Clearer Conversations on OST supports workers and peers to have better, clearer conversations about medication and treatment.
Through lived experience, clinical insight, and practical guidance, it aims to challenge myths, build confidence, and support informed choice.
Start with our featured conversations below, then explore the latest articles, practical resources and archive content. New material will be added regularly as the project develops.
Clearer Conversations is a growing DDN initiative. We’d like you to help shape it.
Tell us about the conversations you’re having – Share your experience – Suggest a topic – Recommend a resource.
Contact us →claire@cjwellings.com
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Is anyone listening?
People enter treatment with a mixture of fear and hope. The first interactions are the building blocks for what happens next – so are we getting the conversations right, asks DDN.
Changing the dynamic
Here comes a new approach to finally giving people on OST a genuine voice in their own care, says Professor Adam Winstock.
Changing the outlook
Whether they take place in the GP’s surgery, a prison healthcare wing, a hostel, or a drug service waiting room, the first crucial interactions can build trust and hope – or reinforce feelings of stigma, frustration and defeat.
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The series on OST is made possible by a grant from Camurus, who have no involvement in the content of articles.