CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WEBINARS AND MEETING ADDRESSES:

Spectrum CIC – February 2026 – Organisation wide Grand round teaching on Competent Compassion as the foundation for our professional interactions

Lichfield District Council – October 2025 – Interactive teaching on Competent Compassion in relation to homelessness

Health and Justice Summit – October 2025 – E-presentation introducing Competent Compassion as a gold standard ethos in our practice

The Anti Stigma network – March 2025 – Webinar on Competent Compassion in relation to stigma – in particular for people with substance misuse problems

SMMGP webinar – 2018 – Webinar on OST in Prisons with reference to Competent Compassion and overcoming cultural and organisational issues:

PORSCH (Prison and Offender Research in Social Care and Health Network) – Meeting – 2017 – Seminar delivered on Competent Compassion.

Jubilee Plus National Conference  – 2017 – Seminar delivered on the response of the Church to the impending crisis in Community Substance Misuse services.

ISAAC – International Substance Abuse and Addiction Coalition – National Conference – 2017 – Keynote talk on Competent Compassion.

Bosnia and Herzegovina National Recovery Conference – Sarajevo  – 2017 – Keynote talk on Recovery From a UK Clinicians’ Perspective.

RCGP conference – June 2015 – Award winning seminar presentation on Competent Compassion

PUBLICATIONS:

SMMGP/FDAP Blog 2019:

https://www.smmgp-fdap.org.uk/news/competent-compassion

BMA Blog 2019:

https://www.bma.org.uk/connecting-doctors/b/work/posts/compassion-should-be-the-gold-standard

BMJ 2017:

https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4403

Alcoholis MCA 2015:

http://www.m-c-a.org.uk/documents/Doc%20Newsletters/oct_alcoholis_2015

Jubilee-Plus 2015:

http://www.jubilee-plus.org/Articles/438850/Jubilee_Plus/Research/A_DEEPER_LOOK.aspx

eBMJ 2015:

http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h1753/rr-0

Drink and Drugs News 2015:

http://drinkanddrugsnews.com/competent-compassion-in-services/

eBMJ 2015:

http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h530/rr-2

eBMJ 2015:

http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7493/rr-2

eBMJ 2014:

http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7493/rr-1

Drink and Drugs News 2014:

http://drinkanddrugsnews.com/10339/

eBMJ 2008:

http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/11/02/what-we-need-competent-compassion

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Facebook – Competent Compassion

Twitter – Competent Compassion @BestDrugDoc

LINKS:

SMMGP (Substance Misuse Management Good Practice)

http://www.smmgp.org.uk

RCGP Curriculum Statement on the Care of People who Misuse Drugs and Alcohol

Click to access 3_14_Drug_and_Alcohol_Misuse_May_2014.pdf_56885469.pdf

This is the statement I authored over the last year and it mentions competence and compassion in the “attitudinal features” section in particular. Overall, it outlines the competencies that GPs should have in this field.