The “Pain & Dependence in Focus: Safe, Skilled Reviews for High Risk Medicine” Webinar is free to access both live and on-demand for attendees. To watch on-demand without attending the webinar you can join the Associate Programmme.
This event will start at 18:30pm with the Welcome and Introductions. The webinar will begin shortly after. Our expert speakers will be discussing the following topics:
- When Pain Becomes Dependence: Recognising subtle clinical/red-flag patterns pharmacists notice first.
- High-Risk Medicines Deep-Dive: Pragmatic review strategies for opioids, gabapentinoids, benzos, Z-drugs – what actually works in GP practices.
- The Pharmacist-Led Turnaround Conversation: How to have real life discussions about reduction without triggering resistance or complaint.
- Safer Tapering Pathways in the Real World: Micro-tapers, hybrid switches, adjuvant alternatives, and personalised plans.
- Pain vs Function: How to reframe goals to shift patients away from “0/10 pain expectations” toward functional improvement.
- When to Escalate / Refer for an MDT approach: Pain services, mental health, MSK, addiction teams & realistic thresholds for primary care.
Our Webinars are sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry. However, the agenda for each study day is independently managed, and developed, by our clinical management team.
This is not a Training Hub event.