Join us for this FREE webinar focussing on the latest gambling harms research around problem gambling.

* By attending this live webinar, your GP practice will receive the RCGP Gambling Harms practice resource pack and a GP practice accreditation certificate. Learn more about the benefits of Gambling Harms Accreditation here. 

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Gambling is a serious public health issue that can affect anyone. Up to 1.5 million adults in Great Britain are experiencing problem gambling and those negatively affected by someone else’s gambling are estimated to represent at least 3.6 million people in England, Scotland and Wales. Raising awareness of gambling harms among healthcare professionals is crucial for identifying and guiding patients towards support and treatment services.

There is a significant unmet need with respect to engaging people experiencing gambling harms. GPs have key role in early identification, assessment and treatment. This webinar, and our RCGP gambling harms resources and tools, aim to help GPs and their teams address this need.

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This session explores the impact of an individual’s gambling on those around them – affected others. For every person experiencing gambling harms, it is estimated that another five to ten people are also negatively affected. A person’s gambling behaviour can have social, physical and financial implications for those who are close to them. It highlights the effect of gambling on families, friends and wider communities. Gambling-related harms can often last for years – hidden until they start to impact others. Family members and affected others are usually the first to reach out for help to address the impact the gambler’s behaviour is having on them.

Learning Objectives

  1. To raise awareness amongst professionals of how an individual’s gambling can affect their family, friends and colleagues.
  2. To encourage smooth referral pathways – ensuring the route for ‘affected others’ accessing support is clear and straightforward.
  3. To recognise how gambling harms relate to safeguarding issues, domestic abuse, financial and coercive control, other addictions and co-morbidities.
  4. To highlight that there are support and treatment services available for those affected by another person’s gambling (ie affected other support).

Who should attend?

Medical practitioners in the primary care setting, including but not limited to:

  • GPs and practice nurses
  • Clinical pharmacists, social prescribers, health and well-being coaches and care co-ordinators
  • Non-clinical staff including managers.

Speakers and panellists

  • Dr Emma Ryan, RCGP Clinical Champion for Gambling Harms and GP Lead at the Primary Care Gambling Service
  • Primary Care Gambling Service – Lived experience advisor – TBC
  • Ruth Champion, Director of Systems Commissioning, GambleAware

This webinar has been facilitated with the support of GambleAware.

For more information on the RCGP’s Gambling Harms work and the accreditation, visit the website.