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The 2013 conference took place in the Russell Hotel, London from 8 – 10 Nov
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Plenary session

Welcome and official opening address from conference Chair -Steve Tomlin, Consultant Pharmacist, Evelina Children’s Hospital
Medicines For Children – The Strength of Working Together – Andy Fox, Principal Pharmacist, Southampton Pharmacy Research Centre (SPRC), Medication Safety Pharmacist
Royal Pharmaceutical Society – Faculty updates and what this means for your practice – Catherine Duggan, Director of Professional Development & Support, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Update on Cystic Fibrosis – treatments and new products – Dr Caroline Pao, Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician, Royal London Hospital
Moving to reliable care – the new challenge for paediatrics – Peter Lachman, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Submitted papers in the spotlight
Do distractions increase the number of prescribing errors in paediatric intensive care? – Adam Sutherland, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Paediatric Critical Care & metabolic Medicine Pharmacy Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Electronic Prescribing: Friend or Foe? An audit of prescribing errors after the introduction of an electronic prescribing system in neonates and children. – Marie O’Meara, Kings College Hospital
Single and double checking in paediatric drug administration – which is most effective in reducing errors? – Sharon Conroy Lecturer in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacy, Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby
Nine cases of unintentional rapid infusion of lipid emulsion in children: root cause analysis and changes to practice – Caroline Cole, Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist, Southampton Children’s Hospital Winner Special Products prize for oral presentation
Solid oral dosage forms in paediatric patients – a cost saving investigation – Audrey Lajoinie, Hospital Pharmacist, Center of Paediatric Clinical Investigation, Lyon Civil Hospitals & Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 University, Inserm Unit, UMR 5558/CNRS
Swallowing medicines: a study of paediatric patients – Fatimah Abbas, Aston University Winner Special Products prize for oral / poster presentation by a student
Accuracy of enteral syringes for liquid medicines prescribed in children – Karuna Gurung, UCL School of Pharmacy
Improving medication adherence in children with CF – what a pharmacist can do – Nanna Christiansen, Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Paediatrics, Barts Health NHS Trust

Final feedback from research NPPG research grants 20111/2012
What effect do oral drugs have on the osmolality of feeds given to preterm infants? – Zoe Lansdowne, Research Pharmacist, Southampton Pharmacy Research Centre and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
Intermittent intravenous vancomycin dosage in children aged over 1 month – Clare Nash, Acting Lead Pharmacist for Medicine Sheffield Children’s Hospital

Posters
1.The Use of Smof Lipids in Critically Ill, and Post Surgical Children on PICU: A Retrospective Cohort Study Authors: Almossawi O. North Middlesex University Hospital, Meadows N. Barts Healthcare, O’Brien S. Imperial Healthcare, Brierley N. HCA International, Wong I. Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research
2.Repeat Antibiotic Dosing in Prolonged Paediatric Surgery -Do we? Should we?
Authors: Aston J. Terry D. Lambert B. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Patel P. Aston University, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
3.Paediatric Simulation – A new role for pharmacists in improving patient safety. Authors: Jarvis S. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
4.Cefotaxime Administration to Neonates on Postnatal Wards: Audit of New Service
Authors: Lansdowne Z. Patel M. University Hospital of Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
5.Alcohol Exposure in Neonatal Intensive Care Patients Authors: Jutley H. UCL School of Pharmacy, Christiansen N. Barts Health NHS Trust
6.Use of N-acetylcysteine for bowel obstruction in children Authors: Edwards G, Gill A. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
7.An audit to assess adherence to hospital prescribing guidelines in a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit Author: Reilly N. O’Neill R. University of Liverpool, Shetty N. Darbyshire A. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
8.Pharmacist impact on medicine management and patient safety in Paediatric Palliative Care Authors: Christiansen N. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
9.An Audit of Potassium Supplementation Standing Order Authors: Weerdenburg H, Jarvis S. University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
10.Evaluation of the impact of a paediatric pharmacist attending the paediatric post take ward round Authors: Lo A, Christiansen N. Barts Health NHS Trust
11.Impact of Hospital Pharmacists on the Paediatric Discharge Process Authors: Barry M. Semple D. Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
12.Antibiotic utilisation for hospitalised paediatric patients Authors: Alosaily Y. Conroy S. Choonara I. University of Nottingham
13.Audit of the Paediatric Pain Guidelines Authors: Simmons J. Giles S. McGinley A. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
14.An audit of the accuracy of drug prescription information on transfer letters from the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Authors: Kokoskova A. Fletcher P. St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
15.Parents of paediatric liver transplant patients – Opinions and experiences of medication issues Authors: Gutermann L. Sharif K. Rieutord A. Terry D. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
16.Junior Doctor Prescribing: Teaching and Assessment Authors: Dempsey R. Hibberd S. Bevan A. Southampton Children’s Hospital Winner Special Products prize for best poster
17.Propylene glycol intake from medications used on paediatric intensive care Authors: Patel C. Langley C. Aston School of Pharmacy, Isaac R. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
18. Factors Influencing Reported Rates of Paediatric Medication Errors Authors: Conroy S. Alsenani A. Sammons H. University of Nottingham
19.An Audit of Prescribing and Administration of Gastroprotection in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Authors: Malesi G. Isaac R. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
20.Development of an electronic paediatric prescribing application Authors: Bourne K. Hinson G. Humphreys N. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
21.A retrospective audit of daptomycin prescribing and development of a guideline to standardise prescribing Authors: Morris S. Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Winner Special Products prize for innovation
22.An audit of neonatal continuous infusions Authors: Hall K. Jahan B. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
23.Experiences and Opinions of Paediatric Prescribers Concerning Fast-Melt Tablets at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS FT Authors: Kaur Bhachu J. Aston University, Terry D. Junaid E. Birmingham Children’s Hospital
24.Using the “General Level Framework” to identify gaps in knowledge and skills to prioritise professional development activities for paediatric pharmacists. Authors: Stacey S. Wainwright C. Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Coombes I. Whitfield K. School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Royal Children’s Hospital, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
25. The management of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in the outpatient child (0-16 years) population in the Sandwell and West Birmingham area Authors: Chamberlain L. Ahmed A. Persaud J. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
26.Development of an Adverse Drug Reaction Avoidability Assessment Tool Authors: Bracken L. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Kirkham J. Nunn A. Pirmohamed M. Turner M. University of Liverpool
27.The impact of evidence-based interventions on reducing prescribing errors in PICU Authors: Andrews C. The Medical School, University of Manchester, Sutherland A. Fortune P. Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
28.An audit on the Prescribing of Intravenous Fluids in Paediatric Patients Authors: Howell C. Patel B. Morriston Hospital
29.Paediatric Discharge Prescribing Errors Authors: El Abiary A. School of Pharmacy, University College London, Al-Azeib S. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
30.Audit and re-audits of medicine administration records on paediatric inpatient prescription charts – missed dose or memory loss Authors: Olokode B. Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
31.Post Transplant Medicine Education – A Collaborative Approach Authors: Thornhill T. Hayes P. Walsh G. McCulloch M. Taylor J. Koffman G. Evelina London Children’s Hospital
32.Mycophenolic acid (Myfortic) is an alternative for paediatric renal transplant recipients with gastrointestinal symptoms on mycophenolate mofetil Authors: Jones H. Thornhill W. Walsh G. Taylor J. Evelina London Children’s Hospital
33.Impact of short-term IV paracetamol in high risk neonates Authors: Windscheif P. Mishra G. Welsh R. Lakhoo K. Oxford University Hospitals
34.Evaluating the Centralised Intravenous Additive Service offered to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at a Tertiary Centre Authors: Cameron L. Kirk E. Arenas-Lopez S. Evelina London Children’s Hospital
35.Antimicrobial Stewardship Wardrounds – Are we making a difference? Authors: Kirk E. Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Wade P. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Workshops

The 2012 conference took place in the Holiday Inn, Liverpool from 9-11 Nov
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Round tables

• Medicines Information – updates and debate
• Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition – putting the guidelines into practice

Plenary session

• Working with the paediatric committee of the European Medicines Agency Tony Nunn, Consultant Paediatric Pharmacist
• Children and Young people’s Outcomes Strategy Professor Ian Lewis, Medical Director, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust & Co-Chair Children & Young People Health Outcome Forum
• Chemical and physical compatibility of continuous intravenous drug infusion combinations used in Paediatric Intensive Care Andy Fox, Principal Pharmacist Director, Southampton Pharmacy Research Centre (SPRC), Medication Safety Pharmacist & Dr Marisa van der Merwe, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth
• The future of neonatal medicines: evidence-based practice or evidence-lite tradition Mark Turner, Senior Lecturer in Neonatology, Liverpool University
• Improving our care and understanding of Paediatric Rheumatic Disorders in the UK:The Example of Childhood Lupus Professor Mike Beresford, Professor in Child Health, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital

Short papers

• Reformulation of standardised neonatal parenteral nutrition to improve nutrient delivery Amanda Bevan, Lead Paediatric Pharmacist, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Are the information needs of parents being met regarding their child’s oral chemotherapy? Anna Kinsella, Specialist Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology & Haematology Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
• E-Prescribing implementation in paediatrics: Lessons learned Chloe Benn, Principal Pharmacist, Women’s and Children’s Services, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Medicine reconciliation on admission in a paediatric hospital setting Eileen Butler, Chief 2 Pharmacist (Haematology / Oncology), Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin
• Adverse drug reactions and off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: a nested case-control study of paediatric inpatients Jennifer Bellis, Research Pharmacist, ADRIC Study, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
• Pharmacist Prescribing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the UK Peter Mulholland, Neonatal Pharmacist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
• Piloting the ‘Children’s acceptability of oral formulations` (CALF) medicines survey to determine perceptions and practices with paediatrics medicines Sejal Ranmal, PhD Student, UCL School of Pharmacy
• Adherence of paediatric nurses to double checking process steps during medication administration in a children’s hospital: an observational study Zayed Alsulami, PhD Student, University of Nottingham

Final feedback from research NPPG research grants 2010/2011

• Project to determine the extent and nature of problems encountered when children are
  discharged from hospital on an unlicensed medicine Sharon Conroy, Lecturer in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacy, Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham
• Medicines Reconciliation in Children Steve Tomlin, Consultant Pharmacist, Children’s Services, Evelina Children’s Hospital

Workshops

• Bugs and Drugs
• Procedural pain management
• How to develop guidelines to VTE
• What pharmacists need to know about paediatric HIV
• Leukaemia for shared care centres
• Update on gastrointestinal disorders in paediatrics

Posters

1.Use of concentrated potassium on PICU increased by the use of a balanced crystalloid Winner Special Products Innovation Award
2.Does profession or experience affect a practitioner’s perception when assigning potential harm avoided by pharmacists interventions
3.Experiences and opinions of non-medical prescribers in a paediatric hospital concerning electronic prescribing
4.Implementation of TTA pre-pack accreditation and training programme on paediatric wards
5.Parental understanding of dosing instructions for paracetamol and ibuprofen suspension
6.Glucose and Electrolyte Bags – How Accurately are they Prepared on the Neonatal Unit?
7.Epidemiology and potential associated risk factors of drug-related problems in hospitalised children in United Kingdom Winner Special products Best Poster Award
8.Post discharge follow up of children on long term medications
9.Adherence to general surgery prophylaxis guidelines at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
10.The Impact of an Antibiotic Specific Prescription Form in the Accident and Emergency Department
11.The utility of the decision support tool FIRSTLight ™ in a paediatric hospital dispensary
12.Building a drug file for a clinical information management system – Grand designs or room to improve?
13.Standard concentration infusions and “Smart” pumps in PICU – the Challenge of Change
14.Audit of Medication Interventions made on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
15.Prescribed antimicrobial therapy – What parents/carers are told and what they would like to know
16.An audit of paediatric ambulatory prescriptions
17.Paediatric Chemotherapy Prescribing – An Audit of Pharmacist Interventions
18.An Audit of Prescribing Errors in Neonates and Paediatrics
19.Audit on the Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
20.Intravenous Y-site Drug Administration on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
21.Ethanol Intake of Paediatric Intensive Care Patients
22.Manipulation of medicines to deliver a required dose: development of a good practice guideline
23.Safe and effective use of medicines in children: enhancing community pharmacists’ practice
24.Audit of the trust’s quality account antibiotic indicators for correct use in paediatrics
25. An Audit of Medicines Reconciliation in Paediatrics
26.Two Years Experience of the Treatment of Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency
27.Investigation into the effect of Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel on platelet thromboelastography (TEG) analysis in Paediatric Patients on Ventricular Assistance Devices (VAD)
28.Discharge summaries on a Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU): How accurate are the medications on discharge when there has been no pharmacy involvement?
29.Factors Affecting the Oxidative Degradation of Captopril in Oral Liquid Paediatric Formulations – a Factorial Design Study
30.A Matrix Decision Support Tool for the Development of Viable Paediatric Dosage Forms
31.Can ‘stock’ PN meet the requirements of the neonatal population?
32.Development of a taste-masked granule formulation of sodium phenylbutyrate adapted for paediatric use
33.Balanced maintenance fluids in PICU are safe and cost effective
34.An audit of electronic prescribing and administration of paediatric parenteral nutrition
35.A retrospective analysis of any trends in magnesium level for patients on omeprazole 10mg/5ml oral suspension from January to June 2012 (inclusive) in response to the MHRA Drug Safety Update April 2012

The 2011 conference took place in the Marriott Hotel, Bristol from 11-13 Nov
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Plenary / Oral papers

• An update from RPS Dr Catherine Duggan, Director of Professional Development and Support, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Optimism? Optimisation? Opportunity? Steve Brown, Director of Pharmacy Services, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
• Obesity in paediatrics, Julian Hamilton-Shield, Professor of Diabetes and metabolic endocrinology, University of Bristol
• Recent developments in paediatric immunisations, Adam Finn, David Baum professor of paediatrics, University of Bristol

Short papers

• To investigate how disruptive interruptions are on paediatric dispensary accuracy checkers Sinclair A, Slimm M, Terry D. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham. England.
• Audit and re-audit of documentation of changes to medicines on discharge in paediatrics at St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust  Mesgarpour S, Alford EL, Fletcher PJ St Mary’s Hospital Pharmacy dept, ICHT, London, UK
• Are prescribed doses of medicine for children measurable? Morecroft CW, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Gill A, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Hospital Trust, Liverpool, UK Caldwell NA, Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK, Wood R, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, Crolla J, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, Antwi-Boasiako L, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
• Multidisciplinary detective work prevent unnecessary and expensive lifelong treatment Jarvis S1, Bowron A2, Powers V2, Pierre G3 1Pharmacy 2 Clinical Biochemistry, 3Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, UHBristol Healthcare trust, Bristol, UK
• Children’s access to medicines Alkahtani S, Cherrill J, Tambe P, Millward C, Hilliam R, Sammons H, Choonara I.Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby, UK.
• Home INR monitoring for paediatric congenital heart disease patients – is it safe Moore E, Gage S, Forsey J, Harrington C, Tometzki A. Bristol Congenital Cardiac Centre, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, UK.
• Intermittent vs. continuous infusion of Vancomycin in neonates Patel AD1,2, Anand D1 Lucas C3, Thomson AH,2,4 1NICU, Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow, UK 2PPSU, 3Clinical Microbiology, NHSGGC, Glasgow, UK, 4SIPBS, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
• Prescribing errors in paediatrics J Bowns, A Andreas, University of Liverpool, Liverpool UK A Gill, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (Alder Hey), Liverpool UK

NPPG research Awards Feedback 2001/2011

• Dr Sharon Conroy, lecturer in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacy, Academic Division of Child Health, University off Nottingham

Workshops / parallel sessions

• Paediatric allergic disease
• Legal liability of pharmacists
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Use of human patient simulator to enhance learning from critical incidents
• Neonatal parenteral nutrition – there’s a hole in my tummy

Posters

• Can an “automatic antimicrobials stop policy” be safely introduced to ‘paediatric wards’ to prevent prolonged courses of treatment? Adeniji F, Christiansen N, Lo A. Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
• Methadone toxicity in children Alotaibi N., Sammons H., Choonara I.Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, The Medical School, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
• A systematic review of the effectiveness of double checking in preventing medication errors Alsulami Z, Conroy S, Choonara I. Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby, UK
• Antimicrobial stewardship in a tertiary paediatric hospital Aston J, Nusgen U. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK
• What else is in our children’s medicine? Cordner C, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, Caldwell NA, Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK, Elliot P, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
• An audit of pharmacy interventions on paediatric outpatient and A & E prescriptions: Calvert H, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
• Implementation of new vancomycin dosing guidelines on the paediatric intensive care unit C Cole, D Atefi, K Hand. Pharmacy Department, Southampton General Hospital, UK
• Medicines reconciliation in paediatric rheumatology patients Collins, S. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Electronic prescribing of continuous variable rate infusions Crook J, Vosser N; Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• Pre-audit data collection on commencing warfarin therapy in paediatric congenital heart disease patients to aid guideline production Moore E, Gage S, Forsey J, Harrington C, Tometzki A. Bristol Congenital Cardiac Centre, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, UK
• An audit of the accuracy of neonatal inpatient prescription charts Hall KA, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT), London, UK
• An audit into the prescribing practices of warfarin in a paediatric setting Hanif, N Z. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, England
• Antibiotic use for febrile neutropaenia in children with cancer Harwood B1, Pinnick T2, Kendall D2, Walker DA1/2, Alukar S1. 1 – Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom; 2 – University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Epidemiology of medication discrepancies upon hospital admission in children – a systematic review C Huynh 1, Y Jani 1, S Tomlin1, DRP Terry2, AG Sinclair2, KA Wilson2, ICK Wong1,3. Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK1; Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Aston University, Birmingham 2; Dept of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China3
• Medicines reconciliation at the point of hospital discharge for children C Huynh 1, E Mortezaee1, S Tomlin2, Y Jani 1,3, M Ghaleb4, ICK Wong1,5 . Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK1; Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, UK2; University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK3; Hertfordshire University, Hertfordshire, UK4, Dept of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China5
• Which medicines commonly require small dose volumes on paediatric intensive care unit and which are of concern? Isaac R E1; Duncan H1; Burridge A2; Marriott J F 2 Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1, Pharmacy School, Aston University 2, Birmingham, UK
• The significance of dose omissions in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) Isaac R1, Walele F2, Cox A2. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1 & Aston University2, Birmingham, UK
• Comparison of standard versus tailored parenteral nutrition in paediatric intensive care (PICU) Isaac R1, Reynolds F1, Lewis C2, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1 & Aston University2, Birmingham, UK
• To NPSA or not to NPSA; an audit on the current trends in paediatric intravenous fluid prescribing for surgical patients Junaid E. Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK
• Assessing the calculation skills of child health nursing staff Lansdowne Z, Bevan A. Pharmacy department, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
• Vancomycin: Evaluating dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring on the neonatal unit Lansdowne Z, Bevan A. Pharmacy department, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
• Ondansetron use for children under 2-years old on post surgical nurse controlled analgesia Law A, Lo A, Christiansen N, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UK
• An audit of total parenteral nutrition prescribing for children A.Luhar. Pharmacy Department, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
• ‘Sleep tight’ – a centralised system for melatonin prescribing Harwood B1, Pacey S1, Martin K2, Williams J2. 1Pharmacy Department, and 2Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham UK
• Audit and re-audit of the completion of drug chart allergy boxes at St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustNaudé, C , Fletcher PJ St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
• An audit of IV meropenem in inpatients at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Norwood J and Sharpe D. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation, Liverpool, England
• Audit of BMT antibiotic febrile neutropenia guidelines Palmer R, BMT Pharmacist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
• Review of tobramycin levels in paediatric cystic fibrosis patients at Birmingham Children’s Hospital Paskin LE (1,2) ,Nock MC (2), Desai, M (1) &Langley CA (2) 1 = Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK 2 = School of Pharmacy, Aston University, UK.
• The introduction of a prescribing test for new paediatric doctors Simmons, J. and Kamal, A. Paediatric Department, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
• Development of a care pathway to improve the management of asthma or viral induced wheeze for children admitted to the paediatric unit at Wishaw General Hospital Stock K, McAulay LJ, Pharmacy, Elaine Anderson Paediatric Respiratory Specialist Nurse, Wishaw General Hospital, Julie Adams, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
• Cost benefit of hospital led supplies of unlicensed medicines for children at home 
  Terry DRP (1), Sinclair AG (1), Ubhi H (1), Wilson KA (2), DasGupta M. 1. Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH), Birmingham. England 2. Aston University, Birmingham. England & 3. NHS Birmingham East and North, England
• Nebulisation of vancomycin injection – efficacy of the nebulisation process for pulmonary delivery Van der Merwe, SM1, Blissett, J1, Connett, GJ2 and Bevan, A2 1.School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK 2.Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
• A review of the assessment tools used to evaluate whether medicines are prescribed rationally or not Alosaily Y, Conroy S, Choonara I Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby, UK

The 2010 conference took place in the Mercure St Paul’s Hotel Sheffield from 12-14 Nov
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Plenary / Oral papers

• Being resourceful – both inside and outside of the NHS Chris Sharrat, Chief Executive, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
• Advanced practice Dr Catherine Duggan, Director of Professional Development and Support, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Don’t work with animals or children! Dr David Campbell, Consultant Paediatric Gastro, Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Trust
• Development of a single paediatric infliximab administration guideline Summaya Kasuji, MRPharmS Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) UK
• PICU Pharmacist interventions: what can they tell us? Rhian Isaac, PICU Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• Financial Evaluation of unlicensed medication supplied on FP10HP at UHNS Helen Hayley, UHNS, Stoke-on-Trent
• Problems dispensing hospital prescriptions in community pharmacy: A survey of primary-care pharmacists David Terry, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• An evaluation of clinical pharmacist contributions in paediatrics Rowena McArtney, Senior Information Pharmacist, Welsh Medicines Information Centre, University Hospital of Wales
• Pharmacy on wheels – Bringing pharmaceutical care to the child’s bedside William Thornhill, Principal Paediatric Pharmacist, Evelina Children’s Hospital
• Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN) Professor Ian Wong, Professor of Paediatric Medicines Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
• ManMed Award Winner 2009 Feedback Steve Tomlin, Consultant Pharmacist, Children’s Services, Evelina Children’s Hospital

Posters

• Impact of change in practice: Pharmacist-Led Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Immunoprophylaxis Clinic
• The frequency and significance of errors related to parenteral nutrition (PN) in children
• Is the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) alert 20 risk assessment tool appropriate for use in a paediatric hospital?
• Assessing the competence of junior doctors to prescribe for children
• Supporting MCRN research through improving clinical trial delivery by hospital pharmacies
• Audit of pharmacy TPN services on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Medication access in primary care for paediatric home-patients: involvement and opinions of medical staff in a UK paediatric hospital
• An audit of adherence to the neonatal unit antimicrobial policy for gentamicin prescribing and suitability of dose-banding recommendations for different postmenstrual age groups
• Anti-pyrexial effects of paracetamol in post-cardiac surgery children
• A descriptive retrospective study into pharmacy led paediatric commissioning services when processing individual funding requests for PCTs
• Which antibiotic first in meningococcal disease? A national survey
• A case highlighting anti-tuberculosis drug induced hepatotoxicity
• An investigation of drug manipulation for dose accuracy in paediatric practice – the modric study
• An evaluation of clinical pharmacist contributions in paediatrics
• Where do we go wrong? Prescribing errors by doctors during induction training?
• Review of standard & individualised parenteral nutrition (PN) prescribing in neonates

2009 conference took place in the Marriott Hotel, Glasgow from 20-22 Nov
Where linked – click the title for presentation /abstract

Plenary session

• New medicines, new challenges: the SMC approach Anne Lee, Principal Pharmacist and Horizon Scanning, Scottish Medicines Consortium
• Medicines for Children: Information for Parents and Carers Dr. William van’t Hoff, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Head of Clinical Research Facility & Director of Medicines for Children London LRN
• The recent DH neonatal and paediatric TPN project James Wallace, Lead Directorate Pharmacist, (Women and Children’s Directorate) Yorkhill Hospital
• Advances in Children’s Pain Control Graham Bell, Consultant Anesthetist, Yorkhill

Short Paper Presentations

• An Unexpected Post-op Complication Andy Fox, Principal Pharmacist, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Chorea Amanda Bevan, Lead Pharmacist for Paediatrics, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Effect of Captopril first doses on Blood Pressure and Renal Function in Children with Congestive Cardiac Failure Dr Hussain Mulla, Co-Director, Centre for Therapeutic Evaluation of Drugs in Children, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• How predictable are paediatric errors in paediatric hospitals Anthony Sinclair, Chief Pharmacist and Head of Medicine Management, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• An evaluation of urgent medication supplies from a paediatric hospital pharmacy at the request of parent/carers of children in primary care David Terry, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• The effect of different manipulation techniques on the accuracy and reproducibility of small dose volume I.V. measurements Rhian Isaac, PICU Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Winner: Special Products Oral Award

Workshops

• Paediatric asthma for beginners Maria Tracey, Women and Children’s Directorate Pharmacist, Royal Alexandra, Paisley & Jane Davis, Paediatric and Cystic Fibrosis/Respiratory Clincal Nurse Specialist, Royal Alexandra, Paisley
• Neonates for beginners: The first 3 days of life Jonathan Coutts, Consultant Neonatal and Respiratory Paediatrician, Glasgow and Anisa Patel, Clinical Pharmacist, Neonatal Intensive Care, RHSC
• Dosing considerations in obese children Dr Hussain Mulla, Co-Director, Centre for Therapeutic Evaluation of Drugs in Children, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Use of new Technology in Paediatric Pharmacy Adam Sutherland, Senior Pharmacist, Paediatric Critical Care, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Pregnancy and breast feeding June Grant, Neonatal Pharmacist, Princess Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow, Isobel Morison, Clinical Pharmacist, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, NHS Grampian
• ‘Once upon a time excipients…’ Dr Catherine Tuleu, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics & Deputy Director of the Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London and Penny North-Lewis, Paediatric Liver Pharmacist, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Posters

• COMPLIANCE WITH GENTAMICIN GUIDELINES AT LEWISHAM HOSPITAL
  Gaze S E, Paediatric Pharmacist, Lewisham Hospital, London, UK
• INTERVENTIONS USED TO MINIMISE PRESCRIBING ERRORS IN NEONATAL UNITS Pradhan S1, Gooding N 2,Kelsall W1 1Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ,2 Pharmacy Department , Cambridge University Hospital , UK
• NON-MEDICAL PRESCRIBING IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT – 4 YEARS EXPERIENCE Mulholland P.J.1, Cochran D.2 1 Neonatal Pharmacist, 2 Neonatal Consultant, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
• PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS FROM PAEDIATRIC PHARMACISTS Law A, Lo A, Stephenson E, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London UK
• DEVELOPMENT OF RESCUE ANTI-EMETIC GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING (CINV) IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS AT THE RHSC, EDINBURGH Julia Zingel MSc, MRPharmS, Janet Ferguson DipClinPharm MRPharmS IPSP, Moira Kinnear MSc MRPharmS, Julienne Johnson PHD MRPharmS, Steve Hudson MPharm FRPharmS.
• ACCESS TO MEDICINES IN PRIMARY CARE FOR PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS: INVOLVEMENT OF HOSPITAL CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS AND ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONERS Terry DRP, Sinclair AG, Marriott JF, Wilson KA, Daniels A. Birmingham Children’s Hospital & Aston University, Birmingham, England
•  AUDIT ON IMMUNISATION IN PRE-TERM BABIES Iglesias N and Persaud J, Pharmacy Department, Sandwell General Hospital SWBH NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK
• EXTENDED-INTERVAL GENTAMICIN: POPULATION PHARMACOKINETICS IN PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL ILLNESS Sara Arenas Lopez1,3, Hussain Mulla2, Andrew Durward3, Shane M. Tibby3 1. Pharmacy Department, Evelina Children’s Hospital 2. Centre for Therapeutic Evaluation of Drugs in Children, University Hospitals of Leicester 3. PICU, Evelina Children’s Hospital,
• IS THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN CHILDREN SAFE AND USER FRIENDLY? A SURVEY OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS Litherland, C.E; Principal investigator, Mulla, H; Co-Director, Centre for Therapeutic Evaluation of Drugs in Children, University Hospitals Leicester, UK
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PAEDIATRIC SPECIFIC ONLINE INJECTABLE MEDICINES GUIDE Stage one: An assessment of paediatric nurses current practice Lilley R, St James’s Hospital. Collins S, Leeds General Infirmary. North-Lewis P, St James’s Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), UK Winner: Special Product’s Poster Award
• AUDIT OF GENTAMICIN TDM IN ECMO PATIENTS Wheeler, S.K. Martinet,S. Mulla,H. Centre for Therapeutic Evaluation of Drugs in Children, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
• AUDIT OF VANCOMYCIN TDM IN ECMO PATIENTS Wheeler,S.K. Martinet,S. Mulla,H. Centre for Therapeutic Evaluation of Drugs in Children, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
• HOW PREDICTABLE ARE PAEDIATRIC ERRORS IN PAEDIATRIC HOSPITALS Sinclair AG, Terry DRP, Marriott JF, Slimm M; Birmingham Children’s Hospital & Aston University, Birmingham, England

The 2008 conference took place in Birmingham from 14-16 Nov
Where linked – click the title for presentation /abstract

As part of the conference weekend, which coincided with ‘Children In Need’ night a variety of events took place which succeeded in raising £250 for ‘Children In need’. Many thanks to all those who contributed

Plenary session

• The quest for better medicines Prof. John Marriott, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at Aston, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University
• Managing skin conditions in babies and children Dr Celia Moss, Consultant Dermatologist; Honorary Reader in Dermatology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• Recognising early signs of paediatric illness Dr. Heather Duncan, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Oral papers

• License status of drugs involved in Neonatal and Paediatric Medication Errors Sharon Conroy, Lecturer in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacy, University of Nottingham
• Influence of parent/carer information on initial hospital prescriptions – prospective observational study of 100 paediatric neurosurgery ward admissions David Terry, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• Rectal paraldehyde in the management of convulsive status epilepticus Andrea Gill, Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation trust
• Reconstitution and measurement of the dose of ampicillin-cloxacillin dry syrup by mothers of babies attending paediatric clinic at Lagos University Teaching Hospital Moses Iorngurum, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
• Pilot Patients’ own medicines project Dr. Amanda Bevan, Care Group Pharmacist, Southampton General Hospital
• Audit to determine whether current parenteral nutrition regimes for pre-term infants on the neonatal unit are in accordance with international guidelines Emma Kirk, Paediatric Pharmacist, The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

Clinical pearls

• Improving Neonatal Nutritional Delivery Using a Standard Concentrated Formulation of Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Isam Badhawi
• Therapeutic Application of a Drug-Drug Interaction Peter Mulholland, Neonatal Pharmacist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
• Observational study of an Omega-3 based lipid emulsion in surgical infants with parenteral nutrition associated liver disease Marie O’Meara, Senior Liver Pharmacist, King’s College Hospital

Workshops

• Palliative care – care yes, but don’t forget the science Nigel Ballantine, Lead Cancer Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• Complications associated with Neonatal Hyperammonaemia Satwinder Chana, Inherited Metabolic Disease Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Rhian Isaac, Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• There’s more to being a teenager than just growing up Simon Keady, Lead Divisional Clinical Pharmacist Women and Children’s Services, University College London NHS Foundation Trust & Paula Higginson, BPharm, MRPharmS Senior Pharmacist Learning Development, The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)
• Technology – Robot – Electronic Prescribing Anthony Sinclair, Head of Pharmacy, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
• Why won’t the GP prescribe it? How to win friends and influence people in Primary Care David Terry, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Posters

• An in vitro evaluation of ceftriaxone pharmacokinetics (pk) during paediatric continuous veno-veno haemofiltration (cvvh) Harvey B1, Johnson TN2, Mulla H3, Yeomanson D1 & Mayer A1. Dept. of Paediatric Intensive care1and Pharmacy Department2 Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield UK and.TEDiC3 Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
• An Audit of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Paediatric Gastro-Intestinal Surgery Aston J1,2, Marriott JF2, Jordan J2 Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK1 Aston University, Birmingham, UK2
• Detection of clostridium difficile toxin in paediatric patients. Whitehouse K,, Fenton P. Pharmacy Department and Infection Control, Childrens Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK.
• An audit of intravenous fluid prescribing on paediatric wards at st mary’s hospital Greenwood C, Fletcher P, Corda L, Charles T. Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust (ICHT), St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK.
• The clinical significance of medication reconciliation in children admitted to hospital – observational study of 100 neurosurgical patients Terry DRP, Solanki GA, Sinclair AG, Marriott JF, Wilson KA. Birmingham Children’s Hospital & Aston University, Birmingham. England.
• Does bicarbonate protect omeprazole when co-administered? Tuleu C., Wang Y-W., Taylor K. Department of Pharmaceutics and Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London,, UK
• Development of a protocol for the use of anti-thrombotic treatment in children Dunsmure LC, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, England
• Pharmacy and clinical trials: identifying a suitable intravesical atropine preparation: J Thorntona,b, H ThoongbaGreater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria Medicines for Children Research Network and bPharmacy, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Pendlebury, UK
• Formulation and characterization of polymeric fast-dissolving oral films as paediatric dosage forms Sreenivas Pandit, Paras R. Sheth, Catherine Tuleu. Department of Pharmaceutics and Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, WC1N 1AX, UK
• An investigation into adverse drug reactions reported for pharmaceutical excipients: Siddle P, North-Lewis P. Pharmacy Department, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
• An audit of the use of intravenous paracetamol in paediatric patients : Waterman EL, Morley E Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
• Recommendations of 40 children aged 5-16 years on prolonged medication to the minister of health and president of Nigeria *1Iorngurum MT, 1Ogundiniyi E, 2Iroha EO Departments of 1Clinical Pharmacy & Biopharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy, and 2Paediatrics College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba, PMB 12003 Suru-Lere, Lagos, Nigeria
• Experiences of 40 children aged 5-16 years on prolonged medication in 3 paediatric wards of Lagos university teaching hospital 1Iorngurum MT*, 1Ogundiniyi E, 2Iroha EO Departments of 1Clinical Pharmacy & Biopharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy, and 2Paediatrics College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba, PMB 12003 Suru-Lere , Lagos, Nigeria
• Intra-dialytic parenteral nutrition Fox A.C Paediatric Renal Pharmacist, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK Anderson C.E. Paediatric Renal Dietician, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK Gilbert R .D. Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer Paediatric Nephrology, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK
• Banding of antibiotic doses for neonates Bevan, A. Pharmacy Department, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, UK
• Light protection of infusions in the NICU – the Martha Stewart way Bergene EH, Trondheim Hospital Pharmacy, Trondheim, Norway
• Retrospective audit of the clinical use of erythropoietin for the management of renal anaemia in accordance with local guidelines Hong Thoong Pharmacy Dept, Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s Hospital NHS Trust. Manchester. UK Mark Bradbury Nephrology Dept, Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s Hospital NHS Trust. Manchester. UK
• Quality of care perceived by 40 children in a university hospital in Nigeria 1Iorngurum MT*, 1Ogundiniyi E, 2Iroha EO Departments of 1Clinical Pharmacy & Biopharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy, and 2Paediatrics College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba, PMB 12003 Suru-Lere Lagos, Nigeria
• Audit on Growth Hormone prescribing in children at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in accordance with NICE guidance TA42 Sumeera Bhola; Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London Project Supervisor: Samantha Copp

The 2007 conference took place in Bournemouth from 2-4 Nov
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Plenary session / short papers

• Keynote Address, David Webb, Principal Pharmaceutical Officer – podcast
• Hypertension in infants and children, Dr Rodney Gilbert, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Southampton University Hospitals Trust. – podcast

Short Papers – Chair: Phil Dale

• Treatment of paroxysmal autonomic instability following traumatic brain injury – Sarah Dunne, Associate Care Group Pharmacist for Child Health. – podcast
• Post-operative pain management in newborn gastrochisis patients Elin Bergene, Pharmacist, St. Olvas Hospital, Trondheim, Norway – podcast
• Review of Dornase Alfa use for suspected airway plugs Joanne Hood, Specialist Paediatric Pharmacist, Evelina Children’s Hospital –  podcast
• Reducing risks: Management of DKA Jackie Wilkinson, Senior Pharmacist, Aseptic Services, Wrexham Maelor Hospital – podcast

Manmed Award Presentation of award winning paper

• Use of medicines in school: perspectives of young people and their parents – Simon Keady/Professor Felicity Smith – podcast

Posters

• An audit of the cost effectiveness of a palivizumab clinic Ahmed M, Pharmacy Department, St Mary’s Hospital NHS Trust, London UK.
• Use of lisinopril in children under 6 years of age Davies S, Kirk E, Arenas-Lopez S, Tomlin S. Tzifa A, Miller O, Evelina Children’s Hospital, London.
• ‘Poppy seeds’ in stomach aspirates: what are they? Tuleu C,1 Arenas-Lopez S,2
  1Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK 2Pharmacy Department, Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, UK
• Scoping study to identify and analyse interventions used to reduce errors in the calculation of neonatal and paediatric drug doses Conroy S, Collier J, Erskine P, University of Nottingham; Planner C, Sweis D, School of Pharmacy, London; Haines L, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London; Wong ICK, School of Pharmacy, London.
• An evaluation of the effect of an electronic infusion calculator on prescribing errors within Paediatric Intensive Care Dunsmure LC, North-Lewis P and Smith R. Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, England.
• An audit of intravenous vancomycin dosing in paediatrics Youredjian H, Patel D, Fletcher P J. Pharmacy Department, St Mary’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
• Comparing methods of calculating body surface area on a young persons unit Mayne N, Warnes K, University College Hospital, London, UK
• An audit of a standardised approach to neonatal TPN provision A Quadri, N Shettihalli, R Gurudev, R Morgan Neonatal And Paediatric Pharmacist, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, United Kingdom
• Retrospective observational study of adverse effects of medication administered to inpatients on a child and adolescent psychiatric ward Authors Baker J, Collinson T, Cummins C, Handy S, Norton C, Sivaprasad L, Zaw F Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, England
• An audit of adherence to Swansea NHS trust multidisciplinary guidelines on ‘acute pain management in children and young people’. Atkin, H; Nurse, E.
• An audit on the use of surfactant in premature babies with or at risk of respiratory distress syndrome at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup. Patel, R. Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, UK
• An audit of anti-infective use in paediatrics Shah M. Pharmacy Department, St Mary’s Hospital NHS Trust, London UK
• IV Vancomycin use in Paediatrics at St Mary’s Hospital Hratch Youredjian, Pre-Registration Pharmacist, St Mary’s Hospital NHS Trust, Paddington, London

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The 2005 conference took place in Belfast from 28-30 Oct
Where linked – click the title for presentation and name for podcast of plenary / oral sessions

Plenary sessions

• Keynote presentation– Mark Timoney, Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Northern Ireland
• Adolescent care: transfer to transition – Dennis Carson, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
• Child Protection – Andrew Thompson, Paediatric Consultant, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
• Ethical Issues affecting the treatment of children – Bob Taylor, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
• Off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: a population approach to evidence based treatments – Prof James McElnay, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast

Oral Presentations

• Tablet splitting: How accurate does the dose get? – Asa Anderson, Drug Information Pharmacist, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Adverse effects of excipients: implications for their use in children – Penny North-Lewis, Paediatric Liver Pharmacist, St James University Hospital
• Evaluation of use and knowledge of unlicensed medication at the Children’s Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary – David Harris, Lead Pharmacist in Paediatrics, Leicester Royal Infirmary
• Safer prescribing: does paediatric experience or a paediatric postgraduate qualification make a difference – Zoe Taylor, University Hospital of Wales
• Successful use of mifepristone for termination or pregnancy in a twelve year old – Adam Sutherland, Clinical Pharmacist, PICU, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
• An audit project to evaluate the effectiveness of using the pre-packed medications for discharge prescriptions on a general paediatric ward – Christina Leung, Kings College Hospital, London

Posters

• Paediatric pharmaceutical care – a collaborative approach to developing a distance learning course -NHS Education for Scotland and Scottish Neonatal And Paediatric Pharmacists group
• The introduction and evaluation of a medicines management service in a paediatric cardiology ward – Elaine Stein, Royal Hospital for Sick Children,Glasgow
• Application of Allometric scaling to dose prediction in children – Johnson TN, Timmins JG, Children’s Hospital,Sheffield
• Drugs and enteral feeds in children with chronic kidney disease -Lamb AM, Neill E, Royal Hospital for Children, Scotland
• Development and evaluation of patient information leaflets and a community pharmacy discharge document to facilitate the discharge of paediatric cardiology patients – Park E, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
• ‘In Use’ stability testing of paediatric civas morphine – Tuleu C, Ha J, Bingen C, Shah J, Cope J – School of Pharmacy and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
• Stability study of a sugar-free sildenafil suspension under simulated user conditions – Han J, Tuleu, School of Pharmacy and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
• Calorimetric compatibility study of midazolam and paracetamoloral liquid (Calpol) when used concomitantly for pre-anaesthetic management of children – Tuleu C, Floris P, Gaisford S, Flethcher P – Schoolof Pharmacy and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
• Medicines for children – a national training strategy for community pharmacists in Ireland – Sheehan O, Butler E – ICCPE and Crumlin Children’s Hospital, Dublin

Special Products Practice Development Award

• The implementation of supplementary prescribing in a Special Care baby Unit –Peter Mulholland, Principal Pharmacist, South Glasgow Hospitals

The 2004 conference took place in Newcastle from 26-28 Nov
Where linked – click the title for a summary of the  session/poster

Plenary Session

• Building a safer NHS: implications for paediatric pharmacy (Dr Jim Smith)
• Putting the NSF for children into practice (Professor Sir Alan Craft)
• Draft Paediatric Regulation: the EMEA perspective (Dr Nathalie Siegneuret)
• Challenges in the development of new paediatric drug products (Dr Stephen Wicks)
• Discussion Improving the availability of suitable medicines for children Tony Nunn, Dr Nathalie Siegneuret, Dr Stephen Wicks
• The new BNF for children (Dr George Rylance and Ian Costello)

Man Med 2003 Research Award Winner Presentation

Safe use of the extemporaneous preparation of sildenafil for children with pulmonary hypertension (Dr Catherine Tuleu)

Oral Presentations – Saturday

• Benefits of a paediatric palivizumab administration clinic (Simon Keady)
• Drug use evaluation of omeprazole and its associated problems with administering doses less than 10mg and/or administration via a feeding tube (John Bane)
• An investigation of cystic fibrosis prescribing issues in primary care within the UK (Amanda Bevan)

Workshops – Saturday

• Pharmacist supplementary prescribing (Neil Caldwell and Peter Mulholland)
• The management of febrile neutropenia in children (Ian Sharkey)
• Extemporaneous formulations – achieving the right dose for children? (Prof James L Ford)
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (Sherry Wright)
• Treatment of ADHD (Claire Norton and Sophia Farooq)
• Risk management and assessment of drugs for children (Andy Fox)

Workshops – Sunday

• Drugs in liver disease (Penny North-Lewis)
• Medication errors (Dr Ian Chi Kei Wong)
• Using marketing techniques to improve prescribing for children (Dr Chris Cutts)
• Pharmacist supplementary prescribing (Neil Caldwell and Peter Mulholland)
• Phenylketonuria and it’s management (Julie Pagan)
• Teratology / drugs in pregnancy (Dr Patricia McIlhatton)

Oral Presentations – Sunday

• Use of lepirudin to treat DVT in a child with suspected heparin induced thrombocytopenia and severe renal impairment (Gill Hinson)
• Review of paediatric emergency boxes (Penny Fletcher)
• National study of extemporaneous preparations in English paediatric hospital pharmacies (Dr Ian Chi Kei Wong)

Posters

• Developing guidelines for recognising and managing neonatal drug withdrawal
• Is breastfeeding safe with azathioprine?
• Clinical trials are not providing children with the right medicine
• An audit of the use of iv cardio-active drugs on PICU
• A drug utilisation study of antidepressants in children and adolescents using the General Practice Research Database
• Neonatal gentamicin dosing – a full audit cycle
• Prescribing Errors in Paediatric Inpatients
• Parents’ need for information about the treatment of their chronically ill child
• Junior doctor induction to neonatal practice: an approach to good prescribing and reducing medication incidents
• Increased prescribing trends of paediatric psychotropic medications
• Withdrawal of sedation on PICU
• Thousands of children may be admitted to hospital because of wrong doses?
• Review of medication errors reported and assessment of current medication error reporting system in Yorkhill NHS trust
• Long-term parenteral nutrition (pn) in children: dose of lipid emulsion (lip) and hepatic complications
• Survey of administration of medicines to pupils in primary schools within the London area
• Paediatrics: What constitutes a prescribing error?
• Pharmaceutical Care in Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) – SQUH Experience
• Pharmaceutical care of children with metabolic disorders: Omani experience

The 2003 conference took place in Cardiff
Where linked – click the title for presentation and name for podcast of plenary / oral sessions

Plenary session

• Welcome to Wales – Carwen Wynne Howells, Chief pharmacist, Welsh Assembly Government
• National Service Framework for Children  making the right start : Tony Nunn, Director of Pharmacy, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
• Debate – Competencies for me or not for me – that is the question

Submittted papers

1. A European paediatric clinical trials register Sharon Conroy, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital
2. A survey of pharmaceutical care in PICU in the UK and Scandanavia – Sue Jarvis, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
3. Antiretrovral instruction leaflets for children – S Prot, Hopital Robert Debre, paris
4. Guidelines for predicting toxic doses of pharmaceuticals in children –  Steve Tomlin, Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Trust
5. IV Maintenance fluids – risk of hyponatraemia and electrolyte results –  JM Vanes, South Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
6. Medication error risk in the Derbyshire Children’s Hospital – Sharon Conroy, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital
7. Use of oral clonidine for sedation in ventilated paediatric intensive care patients – Sara Arenas-Lope, Guy’s Hospital, London

Workshops

• Solving the problem locally – safe medication practice
• Complementary medicines in children
• Asthma management
• Palliative care in children
• Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
• Pharmacokinetics in neonates and children
• Competencies for paediatric pharmacists
• Advances in TPN
• Electronic prescribing
• Problem solving skills in neonates
• Medicines management in children
• Cystic Fibrosis

The 2002 conference took place in Birmingham from 29 Nov – 1 Dec
Where linked – click the title for presentation and name for podcast of plenary / oral sessions

Plenary session

• Future research and development in children – Ian Wong, Centre for paediatric pharmacy research, London
• Adverse event reporting in paediatrics – Dr Robin Ferner, West Midlands regional Adverse Drug Reaction reporting centre

• Conference report

Posters

1. A descriptive survey of the opinions of mothers with young children of UK community pharmacists
2. A national standard neonatal parenteral nutrition bag
3. A review of the use of antidepressants in child and adolescent psychiatric patients
4. A review of the use of antopsychotics in child and adolescent psychiatric patients
5. An audit to investigate prescribing and drug administration on a SCBU
6. Do we starve ELBW babies?
7. Guidelines for determining and predicting toxic doses of pharmaceuticals in children under 5 years
8. Information for parents – multidisciplinary and multimedia
9. International survey on availability of folic acid preparations in pharmacies to allow compliance to guidelines for the prevention of neural tube defects
10. ‘Off label’ and ‘unlicensed’ drug prescribing in paediatric medical outpatient specialities
11. Pregnant women – medication and information needs
12. Use of unlicensed medicines at Birmingham Children’s Hospital

The 2001 conference took place in Glasgow from 28-30 Sept
Where linked – click the title for presentation and name for podcast of plenary / oral sessions

Plenary session

• Conference report

Research

• A scheme for the reporting of adverse drug reactions in children A Clarkson, I Choonara, Academic Division of Child Health (University of Nottingham), Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby,
• IntraThecal Drug Delivery In Children With Brain Tumours S Conroy1, D Walker2 1Academic Division of Child Health, (University of Nottingham), Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby 2Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
• The potential for administering a ten fold overdose to neonates – a summary (K Turner, C Newman)
• Drug disposition during ECMO  – H Mulla

Clinical pearls

• Sucrose as an analgesic – revisited in neonates – Sherry Wright, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
• The use of sodium benzoate in asparaginase’s overdose S. Roy1, A. Doloy1, S. Djoussa-Kambou1, F. Legrand2, F. Brion1, A. Rieutord1 1Service de pharmacie-toxicologie, ²service d’hématologie, Hôpital Robert Debré AP-HP, Paris, France
• Practical use of area under the curve dosing of vancomycin in endocarditis –Naomi Warner, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Posters

1. Monitoring cost and treatment adherence by centralising prescribing and supply of Growth Hormone in secondary care
2. Building a sub organization for Scandinavian Pharmacists – Our Possibilities to interact with the members of NPPG
3. The Design of Patient Information Leaflets Suitable for use in Paediatric Haematology Patients Heather Gallagher, Senior Technician. Yorkhill NHS Trust
4. Supporting the therapeutic orphan -what we can offer you. DIAL – a national paediatric medicines resource
5. An Assessment of the Suitability of Bloomsbury® Standard Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Solutions in Comparison with Individually Tailored Solutions at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
6. Expanding the role of paediatric pharmacy technicians
7. A study to investigate the stability of reconstituted Etanercept maximising cost effectiveness and patient access through multi-agency co-operation
8. The impact of a technician working in medicines information in a specialist paediatric hospital
9. Re-engineering of paediatric dispensary services and development of competency based programmes for pharmacy staff at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust
10. Pharmacy and Nurse Drug Interventions
11. Inhaled iloprost for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension
12. Prescription survey of unlicensed and off label medicines in paediatrics at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children
13. An Indirect Response Model of Homocysteine Suppression by Betaine: Optimising the dosage regime of betaine in homocysteinuria
14. Risk management issues in the use of over the counter medicines in children
15. Management of Paediatric Poisonings In Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
16. Impact of a Ward Pharmacist on Medication Errors in PICU
17. Pharmacokinetics of oral midazolam in children
18. Gentamicin Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal ECMO Patients: Optimisation of dosing
19. A rational method to prepare TPN for children
20. Should women using SSRIs breast feed?

The 2000 conference took place in Liverpool from 29 Sept – 1 Oct

Conference report

Click the title for a summary report programme for these earlier conferences

• Derby 1999
• EAHP Nice 1999 NPPG Session
• Dublin 1998
• Glasgow 1997 – poster and oral presentation listing
• Derby 1996 -programme
• Edinburgh 1995 – programme