This episode has been hosted and edited by Dr Harvir Braich, GP leadership fellow in Health Equity, Future leaders Programme, Health Education England,

I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Deborah Wilmot, a passionate GP with over 20 years' experience with the substance misuse service. She shares such a unique personal perspective that has really helped someone new to the arena such as myself. 

We had a brilliant conversation in the new year and discussed...

• Deborah's work as a GP and her amazing journey in working as a substance misuse lead in her region. (1.40mins)

• The changing pattern Deborah has seen of substances misused over her 20 years of experience (3mins)

• How Deborah started her journey into this area of work and what has motivated her to continue in this field (4mins)

• How Deborah has been able to keep such enthusiasm and passion for her work and prevented burnout (10mins)

• What Deborah finds the most rewarding part of her job (12mins)

• How we as clinicians and advocates can break down stigma and encourage patients to seek treatment and support (17mins)

• What advice Deborah would give to inexperienced clinicians or those wanting to better their practice with dealing with patients suffering from substance misuse (22mins)

• Being mindful of yourself and your current state of mind (27mins)

• What an ideal substance misuse service would look like in the eyes of Deborah (28 mins)

• The importance of lived experiences to develop ourselves (35mins)

Further resources:

Reduced mortality if in treatment compared to not in treatment (15mins)

Adult substance misuse treatment statistics 2020 to 2021: report

The "ripple effect" of substance misuse and hidden costs (16mins)

Benefit of peer support in substance misuse (29mins)

Doctors make mistakes (33mins)

Cautionary Tales (34 mins)

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