Date: Thursday 30th May
Time: 10am – 4pm (Registration from (9:30am)
Location: Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling, Airthrey Road
Cost: £90 members | £120 non-members
Changes in the drug supply in Scotland has led to issuing of alerts in recent months and there are concerns about the impact of the ban on opium production in Afghanistan and the supply of synthetic opioids. But what is actually happening? – what drugs are people consuming and what harms are being caused? How can we develop an adequate response in terms of service provision and how can we ‘get ahead of the curve’? This event provides evidence of the current situation and provides a space for stakeholders to share information and develop the networks that can respond and prepare Scotland for whatever’s next.
Programme
Chair: Gary Rutherford – Senior Lecturer of Paramedic Science, University of Stirling
What is drug checking telling us?
Jason Wallace – Senior Officer, Living Experience Engagement, Scottish Drugs Forum
Update from the Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative Survey
Norah Palmateer – Reader in Public Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
Drug Early Warning System & Injecting Equipment Supply
Kieran Whitford, Kira Watson, Suzanne Gallagher – Drug Harm Reduction Team, Scottish Ambulance Service
What we are seeing in post mortem toxicology: issues in detecting new substances
Hazel Torrance – Head of Forensic Toxicology, Scottish Police Authority
Trends in harms as an indicator of drug trends: what can be done?
Lynn Couper – Senior Learning & Development Officer, Emergency Responses, Scottish Drugs Forum
Hydromorphone – injectable opiate substitute treatment
Anna McVinish – St Vincents Hospital Drug and Alcohol Service, Australia
Trends in drug use: gabapentinoids
Vikki Craik – Public Health Intelligence Adviser, Public Health Scotland
Gabapentinoids: what happened in Northern Ireland: lessons for Scotland
Chris Rintoul – Head of Harm Reduction, Cranstoun
Trends in Treatment: Providing MAT for people with benzodiazepines dependency
Trina Ritchie – Lead Clinician, GGC Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services
A very limited number of subsidised places are available for this event for people who cannot pay to attend – students, people with lived and living experience and others. Please complete the application for a subsidised place. Successful applicants will be informed.
Click here to apply for a subsidised place (Deadline: 2 May 2024)