Wednesday 14th October 2026
Mary Ward House, 5 – 7 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9SN
Arrival/ refreshments/ networking from 9:30am
Prompt start at 10:00am. Finish at 4:30pm
The London Chemsex Conference has become a rare space where practitioners can meet, learn and share. Delegate feedback from 2024 and 2025 is clear: high-quality speakers, practical learning, and cross-sector exchange made the day directly useful to the work we do. This year’s conference responds to that feedback with a strong focus on practice. If you work in chemsex, drugs, sexual health, mental health, emergency care, commissioning or policy, this is a serious day for serious practice.
GMHC is delivering this Conference in partnership with Antidote. Antidote is the UK’s only LGBTQ+ run and targeted drug and alcohol support service. GMHC’s health and wellbeing project has had a focus on chemsex harm reduction for 15 years. This agenda has been informed by the 2024 and 2025 conference evaluations, and what delegates have sought in terms of practice.
- “London chemsex landscape overview, an update”
Patriic Gayle, Projects Lead, Gay Men’s Health Collective - “Utilising lived experience”
Seba Dyer, Welfare and Harm Reduction Lead, Safe Only CIC - “Addressing heteronormativity in services”
Dan Ady, LGBTQ+ Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker, Antidote and Turning Point - “Developing cultural competences in services”
Ben Kaye, Senior LGBTQIA+ and Chemsex Lead, Change Grow Live - “What Works at SASH”
Robert Fletcher, Operations Manager, SASH; Scott Houston, Counsellor, SASH - “Neurodivergence, chemsex and the mixing desk of risk”
Oscar Patton-Lyons, Deputy Peer Support Lead, Central Northwest London NHS Trust - “Tools for frontline workers”
Dr Mauricio Alvarez, Principal Clinical Psychologist, E1 Clinic at All East Sexual Health - “Safeguarding and chemsex”
Dr Michael Yates, Clinical Psychologist; Psychology Service Lead, 56 Dean Street - “Intersection of chemsex, homelessness and the LGBT+ community”
Dr Dana Beale, Joint Clinical Lead GP, Great Chapel Street Medical Centre - “Supporting chemsex clients within the criminal justice context”
Ray Thomas, Assistant Manager, Antidote - “GHB in police custody: recognising risks and delivering safe care”
Kersti Burman RGN, Dip-He, NMP, Custody Nurse Practitioner/ Independent Prescriber; Eoin Bradley; Metropolitan Police Service - “Peer-led recovery spaces and chemsex-focused 12-step meeting”
Jimmy Jenkin, BSc Counselling Student; Peer Support Volunteer, Antidote (London Friend) - “Chemsex in Kent”
Dr Paul Driscoll-Evans, Canterbury Christ Church University; Nathalie Reeves, Kent County Council - “Trends and complex harms, an update”
Peter Kingsley, Advanced Paramedic (Critical Care), London Ambulance Service NHS Trust - “The Case of Edward Cornes”
Fiona Hamilton, Chief Reporter, The Times - “Next Steps for London”
Ben Collins, Co-director and Partnerships Lead, ReShape
As hard as we have tried we have had to raise the cost of tickets. This reflects a larger venue for more delegate places, improved facilities and professional catering. However, we will ensure the vibe remains community focused and inclusive. If you operate in Greater London and have a chemsex remit within your work, we have a limited number of concessionary tickets, email admin@gmhc.co.uk for more.
This year’s Conference is supported by Turning Point, Change Grow Live and Impulse London.
