The College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) congratulates the winners of the 2025 CMHP Awards, presented at the Annual International Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference in Liverpool this October. The awards celebrate excellence and innovation across various poster categories and oral presentations.
The CMHP project awards and awards given in association with Aston University are also announced at the awards celebration evening.
The awards were as follows:
Oral practice presentation
- Winner - Lex Moon, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Enhancing T2/T3 Prescribing with Digitisation and Decision Support in ePMA
- Runner up - Sonia Filmer, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Facilitators And Barriers to the De-prescribing Of Benzodiazepines and Z-drug Hypnotics in patients under 65 on Adult Mental Health Wards: an exploratory qualitative study. (FABDOB Study)
Audit poster
- Winner - Victoria Rollinson, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & Hannah Macfarlane, Aston University
Off-label clonazepam prescribing in inpatient mental health services at CWP
- Runner up - Madeleine Honey and Ami Hale, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Spotlight on Clozapine Metabolic Side Effects: Audit of HbA1c Monitoring and Interventions
Original research poster
- Winner - Hannah Macfarlane, Kay Bhatara, Emma Smith, Emma Bryant and Craig Russell, Aston UniversityPreparing future pharmacists: Researching the value of Mental Health First Aid in an MPharm curriculum
Quality improvement poster
- Winner - Katherine Hosseini, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Daniel Herrero, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Stephanie Pacey, Stockport and Tameside ICB
Promazine: A system-wide approach to tackling generational overprescribing across Greater Manchester (GM)
- Runner up - Vanessa Gideon, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Enhancing the development and retention of newly qualified pharmacists working in Mental Health inpatient services
Service development poster
- Winner - Kerry Evans, Bethany Hill and Paulina Oppong-Peprah, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Introducing High Dose Antipsychotic Therapy clinics for community mental health patients; A pharmacy technician-led approach to better patient outcomes
- Runner up - Vicky Richmond, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Embedding Sustainable Practice in Mental Health Pharmacy: Recycling Inhalers and Medical Pens at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
Service evaluation poster
- Winner - Simmy Daniel, East London NHS Foundation Trust
Building the Mental Health Pharmacy Workforce Pipeline Through Undergraduate Placements
- Runner up - Anniessa Patel, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service and Emma Bryant, Aston University: NHS Specialist Pharmacy ServiceA Service Evaluation of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) Antidepressant Switching Resources Through User Testing
Delegates choice
- Winner - Madeleine Honey, Ami Hale, Rebecca Jarvis and Petra Fernandez, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Implementation of a clozapine information pack into care homes to improve education and awareness around clozapine
Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Project Award
- Winner - Sureni Durrant, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Audit of PRN Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing and Review in Acute Wards Across Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Runner up - Alice Leeson, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
An Audit to review the prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines and z-drugs upon discharge in Wotton Lawn Acute Mental Health Hospital
Awards in association with Aston University
Celia Feetam Memorial Award
This award recognises the student with the best overall performance in Aston University’s Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics each year. The Celia Feetam award was named in recognition of the extensive and valued contribution made by Celia Feetam to the higher education of so many specialist pharmacists.
- Winner - Eleri-Wyn Davies, Powys Teaching Health Board
Helen Tennant Award
This prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners of Aston University on behalf of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy in memory of Helen Tennant, who was in the first cohort of mental health pharmacists to gain the Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy from Aston University in 2001. It is awarded each year to the student with the best overall performance in the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy at Aston University.
- Winner - Jagdeep Nandhra, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The awards were presented by CMHP President Karen Shuker. She said:
“It was an honour to present the CMHP awards. They are a testament to the dedication, innovation and excellence that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are bringing to the field of mental health pharmacy. There was a high number of entries and it wasn’t always easy to pick the winners! Huge congratulations to everyone who presented regardless of whether they were successful in receiving an award.”
Where the recipient was not available, the award was collected on their behalf by a colleague.
