News
It has been some months now since we first started these news pages and I just wanted to mention that the stories presented here are designed to represent stories that may be of interest to those in the Nursing field. I try and ensure that there is a diversity and range of stories presented here, however without input from yourselves I cannot be sure I have achieved this aim.
Please remember these pages are not only here for you to read they are also here to be contributed to by you, so please feel free to email in any stories you have seen that you think may be of interest, or for suggestions around topic areas which you think are missing. Looking forward to seeing your ideas and contributions!
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Substance Misuse Skills Consortium- Members' e-Newsletter July 2011
Published: 02 August 2011
substance misuse skills consortium members e-newsletter july 2011
Opinion piece- alcohol and the celebrity lifestyle
Published: 19 July 2011
An opinion piece by Ellie Gordon on our perceptions of celebrity lifestyle and alcohol abuse
New consortium aims to drive up standards of care
Published: 23 November 2010
The Substance Misuse Skills Consortium has been formed to allow doctors, former drug users, charities and health care workers to pool their knowledge to improve drug and alcohol treatment in England.
UK Drug Policy Commission wins grant to examine drug shame
Published: 11 January 2010
This is an article which I wanted to place here as I thought this would be of interest not only to those who work in the addiction field, but also to those who come into contact with people with addiction issues, as this concerns the stigma and prejudice that is directed towards people who are recovering drug users which may be something that you have seen in clinical practice or have been told about by service users.
House of Commons Health Committee launches report on alcohol
Published: 11 January 2010
Alcohol continues to be big news in the media with a recent return to the debate about increasing the price of alcohol in order to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed.
Vancouver considers introducing supervised crack smoking areas
Published: 26 October 2009
Health officials in Vancouver are debating whether to have special rooms to allow crack addicts to smoke the drug safely after a study found they had an increased risk of contracting HIV.
Consultant calls for the NHS to care for those in custody
Published: 26 October 2009
Dr Peter Green, consultant forensic physician at St George's Hospital in London, has said that the NHS should take over the care of people detained by the police.
Call for speakers for the Mental Health Nursing Forum Conference
Published: 23 October 2009
Has nursing ever been more in focus than at this time? Friday 5 - Saturday 6 March 2010, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool City Centre Plenary, concurrent, skills workshops and poster presentations have been requested.
Results of the Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT)
Published: 13 October 2009
The first randomised controlled trial in the UK to compare the effects of opiate treatments on severely entrenched heroin addicts has found that they can produce significant reductions in the patients' use of street heroin and in self-reported crime.
Free crack pipe trial for Canadian addicts
Published: 13 July 2009
Crack addicts in Victoria, British Columbia are going to receive crack pipe kits as a harm-reducing measure.