded and available to all registered delegates to watch on demand. The recording will be available within one week of the live event taking place and will be emailed out to all registered delegates. The recording will be available to watch for 60 days from the event taking place.

    Copies of speakers' slides will be included with the recording, but only in cases where we have received permission from the speaker.

    We ask that all delegates ensure that their email address associated with their membership account is correct and up to date, as this is where all correspondence will be sent.

    Please note this webinar recording will not be available to purchase post-event.

    The Division Events team will send you a joining link for this event between 1-3 days prior to the event taking place. This email may go to your spam folder. Please check your spam for their email before calling or emailing. Thank you. 

    Please read our terms and conditions before making your booking, which includes:

    • Event Cancellation Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Code of Conduct

    Event registrations are confirmed when payment is received in full. 

    Joining details will be sent out the week of the event. 

    The following prizes for this meeting are open to entrants:

    • Divisional Poster Prize
    • Dr Stephen Dinniss Poster Prize
    • Innovation Prize
    • Lisa Thomas Poetry Prize

    Deadline: 9am on 27 March 2026

    We are offering a discounted rate for core resident doctors, and bursaries for south west medical students and foundation year doctors to present a poster at this event. Contact the office to apply.

    You can find more information via our Prizes and Bursaries in the south west page

    For further information, please contact:

    Email: division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk

    Contact Name: Division Events Team

    Contact number: 0208 618 4240

    Event Location

    Location: Virtual event, Online