Royal College of General Practitioners - Online Learning Environment

This is a recording of a live conference that took place on Friday 17 January 2025. This recording will be available to view until 20 November 2025.

The 29th Managing addictions in primary care conference took place on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 January 2025 in Manchester. 

This conference is the largest event in the UK for GPs, shared care workers, nurses and other primary care staff, specialists, commissioners and researchers interested in and involved with the Management of people with Addictions in Primary Care (MAPC). It is now in its 29th year with a loyal following but always attracts new faces from primary care. As usual, we will be covering important issues for the field including drug and alcohol problems including both a beginners guides as well as more specialist issues, managing harms from behavioural addictions such as pornography.  

With alcohol and drug related deaths still at an all time high, a harm reduction approach is paramount along with tackling stigma (so people don’t shy away from help).

We are really excited to go back on tour – yes we will be at an excellent iconic venue, The Lowry in the Quays area of Manchester, with plenty of room to make the best of workshops, interaction, networking and learning from each other. This includes showcasing great organisations such as Camerados, Fallen Angels Dance Theatre and The Spider Project, which have been ongoing for many years providing exceptional services for people in recovery from addiction.

Learning objectives: 

•    Increase understanding of current interventions for the prevention, assessment and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems

•    Increase understanding of what interventions are possible to deliver in Primary Care and what require specialist help

•    Increase knowledge of drug and alcohol policies in the UK and how they are implemented in primary care

•    Increase knowledge of links between multiple needs, health inequalities and drug and alcohol use

The 29th Managing addictions in primary care conference will take place on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 January in Manchester.

This joint RCGP and Addiction Professionals, Managing Addictions in Primary Care 2025 conference (MAPC), is one you won’t want to miss. This is the largest event in the UK for GPs, shared care workers, nurses and other primary care staff, specialists, commissioners and researchers interested in and involved with the management of people with addictions in primary care.

MAPC is now in its 29th year with a loyal following but always attracts new faces from primary care. As usual, we will be covering important issues for the field including drug and alcohol problems including both a beginners guides as well as more specialist issues, managing harms from behavioural addictions such as gambling and porn. With alcohol and drug related deaths still at an all time high, a harm reduction approach is paramount along with tackling stigma (so people don’t shy away from help).

We are really excited to go back on tour – yes we will be at an excellent iconic venue, The Lowry in the Quays area of Manchester, with plenty of room to make the best of workshops, interaction, networking and learning from each other. This includes showcasing some local good practice such as the work of the Urban Village Medical Practice which has been ongoing for many years – providing excellent primary care services for homeless people.

Whilst we are happy we can offer the hybrid option of live streaming, we encourage you to attend in person to inspire each other and share best care in General Practice as we have done in previous years.

Learning objectives: 

• Increase understanding of current interventions for the prevention, assessment and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems
• Increase understanding of what interventions are possible to deliver in primary care and what require specialist help
• Increase knowledge of drug and alcohol policies in the UK and how they are implemented in primary care
• Increase knowledge of links between multiple needs, health inequalities and drug and alcohol use

Conference Chairs:

Dr Stephen Willott, GP, Clinical Lead for Alcohol & Drug Misuse, Public Health Dept, Nottingham City Council 

Kate Halliday, Executive Director, Addiction Professionals 

Early bird prices until Thursday 14 November:

One-day ticket: £219

Two-day ticket: £299

Standard prices from Friday 15 November:

One-day ticket: £265

Two-day ticket: £365

Please note, one-day tickets are limited. 

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This is a recording of a live conference that took place on 07 March 2025. This recording will be available to view until 17 December 2025.

GPs are the first port of call for women’s health issues. We manage the majority of them without recourse to secondary care, even though the amount of time that medical school and vocational training devotes to subjects such as contraception and the menopause can be variable. When we do refer, our patients wait for many months or years, during which we manage symptoms and answer our patients’ questions. 

In this One Day Essentials conference, Dr Toni Hazell and a group of leading speakers will focus on essential information, latest evidence, practical tips and take-home messages to help improve practice and patient outcomes. The primary care perspective will be foremost in all of the talks, with consideration of the real-life decisions that we make every day whilst working in an under-resourced system. There will be ample opportunity for questions. 

Learning Objectives:

• To gain confidence in the management of women’s health issues in primary care, and knowledge of when referral is appropriate. 
• To understand the updated NICE guideline on menopause and how to explain complex issues of risks and benefits to women contemplating HRT, as well as being aware of the British Menopause Society guidance on unscheduled bleeding on HRT and how this might affect your referral decisions. 
• To understand how to manage suspected endometriosis in primary care and how decisions on referral should be individualised depending on factors such as symptom severity and desire to conceive. 
• To be updated on contraception and the latest thinking in PCOS. 
• To be aware of the NICE guidelines on familial cancer risk and know how to manage a patient who presents with concerns about genetic risks of cancer. 
• To be able to talk to women holistically throughout their life and give sensible advice when asked about lifestyle and complementary medicine.  

Topics include:

• Menopause update: What NICE did and did not say in 2024?
• Bleeding on HRT
• Contraception cluedo: Update your contraceptive knowledge for 2025
• Endometriosis
• Familial cancer
• PCOS 
• Holistic women's health throughout the life cycle 

Conference chair

Dr Toni Hazell, GP and RCGP eLearning fellow