BARONESS MASSEY OF DARWEN

Title of Presentation: 
The Effects of Substance Misuse on Families and Young People    

Doreen E Massey has been a Labour peer since 1999. 

She has been chair of the NTA since January 2002.  The NTA is a special health authority, created by the Labour government in 2001, with a remit to "increase the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse". The overall purpose of the NTA is to "double the number of people in effective, well-managed treatment between 1998 and 2008; and to increase the proportion of people completing or appropriately continuing treatment, year on year".  This is in line with the UK drug strategy targets.

She has a strong interest in children and young people, and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children. She is president of Brook Advisory Centres, a charity specialising in young people's sexual health, a trustee of the Teachers Advisory Council for Alcohol and Drug Education (TACADE), and of The Trust for the Study of Adolescence. She is a health education specialist on a range of issues including drug and alcohol misuse, HIV/AIDS and sexual health in national and international contexts. 

She is the former Director of the UK Family Planning Association, has published a range of books and training resources on health and sex education and is a qualified teacher. 

She is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on: alcohol and drugs; AIDS, population and development. She is also a Lady Taverner, a cricket charity which raises money for disabled children to take part in sport.  She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Doreen’s outside interests include theatre, opera, film, sport, reading, and travelling.  She is married with three grown-up children.

At the end of her presentation, delegates will be able to:

1. Identify problems affecting young people and families affected by substance misuse;
2. Discuss measures to tackle these issues;
3. Discuss the role of professionals and carers in tackling the problem.

Comments

[Liliya Goranova]

It is true- when one of the family members is addicted, all of the members are affected. If one eneters rehab, alcohol rehab for example, all of the family members become part of this program in way or another

[chairs for the disabled]

i agree with this, we must identify each families affected by substance misuse, if one of the family is affected all of them maybe affected.

[Wheelchair Sport]

@ Liliya... It depend upon how they aware of it. All we have to do is to inform and educate people in order to be aware of that things.

[developmental disabilities]

I will support this charity and cause. Physically disabled children must also atleast be allowed to try a sport or two if they have the physical capacity.

[wheelchairs for sale]

i agree with "chairs for the disabled" she's ryt