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Annual Report 2016
Care of the Elderly Group Annual Report
Governance and leadership information
Current Committee
Chairperson:
Committee Members:
Derek Taylor
Christina Short, Garry Todd, Helen Whiteside, Lorraine Lanchbury, Nicola Shaw, Sarah Crotty &
Heather Bury
Online discussion group
There are 575 members registered on the online discussion group, a 14% increase on last year.
Committee meetings
No formal face-to-face committee meeting this year; all communication has been by email and telephone conversation.
Other important information
In 2016, we welcomed Heather Bury on to our committee.
Expert Professional Practice & Collaborative Working Relationships
Attendance (as UKCPA representative) at the “Working together for Older People: National collaborative learning event”
on 8th December 2015 in London
Christina Short will be representing the UKCPA on the Royal College of Physician’s Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit
Programme.
Leadership
Group input into the consultation on the RPS Faculty Practice Based Assessment requirements
Annual Review of previously-released Professional Curriculum for Advanced Practice in Care of Older People – this
document continues to be endorsed by the British Geriatrics Society.
Education, Training & Development
Since the date of the last annual report, the Group has run a masterclass entitled “Medicines Optimisation across the
Interface” at the RPS in London on 20 th September 2016. This was attended by 32 delegates. On-the-day feedback was
very positive with lots of delegate interaction throughout the meeting.
Research & Evaluation
Acting as a reviewer for a UKCPA-PRUK Clinical Pharmacy Research Grant application
The Group has contributed to all recent editions of In Practice
Reviewer of elderly care research for Pharmaceutical Journal articles
Group funds
The income generated from this year’s Masterclass has not been used on any extra activities.
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