DRINK & DRUGS NEWS :: Service User Involvement Conference

The DDN/Alliance First National Service User Involvement Conference at the Second City Suite in Birmingham on 31 January 2008 saw 600 delegates, representing both service users and professionals, gather for presentations and debate on effective user involvement in the provision of drug and alcohol services.

In the morning there were presentations from The NTA, service users and providers, while the afternoon was split into groups for facilitated debates on key issues.

The full programme, speakers’ biographies and a delegate list are below, along with some of the PowerPoint presentations given on the day. The feedback from the conference is being written up for the 25 February DDN, which will be a special issue focusing on service user involvement.

If you have any comments on the day, or suggestions for next year’s event, please email them to info@cjwellings.com

Conference programme

Speakers’ biographies

Delegate list

Speakers Presentations:

• Facilitated Debates
• Don Shenker - Alcohol concern
• Glenda Daniels - Oxfordshire User Team
• Paul Hayes - NTA

More speakers presentations to follow