Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry Annual Conference 2025: future challenges
in-person (Liverpool)/livestream via EventsAir
in-person (Liverpool)/livestream via EventsAir
Timings | full day |
Location | Spaces at The Spine, 2 Paddington Village, Liverpool, L7 3FA + Livestream ticket options |
CPD | 1 CPD point per hour of content, subject to peer approval |
Consultant member rate | £254 per day/?374 whole event |
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Resident in Higher Training | £185 per day/?280 for whole event |
Resident in Core Training | £135 per day/?210 for whole event |
SAS member rate | £180 per day/?275 for whole event |
Subsided/Retired member rate | £135 per day/?210 for whole event |
Foundation Year Doctor/Medical Student | £57 per day?100 for whole event |
Allied health professionals/Non-members | £185 per day/?280 for whole event |
Conference party - Thursday evening | £40 |

Event Information
Latest ticket availability
- Livestream tickets are available to book up to and including , on the day of the conference.
- In-person attendance tickets are now sold out - if you have any queries please email Catherine Ayres, Event Manager.
Overview | Programme
Join us in Liverpool, or online if you prefer, for a fantastic two days of research and service updates in old age psychiatry.
Conference party!
Price: ?40 per person.
Date: Thursday 27 March 2025
Time: 7.00pm to 10.00pm
What's included: Supper, drinks (wine, beer and soft drinks)
Where is it being held: The Spine conference venue - in the Axis suite, with fantastic views over the city of Liverpool!
Venue - Spaces at The Spine, Liverpool
Spaces at The Spine is located in Paddington Village at the heart of the Knowledge Quarter in Liverpool’s City Centre, with Lime Street Station a 19 minute walk away.
By train:
- Nearest train station: Liverpool Lime Street – 19 minute walk – ?5-6 taxi
- 35 minutes from Manchester
- 1 hour 20 minutes from Leeds
- 3 hours 30 minutes from Glasgow
- 2 hours from London
- 1 hour 40 minutes from Birmingham
By car:
- From M6 on to M57, M62 or M58
- Motorway connections put the majority of UK cities within a four-hour drive time.
- 45 minutes from Manchester and Chester
- 2 hours from Birmingham
- 3 hours 40 minutes from Glasgow
- 4 hours from London
Paddington Village Multi-Storey, standard day tariff: ?12.00, address:
How to book | Fees explained | Terms and conditions
- pay using a debit card or credit card and receive instant confirmation and a receipt
- Request a booking form and return it along with details of your bank payment transfer
Fees explained
- In-person fees include refreshments and lunch
- In-person and livestream ticket types both include on demand recordings/resources for twelve weeks
- The fee you pay relates to your RCPsych membership status - you can check your status here
- Subsidised rate includes those on lower incomes paying a subsidised RCPsych membership rate (maternity or parental leave, working part time or taking a career break) and International RCPsych Members residing in band D and C countries.
- Medical Students and Foundation Year Doctors can apply for free RCPsych membership, which then gives you access to reduced conference registration fees, amongst other benefits
- Event Cancellation Policy
- Privacy Policy
- Code of Conduct
- Event registrations are confirmed when payment is received in full.
- Joining instructions are sent approximately 1 week in advance
Accommodation
Liverpool has a range of excellent accommodation to suit all budgets,
A limited number of bedrooms are available close the the venue at a special rate as follows:
- (located next to the conference venue)
Date: Wednesday 26 March 2025
- ?105 bed and breakfast rate for single occupancy
- ?120 bed and breakfast rate for double occupancy
Date: Thursday 27 March 2025
- ?105 bed and breakfast rate for single occupancy
- ?120 bed and breakfast rate for double occupancy
All rates are per night and include 20% vat. Double occupancy is an additional ?15 supplement. Executive room upgrade is ?30 supplement. Studio apartment upgrade is ?60 supplement. Parking: Paddington Village Multi-story car park is 3 minutes walk from the hotel, and is ?13 for 24 hours.
How to book at the Novotel:
- Please telephone the hotel reservations team on 0151 245 6694/6697 and Please state the discount code 811381
Target audience
This conference is an opportunity to hear about and be inspired by all aspects of working in older people's mental health, and is for:
- Psychiatrists
- Foundation year doctors
- Medical students
- Allied health professionals
How does the livestream option work?
This event will be live in Liverpool, and also livestreamed online via a platform called EventsAir. You can watch live, or on-demand later.
Registered participants will receive their link to watch the conference in their joining instructions. Joining instructions will be sent out a week before the conference is due to take place. You will have access to conference recordings for twelve weeks post event.
- Visit our EventsAir FAQs for attendees in advance of the event to familiarise yourself with the platform and to troubleshoot any problems you may have.
- We have also produced an Attendee EventsAir Guidance Booklet which covers all aspects of your journey as an attendee on the online platform.The guide will take you through what you can expect from the EventsAir platform (Joining a conference session, Networking with other attendees, How to view resources, How to watch at a later date, Technical queries)
- You could also watch our handy Attendee Explainer Video
We recommend that you log into the platform in advance of the event to ensure that you are able to access the platform on the day. The recommended browser for EventsAir is Google Chrome, other browsers may not be compatible with the platform.
When you join the conference online you will be able to:
- view a video of the speaker alongside any slides
- ask your questions to the speakers and chat with other delegates via the discussion forum
To successfully join the event online you will need:
- access to a reliable internet connection
- a PC, laptop, tablet or phone.
Liverpool - what to do - plan your time
Start planning your time in Liverpool with our useful guide
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Allied health professional - ticket type
Allied health professionals are:
Assisted dying - the College's work
The College is actively undertaking work on assisted dying/assisted suicide, looking at the possible impacts of the passing of legislation in the UK and Crown Dependencies on those with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, and implications for the psychiatric profession should a service be implemented.
In January, the College submitted both and to the Public Bill Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, primarily focusing on the reliability of consent procedures within the Bill as drafted. On behalf of the College, Dr Annabel Price gave expert evidence and shared the membership’s concerns during an oral evidence session in front of the Committee.
The views expressed within our evidence are based on extensive consideration by the cross-College working group, surveys of membership, a debate held for membership in London, engagement with the membership on proposals in Scotland, England, Wales and Jersey, submissions by other experts and organisations, and discussions with colleagues in other jurisdictions.
The College has met with MPs, including the sponsor of the Bill, and will continue to work with parliamentarians and policymakers on the issue. Members can access more detailed material and information about our engagement with policymakers on this topic on the our website.
For further information, please contact:
Email: catherine.ayres@rcpsych.ac.uk
Contact Name: Catherine Ayres
Contact number: 0208 618 4139