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.
- “Conference welcome and housekeeping”
Fraser Serle, Gay Men’s Health Collective - “London chemsex landscape overview”
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 - “Working across silos: The intersection between harm with care in statutory and NHS”
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) - “Where community activism and chemsex intersects”
Dr Alex Tridico, President, Impulse London - “Chemsex in Kent”
Dr Paul Driscoll-Evans, Canterbury Christ Church University
Nathalie Reeves, Kent County Council - “Trends and complex harms”
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.
This year’s Conference is supported by Turning Point, Change Grow Live and Impulse London.
