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Annual Report 2016
Neurosciences Group Annual Report
Governance and leadership information
Current Committee
Chairperson:
Committee Members:
Shelley Jones, Ben Dorward
Gill Yates, Rachel Dorsey-Campbell [Faculty member], Joela Mathews [Faculty member], Olivia
Moswela [Faculty member], David Demonteverde Robb, Jenny Sparrow, Lesley Murray, Arlene
Coulson
Online discussion group
There are 695 members registered on the online discussion group.
Committee meetings
Committee meeting held 12th February 2016 in London with full committee attendance
Expert Professional Practice & Collaborative Working Relationships
Shelley Jones is part of the NHSE Immunoglobulin Working Group.
Shelley Jones is the pharmacist representative on the Neuro CRG and Rachel Dorsey-Campbell is working with the
Neuro CRG on an MS project including the disease modifying therapy pathway and stop criteria.
Shelley Jones and Ben Dorward contributed to the development of a CPPE Focal Point package for epilepsy.
Ben Dorward presented a talk on the challenges of medicines optimisation in epilepsy as a representative of the
Neurosciences group at a Pharmacy Management conference in November 2015. He also adjudicated a poster award at
that conference on behalf of UKCPA.
The committee members are establishing links with key neurological charities to raise awareness of the UKCPA
neurosciences group and establish links:
Rachel Dorsey-Campbell has represented the UKCPA by her involvement in the MS Trust Forward View project. The
UKCPA has endorsed the final document to be produced from this work.
Joela Mathews and Shelley Jones are part of the Parkinson’s Excellence Network with Parkinson’s UK
Joela Mathews has met with the Brain and Spine Foundation and is to attend their next meeting
Joela Mathews attended the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Autumn Conference to promote the UKCPA
neurosciences group
All committee members discuss the role of the UKCPA when meeting representatives from pharmaceutical companies.
Leadership
Rachel Dorsey-Campbell has represented the UKCPA for the MS Trust Forward View Project; she also received the
award of outstanding pharmacist at the QuDoS in MS awards.
Through Olivia Moswela, the group has fed into several NICE consultations.
Education, Training & Development
Joela Mathews gave a talk on multiple sclerosis at the April 2016 Clinical Pharmacy Congress on behalf of the
Neuroscience group.
Ben Dorward provided a talk on the peri-operative drug management of neurological diseases at the UKCPA Surgery &
Theatres Group Masterclass in September 2016
All committee members include their role as UKCPA committee members when providing teaching, such as
undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy teaching, RPS LPF teaching.
Joela Mathews is the group’s representative for the KIT curricula review.
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