09:30

Registration and refreshments

10:00

Introduction and welcome

NSMNMPF Chair, Kevin Ratcliffe, Consultant Pharmacist (Addictions)

10:15

Drug-related deaths, nitazenes and WEDINOS

Dr Judith Yates, Advocate for evidence-based drug policies

Prof Rick Lines, Head of Substance Misuse & Vulnerable Populations, Public Health Wales

11:00

Break and networking

11:30

Collaborative care for people who use drugs: what can we do to better the treatment of patients

Drugs Service Co-ordinator, Release

Session sponsored by Ethypharm (TBC)

12:00

Peripartum Substance Use: PrePare – a service to support women and their families

Caitlin Palmer PrePare Nurse Team Lead / NMP. 

Session sponsored by Camurus
12:30

Lunch and networking

13:30

Long-acting injectable buprenorphine: lessons learnt from the Welsh pandemic success story

Professor Jan Melichar, Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist & Medical Lead, Buvidal Psychological Support Service, NHS Wales 

14:15

Understanding ‘alcohol use disorder’: assessing language and stigma to reduce harm

Dr James Morris, Research Fellow for the Centre for Addictive Behaviours, LSBU

15:00 Close