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50th UKMI Conference 2025

The 50th UKMi conference was held in Cardiff on 23rd -24th January 2025.  This was UKMi's 50th conference, and it is also 50 years since what was then UK Drug Information was founded. 

Congratulations to all the prize winners:

Peter Golightly award for MI Excellence

  • Vanessa Chapman - Recognition of significant & outstanding contribution to the UKMi network
  • Laura Kearney - MI Excellence
  • Karen Harkness - MI Excellence
  • Sue Beach - MI Excellence

Poster winners

  • Anna Burgess - Getting the Message Across
  • Laura Granger - Together we Thrive - Shaping Training Development for UKMi Members
  • Rebecca Wong - Pharmacy Support Staff providing Medicines Advice Training for Trainee Pharmacists (TP) in the Welsh Medicines Advice Service (WMAS)
  • Delegates Choice: Vinod Patel - Evaluation of Medicines Information Training for Pharmacy Technicians

Well done to all of the winners!

Documents

50th UKMi Conference Proceedings

UKMi conference 2025 programme
Posters

Peer Review of the UK Drugs in Lactation Service - C Sathe

Pharmacy Support Staff providing MA Training for Trainee Pharmacists TP in the Welsh MA Service - R Wong

Re-estabishing the Northwest MI Network Enhancing collaboration and support - S Smith

Training Non-Medicines Information Staff for Effective Patient Helpline Support - T Hussain

A Review Of Enquiries Received Which Involve A Medication Error - E Wong

An Audit of the GP Discharge Query Service at Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust - F Hashmi

Are all enquiries to the patient medicines helpline appropriate? M Bibi

Automated healthcare professional user survey - C Bradley

Bringing Medicines Information to the Aston University Campus - K Davies

Comparison of tablet identification methods - Tictac vs Internet resources- G Duncan

Complementary Tincture and Chemotherapy From a Local Medicines Advice Query to Once for Wales Patient Information Leaflet - C Hay

Drug Library Welsh national SOPs -D Burnett

Evaluation of Medicines Information Training for Pharmacy Technicians - V Patel

Getting the message Across- A Burgess

How do PCN pharmacists use the SPS MA service? - D Bramley

Impact of the Specialist Pharmacy Service SPS articles on the UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service UKDILAS - G Kaur

Implementing Critical Appraisal Training to Promote Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision-Making - Z Meherally

Introduction to our prospective database for neonatal and paediatric oral solutions - F Christodoulou

Is the Patient Medicines Helpline providing timely and appropriate advice - H Stanley

I've got this patient... - examining ad-hoc clinical pharmacist queries in medicines information - T Morley

Re-establishing a user satisfaction survey and results - H Morteo

Technology and innovation in a hybrid MI centre - T Barrett

The Pen Is Mightier Than The Mouse - L Holloway

The role of Medicines Advice in managing shortages at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust - A Zirlish

Together We Thrive- Shaping Training & Development for UKMI Members - L Granger

Transforming a local community pharmacy UIT service into a Welsh national service - D Burnett

Understanding Porphyrogenicity A Pharmacological Approach to Drug Safety - S Junaid

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