RCGP & SMMGP Managing Drug & Alcohol Problems in Primary Care Conference
This joint RCGP and SMMGP conference is the largest event in the UK for GPs, shared care workers, drug users, nurses and other primary care staff, specialists, commissioners and researchers interested in, and involved with the management of drug users in primary care.
4 Nov 2016 |08:45 Registration, coffee and exhibition
09:30 Welcome and introduction to the conference theme
Dr Stephen Willott, GP Nottingham, Conference Chair, GP & Clinical Lead for Alcohol & Drug Misuse, NHS Nottingham
PLENARY SESSION A
09:45 Keynote - Drug harm: what’s the truth?
Professor David Nutt
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
10:15 Pain management: how do we get it right?
Dr Cathy Stannard
Consultant in Pain Medicine
10:45 Q & A session
10:55 Refreshments and exhibition
PARALLEL PLENARY SESSION A
11:20 What does the future of substance misuse care in the UK look like?
What are the challenges for the third sector?
Gordon R. Morse
FRCGP, Chief Medical Officer, Turning Point
What difference will the new Orange Book make?
Steve Brinksman
Clinical Director, SMMGP
