DR JOHN CRICHTON

MRCPsych

Dr John Crichton is lead consultant for Addiction Psychiatry for Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

He is an honorary lecturer with Southampton University. Clinically, he is responsible for the drug and alcohol services  for Southampton and the New Forest.

He is a member of Southampton DAAT and chair of their Clinical Governance Group and member of the Drug Related Death Group and GP Shared Care Monitoring Group. He is also a member of Hampshire DAT Joint Commissioning Group.

Two years ago, the Hampshire services changed from prescribing Subutex to Suboxone , this change is currently the subject of a clinical evaluation. He will present data on how and why this change was initiated.