Can we offer opioid-dependent patients greater freedom?

27 January 2021

Next month, PCM Scientific will be hosting a spring educational session exploring how opioid-dependent patients are being offered greater freedom through treatment.

The free event is taking place on 23^rd February and will be led by Dr Michael Kelleher, who will be joined by Dr Bernadette Hard and nurse specialist Mrs Lisa Kieh. During the live 60-minue event, the expert panel will be discussing the significance of patient freedom along with the sharing of best-practice treatment approaches using long-acting buprenorphine as part of an effective management strategy for opioid dependence.

The educational session will also explore patient-reported outcomes and perspectives from a key national pilot in Wales as well the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. There will also be the opportunity to hear directly from a patient and his perspectives on what freedom means to him and how treatment has impacted his daily life. Audience members will be encouraged to submit questions for the live Q&A during the event, providing a platform for what hopes to be a lively discussion!

The IOTOD webinar is supported by grant funding from Camurus.