This joint RCGP and SMMGP webinar was led by a panel of experts, giving support to GPs and Healthcare Professionals working with patients with drug and alcohol problems. It focussed on the challenges and solutions to providing both drug and alcohol treatment during the pandemic, as well as addressing how the transition to a relaxation on the lockdown might look. 

Webinar Hosts:

Dr Stephen Willott, GP & Clinical Lead for Alcohol & Drugs Misuse, Public Health dept, Nottingham City Council

Kate Halliday, Executive Director of SMMGP/FDAP

​Panelists:

  • Dr Anna Hiley, CEO and GPsWI vulnerable groups, offender health and substance misuse, Inclusion Healthcare
  • Graham Parsons, Chief Pharmacist, Turning Point
  • Dr David Rhinds, Consultant Psychiatrist in Substance Misuse, Nottingham Recovery Network

This webinar was a semi structured Q&A format giving watchers the opportunity to ask questions to the panel.

Watch the webinar