You're invited to the UK's leading, largest, and longest standing conference on managing addictions in primary care, delivered in partnership with Addiction Professionals.
Join us in-person or online and celebrate our 30th anniversary as we bring together pre-eminent experts in the field of substance and behavioural addiction, and offer you the opportunity to listen, learn and network with more than 300 healthcare professionals across the field.
From beginner guides to specialist advice, personal accounts to big picture thinking, our plenaries and workshops offer something for everyone with an interest in addiction services.
This conference will reflect on the challenges and improvements over the past thirty years and look forward at how we can improve medicine and support for patients and service users. The programme covers a range of topics both specialised and holistic, and has evolved with the ever-changing addiction care landscape. Alcohol and drug related deaths are at an all-time high in the UK*. This is why harm-reduction, tackling the stigma around addiction to encourage more people to seek help, and understanding how health inequalities impact additions are central focuses this year.
“The standard of the presentations this year was exceptionally high and […] I learned a great deal of new information plus talking points to make me think. Good for networking too.” – 2025 conference attendee, specialist in addiction psychiatry, Wales, UK
Increase your knowledge and understanding of:
- Current interventions for the prevention, assessment and treatment of alcohol, other drug problems and behavioural addictions.
- The requirement for both primary care and specialist interventions, and when to use them.
- Drug and alcohol policies in the UK and how they are implemented in primary care.
- Links between multiple needs, health inequalities and substance misuse.
- The challenges, improvements and primary care work in this area over the last 30 years.
Conference chairs
Managing addictions in primary care (MAPC) will be hosted at the chic INNSiDE Melia hotel near the Liverpool riverfront. Located in the old Liverpool Post & Echo building, this contemporary space is now operated by the highest-ranking hotelier in S&P's Global Sustainability Yearbook.
A limited number of bedrooms are available to delegates of this conference at a discounted rate via the INNSiDE hotel Liverpool by Meliá website.
Transport
Train
- 5-minute walk from Moorfields Merseyrail station (Old Hall Street exit)
- 25-minute walk from Liverpool Lime Street station
Bus
- Directly opposite Edmund Street bus stop
Car
- 5-minute walk from NCP Liverpool Capital (L3 9DL), with a discounted rate available to overnight hotel guests only.
Early bird price until Wednesday 5 November 2025:
- One-day ticket: £219
- Two-day ticket: £299
Standard price from Thursday 6 November 2025:
- One-day ticket: £265
- Two-day ticket: £365
Discounted tickets are available to medical students.
To book your place, email us using your institution email address (usually ending in '.ac.uk').
Student early bird price until Wednesday 5 November 2025:
- One-day ticket: £149
- Two-day ticket: £199
Student standard price from Thursday 6 November 2025:
- One-day ticket: £179
- Two-day ticket: £239
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