Royal College of Psychiatrists In Scotland

							Royal College of Psychiatrists In Scotland
Old Age Section Spring Meeting
Wednesday 11th May 2011
Scottish National Heritage Conference Centre,
Battleby


                         PROGRAMME


9.30 – 9.55        Arrival and registration
                   (Tea/Coffee)

                         Morning Session

9.55 – 10.00       Welcome and Introduction
                   Dr Mike Shanks, NHS Highland

10.00 - 10.30      Looking Back: A Career in Old Age Psychiatry
                   Dr Alan Hughes

10.30 – 11.00      Looking Forward: We can’t keep doing things the same
                   way
                   Dr Katie Paramore, NHS Fife




11.00 – 11.30      National Dementia Strategy: Views of a non-psychiatrist
                   Henry Simmons, Chief Executive Alzheimer Scotland

11.30 – 12.00      National Dementia Strategy: Views of a Psychiatrist
                   Dr Gary Morrison, NHS Dumfries and Galloway


12.00 - 13.00      Business Meeting



13.00 – 14.00                Lunch




14.00 – 14.05      Welcome to Afternoon Session
                   Dr Donald Mowat, NHS Grampian
14.05 – 14.35   An Update on Delirium
                Alasdair MacLullich, Professor of Geriatric Medicine
                University of Edinburgh


14.35 – 15.05   Treating Depression in the context of chronic medical
                illness
                Dr Tom Brown, Consultant Psychiatrist NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde



15.05 -15.35    What we found in General Hospitals
                Dr Donny Lyons, Chief Executive Mental Welfare Commission


15.35 – 16.05   "Who is the Prime minister" - The Politics of Dementia
                Dr Gillian McLean, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, NHS Forth Valley




                       Tea/ Coffee and Close