RCPsych Wales Addictions Conference

Abstracts of the poster to be submitted by midnight, 15 May. 400 words maximum, one table and one figure permitted. Please email them to rachel.maidment@wales.nhs.uk

You will be notified if their poster is accepted by 22 May.

If accepted, you need to email a PDF of the poster by Friday 9 June - it will then be placed on the conference website and can be linked to in the future.

View poster submission guidelines.

We have highlighted just a small selection of hotels in Cardiff City Centre, and listed details where you can find out further information. 

Leonardo Hotel

• 1 Park Pl, Cardiff CF10 3UD
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• 5 minutes walk from Cardiff Queen Street Station, 15 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Train Station

Clayton Hotel

• Penarth Rd, Cardiff CF10 1RH
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• 3 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Train Station, 10 minutes walk from Cardiff Queen Street Station

Hilton Hotel

• Kingsway, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff CF10 3HH
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• 10 minutes walk from Cardiff Queen Street Station, 15 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Train Station

Cardiff Marriott

• Mill Ln, Cardiff CF10 1EZ
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• 3 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Train Station, 10 minutes walk from Cardiff Queen Street Station

Hotel Indigo

• Dominions Arcade, Queen St, Cardiff CF10 2AR
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• 7 minutes walk from Cardiff Queen Street Station, 10 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Train Station

Day 1: Thursday 15 June 2023

11am – Conference opens for registration

12 noon-1pm – Opening of conference: Deputy Health Minister, Lynne Neagle MS

Commissioning - A look behind the Welsh Commissioning Curtain at how to successfully improve services

Brief talks around the pandemic, alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD), homelessness and Buvidal, followed by a panel debate.

Speakers include Michael Curties (Head of Substance Misuse, Welsh Government) and Julie Denley, Deputy Chief Operating Office, Primary Care and Community Mental, CT UHB

1pm – Lunch and poster viewing

2-4pm – Workshops – three parallel workshops:

• Trauma-informed care – how to deliver better brief psychological care in new ways at the frontline.
• Motivational Interviewing – a workshop on this approach to engaging and helping patients.
• ARBD – practical clinical assessment and options.

4-5pm – Complimentary refreshments and poster viewing

Evening – May be scope for an early evening conference dinner, depending on interest

Day 2: Friday 16 June 2023

9.30am – Conference opens for registration

10am-1pm – Buvidal: a Welsh pandemic success story – why we are global leaders and where next?

Refreshments at 11am

Wales moved fast with the roll-out of Buvidal due to its inherent benefits and ability to move nimbly in lockdown. A combination of clinical awareness of its benefits, excellent engagement of commissioners and politicians and a flexible will to do things better in the context of the pandemic.

Speakers include:

• Professor Steve Husbands, who has led medicinal chemistry research on Buprenorphine for decades
• Dr Lucie James, who has led on developing the psychological approaches needed to help patients further benefit from Buvidal
• Professor Jan Melichar, who was involved in its funding and successful roll-out in Wales

Presentations will cover:

• the patient story ('I feel normal, I'm not craving and I'm getting on with my life' – live and video stories of patients who saw the changes)
• the clinical story (what did we see and why was it so game-changing?)
• the commissioning story (how did we go from <20 in 2019 to >1300 in 2023?)
• the pharmacological story (did kappa cause what we saw?)
• the psychological story (what do we now need to do to help people achieve their full recovery potential?).

1-2pm – Lunch

2pm – ARBD: everything you need to know about ARBD but were scared to ask

Professor Julia Lewis, our leading Welsh clinician in the area, who helped write the Welsh Strategy document, gives a state-of-the-art review and vision for the future

3pm – Dual diagnosis: how to make things work in the context of a busy rehab service

Dr Katie Fergus, RCPsych Wales Rehab Psychiatry Lead. An overview of the issues that come up when substance misuse and mental health issues are both present, as well as a look forward to the next conference.

4pm – Close

Please email Annie Fabian for more information.

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