Event Overview:
A conference to provide attendees with an enriched knowledge of the factors that constrain a person’s recovery ambitions & proactive interventions, that support substance users to live longer, healthier lives.
This event would be beneficial to those who are already working in the field of substance misuse and/or associated health and who are seeking to widen their understanding of the multifaceted barriers to recovery.
The conference will provide ample opportunity to engage and interact with peers, colleagues and a range of expert speakers including those with lived experience and in so doing receive proactive strategies to empower substance users toward achieving sustained wellness and a higher quality of life.
Plenary Speakers:
- Dr Linda Harris, OBE Chair - SLD Training: The importance of a focus on Tackling Health Inequalities in the substance using population
- Kate Davies CBE - National Director for Armed Forces, Health & Justice & Sexual Assault Services, NHS England: Key Note Speaker
- Martin Sullivan - Mental Health Therapist, LSCNFT: My Lived Experience
Workshop Hosts:
- Dr. Stephen Turnbull - Director of Public Health, Wakefield Council: Homelessness and substance abuse recovery
- Dr. Steven Donaldson - Consultant Psychologist, TEWV: Dual Diagnosis
- Emmerline Irving - Senior Programme Manager, Improving Population Health, West Yorks ICB: Trauma Informed Care
- Dr. Nat Wright - GP & Clinical Lead SMS, RCGP SEG: Drug & Alcohol topics
- Matt Gaskill - Clinical Lead, NHS Northern Gambling Service: Gambling & Health Inequalities
- Pank Sethi - British Association of Sexual Health & HIV: PEP & PrEP: sexual health and wellbeing for individuals in secure and detained settings
- Dr Felicity Young - Consultant Nurse for Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: sexual health and wellbeing for individuals in secure and detained settings
- Prof. David Best - Leeds Trinity University, Professor of Addiction Recovery: Recovery/Pathways to housing & employment
- Chris Sylvester - Founder: Getting Clean CIC: Recovery/Pathways to housing & employment
- Agnes Wozna - Spectrum Community Health CIC, Head of Experience & FTSU Champion: The power of Lived Experience
View the official conference trailer below:
