Welsh healthcare professionals tackle substance misuse
19 December 2006
Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services Dr Brian Gibbons
presented twenty nine healthcare professionals from across Wales
with their certificates at a prestigious “graduation” ceremony for
healthcare professionals in Corryton.
Twenty nine healthcare professionals from across Wales were
presented with certificates to show they had successfully completed
part two of a course in the management of substance misuse
run by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
The RCGP has been successfully running the course for four years
in Wales and over 180 Welsh candidates have completed it so
far.
Funded by the Welsh Assembly, this qualification provides
healthcare practitioners with advice and specialist training to
meet the health needs of patients who misuse drugs and alcohol. It
is a two-part qualification and participants attend a national
masterclass and six study days over a six month period.
Dr Mel Bagshaw who coordinates the course says: “We were
delighted to see so many health professionals successfully
completing this intense course. Attaining the RCGP Certificate in
Management of Substance Misuse recognises a gold standard of
training which will have real benefits for drug and alcohol users
throughout Wales.”
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More information about the certificate in the Management of
drugs misuse can be found on the RCGP Wales website at www.rcgp.org.uk/wales
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