Prescribing in the consumer age
Friday 15th December, 2000
Royal Society of Medicine, London
- The pharmaceutical Industry and the Government
Keynote Mr Michael Bailey, Past President, Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry
- Balancing the costs and benefits of medicines: What constitutes good value for money and can we afford it?
Professor Michael Drummond, Director, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
- How do we know what patients think about drugs – and does it matter anyway?
Mr Peter Cardy, Chief Executive, The Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Judicial review and the rise of governance in the NHS
Mr Christopher Newdick, Barrister and Reader in Health Law, University of Reading
- The Government perspective
Mr Andy McKeon, Head of Medicines, Pharmacy & Industry Division, Department of Health, London
- Patterns of HRT utilisation in the UK
Miss Susan Causier, Research Officer, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey
- High failure rate of presumptive eradication therapy for Helicobacter pylori in general practice
Dr David Williams, Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin
- A general medical practice based review of prescribing errors associated with hospital discharge prescriptions
Mr Wasim Baqir, Research Pharmacist, Northumbria Healthcare Trust, North Tyneside District General Hospital, Pharmacy Department, Rake Lane, North Shields
- Antibiotic failure in the treatment of urinary tract infections in young women
Professor Ross Lawrenson, Dean of Medicine and Head of Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey
- Initial uptake and co-prescribing patterns of sildenafil (Viagra) in primary care
Professor John Feely, Head of Department, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin
- Changing oral contraceptive therapy: An investigation into the determinants and comparative rates of oral contraceptive switching within the UK
Dr Tim Williams, Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey