Transitions and Challenges in Mental Health Care: South Eastern Division Autumn Conference 2025
Online Event
| Timings | 9.30am-1pm |
| Location | Virtual event, Online |
| CPD | 1 CPD point per hour of content. Subject to peer group approval. |
| Consultant Member | £70 |
|---|---|
| SAS Doctors/Higher Residents | £54 |
| Core Resident/Subsidised/Retired | £36 |
| Foundation Doctors/Medical Students | £36 |
| Allied Health Professional/Patient/Carers | £36 |
| Non-Member | £93 |

Event Information
What will this event cover?
'Transitions and Challenges in Mental Health Care'
The conference will explore the critical transitions across the mental healthcare pathway from CAMHS to Adult Mental Health Services and onward to Older adult care. Join us as we examine the clinical and practical challenges faced by professionals supporting individuals through these stages. Through expert insights and shared experiences we aim to foster understanding and improve continuity of care across the lifespan.
Event programme
| Time | Presentation |
| 9.30– 9.35am | Welcome Dr Raj Attavar Chair of RCPsych South Eastern Division |
| 9.35-10.20am | Transition from CAMHS to CMHT Dr Uma Rani Padmanabhi and Malcolm Reid Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
| 10.20 – 10.35am | Lived experience of transitioning between services: CAMHS to Primary Care Services Lived experience speaker |
| 10.35 - 10.50am | Lived experience of transitioning between services: CAMHS to CMHT Lived experience speaker |
| 10.50 – 11.05am | Q&A Panel with Lived Experience Speakers |
| 11.05 – 11.20am | Comfort break |
| 11.20am – 12:05pm | Lost in Transition: Same Person, Different Service - is an ageless service necessarily seamless? Dr Amod Dalvi Honorary Senior Lecturer, King’s College, London & Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Kent & Medway Mental Health NHS Trust |
| 12:05 – 12.50pm | Challenges in Mental Health Services Professor Subodh Dave RCPsych Dean and Consultant Psychiatrist |
| 12.50-1.00pm | Final comments and close of day Dr Elizabeth Junaid CPD Lead for RCPsych South Eastern Division |
The Conference Committee reserves the right to change the Programme.
The RCPsych is an inclusive organisation with over 21,000 members who have a diverse range of views, which we look to represent across the programme. To further open dialogue, scientific discovery and enrich learning, we provide our members with the opportunity to hear from a range of professionals. The speakers’, panellists’ and participants’ views and comments are their own and not the established views of the CollegeWatch on demand
This event will be recorded and available to all registered delegates to watch on demand. The recording will be available within two weeks of the live event taking place and will be emailed out to all registered delegates. The recording will be available to watch for 60 days from the event taking place.
Copies of speakers' slides will be included with the recording, but only in cases where we have received permission from the speaker.
We ask that all delegates ensure that their email address associated with their membership account is correct and up to date, as this is where all correspondence will be sent.
Speaker Information
Dr Uma Rani Padmanabhi: Transition from CAMHS to CMHT
Dr Amod Dalvi: Lost in Transition: Same Person Different Service Is a Ageless service necessarily seamless?
Professor Subodh Dave: Challenges in Mental Health Services
Terms and Conditions
For further information, please contact:
Email: division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk
Contact Name: Division Events Team
Contact number: 0208 618 4240