Forthcoming Events and Conferences Holding an event? Would you like a demo of the DMIS website? The DMIS web team have an exhibition stand which is available for conferences and events. We would welcome the opportunity to demonstrate the site. We can also supply A5 fliers and promotional material to be inserted into your delegate packs. If you are interested and would like further information please contact us. The table below contains details of drug related events and conferences. To suggest a conference or event for these pages, please contact us.
February 2010 return to top of page
Title:	How Best Can We Deliver Excellent Joined-up Services for People with both Substance Misuse and Mental Health Issues?
Date:	24 February 2010
Venue:	The Queen's Hotel, Leeds
Description:	This key seminar on mental health issues will include topics such as: What can we expect from the Government’s forthcoming New Horizons mental health strategy? How can we provide good quality services for people with dual diagnosis? How can official guidelines provide frameworks for coordinated services for this very disadvantaged group? How can multiple service providers collaborate to provide comprehensive care? How can practitioner’s best recognise and refer dual diagnosis service users to appropriate care? How can we embed joint working and sharing of expertise in operational procedures? How can we enable people with a dual diagnosis improve access to treatments and services? How can we create effective leadership, rigorous training and coordinated approaches? How can we prevent service users falling between services? How can we ensure care pathways are in place to facilitate transition between services? How can ensure services do not adversely affect outcomes through misdiagnoses and inappropriate treatment? What combination of incentives, relationships and measures can best deliver improved integration across sectors? How can we reduce the negative outcomes, relapse, demoralisation, disengagement and non-compliance? How do we reduce homelessness, violent behaviour, suicide, hospitalisation, imprisonment and early mortality? How can we stop people with dual diagnosis from being particularly vulnerable to social exclusion? How can we reduce significant impact of associated risks on the carers/families and children? Where can we hope to be in twelve years time? Key contributors to the seminar will include: Professor Louis Appleby - National Director for Mental Health, England Dr Peter Rice, Chair, Ministerial Working Group on Mental Health and Substance Misuse in Scotland Luke Mitcheson, Clinical Psychologist, National Treatment Agency Mark Holland, Consultant Nurse, Dual Diagnosis, Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust Inspector Michael Brown, Mental Health Staff Officer, West Midlands Police Dr Gill Smith, Consultant Psychiatrist, The Retreat, York Angus Skinner, Formal Chief Inspector of Social Work, Scotland Tom Dodd, Dual Diagnosis Programme Lead, National Mental Health Development Unit Sue Baumgardt, Carer Yasmin Batliwala JP, Chair, Westminster Drug Project Source: CPPSeminars.org.uk
Contact:	For more information and to book visit : http://www.cppseminars.org.uk/ for more details
Title:	Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Young People - What its for, where it's at and how to make it even better
Date:	24 February 2010
Venue:	ORT House Conference Centre, London
Description:	In the last few years there has been a major expansion of specialist drug and alcohol services for young people yet we still have a lot to learn about providing them with effective treatment and adult services provide limited guidance. This conference will help you: understand current policy frameworks for young people's drug and alcohol treatment examine the distinctive characteristics of drug and alcohol problems for young people, and the relationship to other problems highlight and showcase innovative practice and provide opportunities to hear from and talk with people providing specialist drug and alcohol services for young people identify the problems of transition and the development of transitional services Source: Pavilion
Contact:	For delegates wishing to book, please complete the booking form [pdf 743 KB] and either fax it back to us on 0844 880 5062, or post it to the address: G. Cannon, Marketing Executive - Conferences, Pavilion, Richmond House, Richmond Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 3RL or email info@pavpub.com ; visit : http://www.pavpub.com/ for full conference details
March 2010 return to top of page
Title:	CHT Annual Conference - Psychosis and Substance Misuse
Date:	5 March 2010
Venue:	The Royal Society of Medicine, London
Description:	The high prevalence of alcohol and drug misuse in those with psychiatric illness is apparent to all who work within adult psychiatry. Street drugs can trigger the onset of psychosis. Traditionally, mental health and addiction services have operated in parallel. Differences between the two services in terms of organisation, geographical location and philosophy of care have often meant that patients have fallen between the two, leading to frustration for patients, families and staff. The past 10 years have seen increased understanding of the reasons for this comorbidity, the development of innovative integrated treatment services and the introduction of new treatments for substance misuse. This conference explores current thinking in this area of work. Who should attend: Those dealing with patients/clients/residents suffering from mental ill health who use illicit drugs Psychiatrists Psychologists CPNs Psychotherapists Care workers in the addiction or mental health fields Source: Pavilion
Contact:	For further information visit : http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=893
Title:	Be careful what you wish for : Families, drugs and alcohol: involvement or support?
Date:	23 March 2010
Venue:	ORT House Conference Centre, London
Description:	Since its establishment in 1984, Adfam has worked to support families affected by substance misuse. Over the past year it has been involving into an umbrella organisation, committed to representing the views of its supporters to policymakers and opinion shapers. As part of this development Adfam has consulted with professionals and volunteers across a wide range of sectors to gather information about the issues which are crucial to the future of family support. The following issues will be considered at this conference: Families and workforce development Families involved in treatment Support and interventions of families in their own right The cost of caring for a drug user Families and primary care Think family: the DCSF perspective Source: Pavilion
Contact:	For further information visit : http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=699 or download the booking form/flyer: booking_form_23032010 [ pdf 1.1 MB]
Title:	Mental Health and Substance Use
Date:	25 March 2010
Venue:	ORT House Conference Centre, London
Description:	Government guidance on supporting people with co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems was published in 2002. Yet many people in this group find themselves being batted between substance misuse and mental health services or receive no service at all. Too many end up living impoverished lives, excluded from their communities, denied an ordinary life and frequently in trouble with the law. People with a dual diagnosis tend to have multiple and complex problems. They do not fit into the neat silos constructed by public services. Instead they need integrated support from a variety of providers in order for care to be effective. This conference aims to address the issue of complexity and looks at both developing policy and practice to achieve real integrated services. Key themes of this conference will be: explore policy and its implementation for people of all age groups with dual diagnosis and complex problems scan the horizons and look at future developments in this area look at best practice examples of providing integrated services look at commissioning for dual diagnosis and complex care in a variety of settings explore the interface with the criminal justice system for people with dual diagnosis explore the users’ own perspectives on the care they get and the care they need Source: Pavilion
Contact:	For further information visit : http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=889
April 2010 return to top of page
Title:	Drugs and Alcohol Today
Date:	13 April 2010
Venue:	Business Design Centre, London
Description:	This year's Drug and Alcohol Today explores the theme of 'New Decade, New Challenges'. The event features: 50 stands from organisations working across drug and alcohol misuse 12 seminars exploring the direction of policy and practice Arts zone New drugs awareness zone Training and Development zone Networking with 1,000 drug and alcohol workers Source: Pavilion
Contact:	For further information and to book: http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/microsites/DAATApril2010/
Title:	Integrating Practice and Policy: everyone's business - Working with Drug and Alcohol Users in Primary Care 2010
Date:	22 - 23 April 2010
Venue:	SECC, Glasgow
Description:	The Royal College of General Practitioners Sex, Drugs and HIV Task Group is organising this major conference. Among the topics to be covered include: Exploring the recovery debate and personalisation of treatment Redefining harm reduction Linkages between substance misuse, deprivation and social exclusion Hidden harm in primary care Tackling Hepatitis C - have we got it right? Ethan Nadelmann, of the US Drug Policy Alliance; David Liddell, Director of Scottish Drugs Forum,. Dr Mary Hepburn of the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital, Dr David McCartney, Lothian and Edinburgh Abstinence Programme (LEAP) and Dr Roy Robertson, Edinburgh GP and Reader at Edinburgh University. The theme for this fifteenth national conference focuses on the need for all practitioners and services to work together, influenced by evidence, values, experience and the voice of people with drug and alcohol problems. We will also consider the importance of the clinical voice in positively influencing drug policy. Interested parties are invited to submit posters, papers, film and other media on any aspect of working with drug and alcohol users in primary care. Deadline: 19 February 2010. For more information visit: http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=379 Source: Healthcare Events
Contact:	For further information: visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=404
May 2010 return to top of page
Title:	7th UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders, London
Date:	13 - 15 May 2010
Venue:	London
Description:	Addiction Today and the Addiction Recovery Foundation welcomes you to Europe's largest conference on addiction treatment which takes place on 13, 14, 15 May 2010 and brings together around 500 attendees, unique networking, discussions with leaders in the field, exchange of national and international knowledge, exhibits, music and play. Source: Addiction Today
Contact:	For further information obtain details on the Addiction Today website at: http://www.addictiontoday.org/files/ukesad-2010-programme-1.pdf PDF [1.2MB]