Presentations 2009

This section of the HubCAPP website is hosting presentations from the Alcohol Liaison Seminar that took place at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London on Tuesday 28 April 2009.

The emphasis of the event was alcohol liaison work in hospitals and health care settings. Key note speakers gave presentations on their work - copies can be accessed below:

  1. Intoxication, dependence and damage - Alcohol and the brain
    Presenter: ProfessorAnne Lingford-Hughes
    Professor of Addiction Biology
    Imperial College, London
    Brain mechanisms of intoxication, dependence and damage.pdf (1.7MB)
     
  2. Wernicke's and treatment with thiamine - Research update
    Presenter: Dr Irene Guerrini
    Bexley Substance Misuse Service
    South London and Maudsley Hospital
    Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome.pdf (1.5MB)
     
  3. Role of Alcohol Liaison Nurse in liver transplantation
    Presenter: Liz Shepherd
    Clinical Nurse Specialist - Alcohol and liver transplantation
    Royal Free Hospital, London
    Clinical nurse specialist and liver transplantation.pdf (686KB)
     
  4. Alcohol from hospital to community
    Presenter: Dr Lynn Owens
    Nurse Consultant
    Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital Trust
    From hospital to community.pdf (418KB)
     
  5. Early Identification and to reduce re-attendance - Safe Moves
    Presenter: Professor Robin Touquet
    A&E St Mary's, Paddington, London
    Early Identification of Alcohol misuse.pdf (1MB)


The flyer for the 2009 Alcohol Liaison Seminar is available below :

For further information about Alcohol Liaison Seminars and the informal network of hospital liaison workers please contact:
Adrian Brown (ade.brown@nhs.net)
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Alcohol Liaison
St Mary's Hospital
c/o A&E Department, Praed St
London W2 1NY
Tel: 020 7886 7663
Fax: 020 7886 6366

Other information including factsheets can be found on the main Alcohol Concern website www.alcoholconcern.org.uk.

Alcohol Concern maintains a specialised collection of journals, e-journals, books and electronic literature on alcohol-related issues. The collection consists of:

  • an archive of Alcohol Concern publications
  • a core collection of publications on all alcohol-related issues from 1996 onwards
  • a bookshop of selected AC publications for purchase

The library database holds details of the collection and can be accessed online using the "Library search" function.