Programme

09.15 Registration, Coffee & Tea

09.40 Welcome & Introduction - Raj Gokani on behalf of the ITIG Committee

09.45 Delivering 21^st Century IT in the NHS

National Overview - Malcolm Pearce, Information Policy Unit, Department of Health

10.25 Trust perspective - Andrew McCulloch, Deputy Director of IM&T, Countess of Chester NHS Trust

11.05 Coffee & Exhibition

11.35 Sharing Medical Information via Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions

Allan Dickinson, Senior IT Consultant, Health Solutions Wales

12.15 Drug Dictionary – Coding Pharmaceuticals

Paul Frosdick, NHS Information Authority

Martin Anderson, Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry

12.55 Launch of the First DataBank / Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists’ Information Technology Award

Robin Glasspoole, Business Development Manager

13.05 Lunch & Exhibition

14.15 Review of e-Projects: Bedside Manner and More - Point of Care Electronic Medication Records And Clinical Communication

Simon Morgan, Medicines Management Pharmacist, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

14.55 Medication-related Errors and Near Misses

Jane Nicholls, Practice Development Pharmacist, London Clinical Pharmacy Services

15.35 Comfort Break

15.45 A Web Site for Collating Dispensing Errors

Dave Roberts, Chief Pharmacist, University Hospital Wales

Robin Burfield, IT Service Manager, Health Solutions Wales

16.25 Summary & Close