The 2019 Trent Study Day 'Substance use and forensic mental health' took place on Friday 22nd November.

The Trent Study Day is an annual conference which is hosted by the Forensic Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Mental Health. The conference is aimed at professionals working in the field of forensic mental health and the criminal justice system including clinicians, managers, commissioners and others. The event was well attended and a great success.

Confirmed keynote speakers

• Dr Derek Tracy, Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Director, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and London Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Dr Glen Thomas, Independent Conultant
• Abu Shafi, ST4 in Forensic Psychiatry, East London NHS Foundation Trust
• Wayne Harvey, Forensic Security Manager and Narcotics Search Dog Handler, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
• Dr Adarsh Kaul, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist & Clinical Director, Offender Healthcare, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Loretta Ford, Lead for Clinical Toxicology, Black Country Pathology Service

Click here to download the Trent Study Day Programme

Presentations we have been permitted to share from Trent Study Day 2019:

Drugs in Prisons: A Clinician’s Perspective by Dr Adarsh Kaul

Prevention and detection of illicit substances within secure services by Wayne Harvey 

A whole systems approach to delivering evidence based substance misuse interventions in forensic services by Dr Glen Thomas

Cannabis, Psychosis, and Violence by Professor Sir Robin Murray