Medicines Utilisation from National Databases across Europe
Thursday, 4th February 2010
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London

Morning Session chaired by Professor Colin Bradley

• The availability and use of prescribing databases to compliment other presentations from across Europe

Dr Gillian, Hall, Independent Consultant

• The availability and use of prescribing databases in Ireland to compliment other presentations from across Europe

Dr Kathleen Bennett, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin

• The confidentiality issues around prescribing databases

Dr Gillian Braunold, NHS Connecting for Health

• The confidentiality issues around prescribing databases and a potential solution

Mr Rob Navarro, Sapior Ltd

Afternoon session chaired by Ms Alison Bourke

• How do patients identify ADRs? A quantitative analysis in reporters to the yellow card scheme

Janet Krska, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University

• Keep well: Impact on statin prescribing in Dundee City 

George Noakes, NHS Tayside, Kings Cross Hospital, Dundee

• Possible under-prescribing of anti-osteoporotic medications pre and post admmission for osteoporotic type fracture to a large teaching hospital 2005-2008

Bernie McGowan, Research Fellow, Trinity Centre for Health Care Services

• Antimicrobial use and clostridium difficile infection in acute trusts

Joao Bissau Pereira, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre and the University of Manchester