Foundations is delighted to present the conference: You Cant Recover if You’re Dead: Enhancing Harm Reduction, Reducing Drug Related Death and Improving Community safety.

This will be a unique opportunity to receive leading expert knowledge regarding enhanced harm reduction interventions and approaches featuring internationally and nationally renowned guest speakers.

Topics and Speakers:

Heroin Assisted Treatment: The Swiss Experience:-

Professor Ambros Uchtenhagen

Heroin Assisted Treatment: The Evidence Base:-

Sir John Strang - Kings College and Professor Eilish Gilvarry​ - NTW NHS Trust

Stop Making Drug Use a Criminal Issue:-

Neil Woods - LEAP UK

Drug Consumption Rooms: The Need and Global Use:-

Kirsten Horsburgh - Scottish Drugs Forum

Drug Consumption Rooms and the Law:-

Kirstie Douse - Release

Running a successful Drug Consumption Room:-

Cedric Charvet

Middlesbroughs Naloxone Vision:-

Jonathan Bowden - Public Health Middlesbrough

Glasgow and Enhancing Harm Reduction:-

Dr Saket Priyadarshi - Glasgow CGG​

Recovery and Harm Reduction: Working Together:-

Dot Turton - Recovery Connections

Drug Testing to Save Lives:-

Chris Brady - We are the Loop

Middlesbroughs Enhanced Harm Reduction Vision:-

Daniel Ahmed - Foundations

Who Should Attend

The target audience for the conference are: Directors of Public Health, Substance Misuse workers, Public Health Commissioners, CCG leads, General Practitioners, Police, Police and Crime Comissioners, Fire Service, Criminal Justice Boards, Community Safety Partnerships, Behaviour Support Managers, Drug & Alcohol Recovery Managers, Directors of Operations, Senior Managers & Decision Makers, Partnership Co-ordinators, Behaviour Support Managers, Academics, Health Sectors, Local Authorities, Voluntary Sector, Treatment Funders, Researchers, Policy Makers, Clinicians, Housing Associations and the Private Sector, Mental Health workers, Social workers and Pyschiatrists.

We hope you are able to join us for what promises to be an informative and enjoyable conference.

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