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Advanced Practitioner Seamus MacAuley

Advanced Practitioner Seamus MacAuley
Primary care-based drug treatment: we need to promote its advantages

The 1999 Orange Book* acknowledged the role of primary care in the treatment of people with drug problems.
The public want better alcohol labelling

It is our #righttoknow what is in our drink
The correlates and extent of prescribing of medications for alcohol relapse prevention in England

A snippet from our latest Clinical Update edited by Dr Euan Lawson

Clinical Guidelines (2017) - "Orange Book"

Drug Misuse and Dependence - UK Guidelines on Clinical Management. 2017 edition.
Safer Prescribing in Prisons – 2nd Edition January 2019

The second edition of Safer Prescribing in Prisons has drawn on emerging evidence and responded to feedback from the first edition.
Guidance for the use and reduction of misuse of benzodiazepines

Guidance for the use and reduction of misuse of benzodiazepines and other hypnotics and anxiolytics in general practice by Drs Chris Ford and Fergus Law.
Supporting nurse mentors to reduce the barriers to implementing alcohol interventions and brief advice (IBA) in primary care
Naloxone supply protocol

Naloxone is a drug which temporarily reverses the effects of opioids such as heroin, methadone and morphine.
The Management of Pain in People with a Past or current history of addiction

Guidance on how to treat or manage pain in the context of a current addiction or an early, or even established recovery.
Misuse of synthetic opiods - NEPTUNE Expert Group

The misuse of synthetic opioids: harms and clinical management of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and other novel synthetic opioids. Information for clinicians.

Advanced Practitioner Muhammad Zaheen Ahmed

Advanced Practitioner Muhammad Zaheen Ahmed
Addiction Treatment Programme Sessional Clinical Supervisor

The Priory Hospital North London is recruiting for a number of highly experienced sessional Clinical Supervisors to support a diverse group of therapists within four different teams, this role is for an Addiction Treatment Clinical Supervisor.
Advanced Practitioner Kay Kimberley
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