Now in its 25th year, this joint RCGP and SMMGP conference is the largest event in the UK for GPs, shared care workers, nurses and other primary care staff, specialists, commissioners and researchers interested in, and involved with the management of drug and alcohol users in primary care.

This year’s online conference will be just as interactive with plenty of opportunity for Q&A and networking for Q&A using CrowdComms, an integrated conference platform which will host two full days of plenaries, workshops and networking opportunities.

Learning objectives

  • Increase understanding of current interventions for the prevention, assessment and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems
  • Increase understanding of what interventions are possible to deliver in primary care and what require specialist help
  • Increase knowledge of drug and alcohol policies in the UK and how they are implemented in primary care
  • Increase knowledge of link between multiple needs, health inequalities and drug and alcohol use

Programme highlights include

  • Gambling and primary care, Dame Clare Gerada, Medical Director Practitioner Health
  • Hepatitis C, Professor Graham Foster, Professor of Hepatology at Queen Mary University of London and the Clinical Lead for Hepatology at Barts Health
  • Alcohol policy, Sir Ian Gilmore, Director of the Liverpool Centre for Alcohol Research
  • Global Drug Survey – what are the effects of lockdown?, Professor Adam Winstock, Consultant Psychiatrist & Addiction Medicine Specialist
  • Plus many more

Pricing

Standard ticket prices from 17 February:
One day tickets: £210 (including VAT)
Two day tickets: £300 (including VAT)