NHS APA Conference 2025: Watch on demand
- NHS Addictions Provider Alliance
- Nov 28
- 2 min read
Thank you to everyone who attended and took part in the NHS APA Virtual Conference 2025, 'Breaking Barriers: How stigma undermines support and connection - and what we can do about it'.
All of the conference sessions are now available to watch on demand via the links below.
Session 1: Keynote
Mel Ball, Director for Lived Experience (MPFT), Darren Murinas, CEO at Expert Citizens and Ben Parker, Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner within the Addictions Directorate (CNWL).
Session 2: The power of visual arts in recovery
Mark Prest, Founder, Portraits of Recovery.
Session 3: Alcohol recovery and culture
Navi Dhesi, Founder, No More Pretending.
Session 4: How do people with alcohol and drug problems (and their friends and family) experience stigma and what can we do about it?
Dr Hannah Carver, Co-director of the Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research at the University of Stirling and Tessa Parkes, Professor of Substance Use and Inclusion Health.
Session 5: Stigma indicators and trial of a universal approach to stigma reduction
Carla Treolar, Scientia Professor with the Centre for Social Research in Health and Dr Elena Cama, Mixed-Methods Research Fellow Centre for Social Research in Health.
Session 6: Rewriting the story - working with children and young people who use substances
Dr Kelly Charge, Clinical Psychologist CAMHS Adolescent At-Risk and Forensic Service and Dr Ermione Neophytou, Practitioner Psychologist for the Adolescent At-Risk and Forensic Service within South London.
Session 7: If stigma is a barrier, how can you be a bridge?
Peter Keeling, NHS APA Policy and Development Manager, Ben Metcalfe, GMMH Lead Dual Diagnosis Liaison Service, Dr Sarah Stacey, Clinical Psychologist, Paul Evans, Operational and Development Lead at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Adrian Brown, Alcohol Nurse Specialist and Psychiatric Liaison at CNWL.
Session 8: Keynote
Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE, National Advisor on Gambling Harms, James Austin, NHS England and Michael.
Delegates pack
A delegates pack is now available to view and download, including speaker information and handouts, in here.
