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Autumn 2021 meetings of the Local Intelligence Network

NHS England & NHS Improvement’s Controlled Drug teams from the South of England and London collaborated to produce a joint educational webinar for our local intelligence networks on 21 September 2020

A recording of our webinar is available on request and the slides can be accessed via the links below.

Presentation Speaker Slides
Controlled drugs annual report update 2020 Victoria Lea

Care Quality Commission

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Medical weight management clinics and their use of controlled drugs Jane Glazebrook

The Slimming Clinic

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Opioid conversion incident involving pethidine Julie McCann

NHS England & NHS Improvement

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Spring 2021 meetings of the Local Intelligence Network

NHS England & NHS Improvement’s Controlled Drug teams from the South of England and London collaborated to produce a joint educational webinar for our local intelligence networks on 10 March 2021.

A recording of each presentation is available on request and the slides can be accessed via the links below

Presentation Speaker Slides
Introduction to the network Victoria Lea

Care Quality Commission

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Trends in illicit drug use Pete Collins

Avon & Somerset Police

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Controlled Drugs Liaison Officer’s update Wendy McAllister

Metropolitan Police

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Supporting employers with concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates Michele Harrison

Nursing & Midwifery Council

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‘Mind the Gab’–preventing errors with gabapentinoids Ann Rhys and Judy Vick

Hospiscare

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Poster

 

Autumn 2020 meetings of the Local Intelligence Network

NHS England & NHS Improvement’s Controlled Drug teams from both South East and South West England collaborated to produce a joint educational webinar for our local intelligence networks on 22 September 2020

A recording of our webinar is available on request and the slides can be accessed via the links below.

Presentation Speaker Slides
Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer’s national update William Rial

NHS England & NHS Improvement

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The safer management of Controlled Drugs – Annual Review Sarah Dennison

Care Quality Commission

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Prescribing opioids and other dependence forming medicines for chronic pain Amy Lynch

NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

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Ambulance service data sharing with local substance misuse services Jason Kew

Thames Valley Police

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Improving the use of controlled drugs at the end of life in care homes Sue Carter

NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

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Management of Controlled Drugs in a Private Hospital Alex Zarneh

New Foscote Hospital

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How to complete your occurrence reports on-line

 

Controlled Drugs Newsletters

We share the learning from incidents reported to us and update on relevant topics via our local intelligence networks and via newsletters.

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