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Depot buprenorphine – alcohol and other drugs and primary care

Topic:
Depot buprenorphine – alcohol and other drugs and primary care
Speaker:
Dr Ian Guinan – General Practitioner, Alcohol and Drug Service

Dr Diane Hopper – Medical Director, Aboriginal Health Service

Dr Tash Lovatt – General Practitioner, Aboriginal Health Service

Dr Nicolle Ait Khelifa – Statewide Speciality Director Alcohol and Drug Service Tasmania

Date and time:
6.30pm-8.00pm Tuesday 14 September 2021
Location:
Webinar
Audience:
GPs

This event will cover the following topics:

  • Depot buprenorphine in the community
  • Naloxone -a primary care perspective
  • Alcohol and other drugs (AoD) screening and brief interventions

Speaker information:

Dr Diane Hopper is Medical Director at the Aboriginal Health Service (AHS) where she has worked for the last 10 years. Diane was trained to provide pharmacotherapy in the UK and she also was a provider in New Zealand. Since working at the AHS she has been supported by Ian Guinan and the Alcohol and Drug Service to provide pharmacotherapy in that setting.

Dr Natasha Lovatt is a GP working at the Aboriginal Health Service and Eastern Shore Doctors, Bellerive Quay.

Dr Nicolle Ait Khelifa –  Statewide Speciality Director Alcohol and Drug Service Tasmania, Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine specialist. Nicolle has worked extensively in this area in both UK and Australia.