Diary Dates

FACULTY MEETING

23rd June 2020 | 5pm – 6pm

Addictions: innovative practice in COVID19

Primary and Secondary care perspectives on pandemic as a stimulus to change

In our first Faculty meeting since the lockdown, we will discuss how clinicians have adapted during COVID19 to care for homeless patients with addictions.

Providing an overview on creative ways of treating homeless patients during a pandemic, our speakers will outline useful tools, and ways to help ensure positive primary and secondary care experiences for people experiencing homeless with complex needs .

Presentations from

• Dr John Budd – GP at Edinburgh Access Practice, Co-ordinator, Lothian Deprivation Interest Group and Chair of the board of directors, North Edinburgh Drug and Alcohol Centre.

• Dr Emmert Roberts – MRC Clinical Research Fellow in the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Substance Misuse Psychiatry at the South London and the Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust.

Chair: Dr Nigel Hewett, Medical Director, Pathway

Download  Homelessness and Covid19 Dr John Budd presentation.

You can view the recorded Faculty meeting here.

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