The Pan London Primary Care Network For Substance Misuse
(PANN)
In collaboration with SMMGP & the RCGP
Certificate
in the Management of Drug Misuse
Report for PANN April 2003-March 2004
Regional Lead and Chair of PANN Dr Chris Ford
The Pan London Primary Care Network for Substance Misuse (PANN)
was launched in June 2001. It was formed as a forum to provide, for
GPs and others working with drug users in primary care in London,
training, support and policy updates and to provide on-going
support to health professionals working within the London Shared
Care Schemes.
2003 onwards
The meetings were expanded to
recognise that PANN had developed into a Network to include people
who had undertaken and wanted to take the RCGP Certificate in Drug
Dependency and other senior practitioners working in the field of
primary care drug treatment. The 3 afternoons a year can form part
of practitioners continuing development plan.
It has become a recognised forum for debate and education about
current practice and policy for specialist substance misuse
practitioners. The meetings are in two parts. The first half is an
open general meeting and has a primary topic. The second half the
group divides into PCT / DAT or PCTs / DATs areas to look at how
the topic under discussion is dealt with in these local areas.
Mentors from the RCGP Certificate in Drug Dependency and volunteers
from local areas run these smaller groups. These act as ongoing
active learning sets for new and old certificate candidates and
others from the area.
These groups also act as a forum to discuss local issues, learn
together and develop primary care action plans for local areas.
Anybody working in those areas can join these groups. Hopefully
this has and will continue to lead to improved joint working in
local areas, as well as London generally.
Meetings are 3 times / year, have a primary topic (which has
been chosen at the preceding meeting) and other current issues are
discussed.
Pain and Addiction in General Practice Dr David
Davies
Pain and Addiction-Dual diagnosis Dr Tom Smith
Most Recent
Forum Meeting (25 July - Cannabis and Mental Health)
Experiences of substance misuse and service provision among female
sex workers in South London
Summaries of previous meetings (April 2003 -
June 2005)
Implementing NICE guidance
UK
Guidelines on clinical management
Contact Details
for queries
To join the PANN mailing list fill in and return the
data
protection form (word, 24 kb)
Next Meeting
11th November 2009. For further information
contact Matt Young (matthew.young@nhs.net ).
Future Meeting Dates:
PANN is undergoing a review, if you would like to participate in
this or have a say in what happens next contact Matt Young
(RCGP SMU London Regional Lead) at matthew.young@nhs.net, Matt also
has a blog spot with regular updates etc which you can access
at www.rcgplondondrugtraining.blogspot.com
Future developments for PANN:
| 1. Develop PANN London Network on SMMGP
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- Details of forthcoming meetings
- Minutes of meetings
- Copies of presentations
- Interactive forum for discussion between meetings
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