Alcohol & Drug Issues in
an Acute Medical Setting

24 October 2008, Postgraduate Medical Centre, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust

A one day conference organised by ANSA in conjunction with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to examine alcohol and drug issues in the acute medical setting.

The following documents are provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

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  Conference Programme (PDF, 120K)
  
  
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  Alcohol in Acute Hospital Settings (PDF, 1.6MB)
  Dr Jonathan Chick
  Consultant Psychiatrist, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
  
  
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  Alcohol: The good, the Bad and the Ugly! (PDF, 1MB)
  Dr Lynn Owens
  Nurse Consultant, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
  
  
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  Brief Interventions for Heavy Alcohol Users Admitted to General Hospital:
  Preliminary Results of a Systematic Review (PDF, 135K)
  Jean McQueen
  Practice Development Lead, Occupational Therapy Services, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  Tracey E Howe
  HealthQWest, Glasgow Caledonian University
  Linda Allan
  Therapy Centre, South Glasgow University NHS Division
  Diane Mains
  Occupational Therapy Department, Glasgow
  
  
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  Medical Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease (PDF, 906K)
  Dr Geoffrey Haydon
  Consultant Hepatologist, University Hospitals Birmingham
  
  
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  The Role of the Substance Misuse Midwife (PDF, 1.5MB)
  Heather Gray
  Specialist Midwife, Birmingham Women's Hospital
  
  
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  The Clinical Management of Hepatitis C: An Update (PDF, 655K)
  Tracey Dudley
  Post-transplant Hepatitis Clinical Nurse Specialist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  
  
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  Is There a Role for Non-Medical Prescribing for the Drug and
  Alcohol Liaison Nurse in an Acute Medical Setting? (PDF, 690K)
  Sarah Needham
  Independent Nurse Prescriber, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Drug & Alcohol Liaison Team
  
  
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  Why do Drug Users Attend the General Hospital? (PDF, 754K)
  Abbie Gogarty
  Drug & Alcohol Liaison Nurse, University Hospital Birmingham and Birmingham & Solihull
  Mental Health Foundation Trust
  
  
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  The Journey from Commissioning to Implementing
  an Acute Addiction Liaison Service (PDF, 67K)
  Gail Reid
  Secondary Services Manager, Glasgow Addiction Services
  
  
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  Pharmacology Update (PDF, 178K)
  Amanda Smith
  Lead Pharmacist, Liver & Solid Organ Transplantation
  
  
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  Alcohol Withdrawal Management (PDF, 571K)
  David Henstock
  Team Leader - Alcohol & Drug Liaison Service, Nottinghamshire Health Care, Sherwood Forest
  Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  
  
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  Pain Management Issues for the Substance Misusing Patient (PDF, 177K)
  Paul Bibby
  Consultant Pain Nurse