Lastly I would like to invite you all to join me at the AGM on 12 November at the Victoria Park Plaza in London. As I mentioned earlier in my letter, David Haslam will be presenting his final report as Chairman to this meeting. But of course, in addition, we have the presentation of a number of Fellowships and Awards, and what promises to be a very interesting James Mackenzie Lecture to be given by Moira Stewart, Professor of Family Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Primary Health Care from the University of Western Ontario, entitled Reflections on the patient–doctor relationship — from evidence and experience. The full programme for the day is available on the website and will be circulated to all members with the October issue of the Journal.
If you would like any further information on the matters discussed above or any other issues we covered at Council then please do not hesitate to contact me by email via honsec{at}rcgp.org.uk. I look forward to seeing many of you at the AGM.
APRIL's Second Conference Adverse psychiatric effects of medicines and anaesthetics … preventing avoidable harm 4th November 2004
Up to 30% of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are neuropsychiatric
Depression, self-harm, aggression, psychosis, suicide, and dementia may be ADRs and prevention is possible for these and other iatrogenic diseases
ADRs after anaesthetics are not researched or analysed
Adverse events and ADRs in NHS hospitals cost and estimated £2 billion a year and contribute to thousands of deaths
The conference will provide a forum for sharing knowledge and will facilitate debate about ADR prevention, reporting, analysis and risk management. A rare opportunity for open communication between the industry, research analysts, healthcare professionals, pharmacists, regulators, policy makers and the public.
Speakers
Andrew Herxheimer
Charles Medawar
Saad ShakirM
Keith Altman
Leonard Gorodkin
Pipasha Biswas
Dorothy Rowe
John Halliday
Steve Mott
Anita Holdcrof
Panel/Chairs
Angela Clow
Martin Seager
Diane Samways
Walter Loebl
Venue
Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1
9.30 am to 5.00 pm (registration and refreshments from 9 am)
To register telephone EYAS Ltd: +44 (0)1243 775 561 or email: april{at}eyas.co.uk
For further information about APRIL visit www.april.org.uk
