On 24 January 2023, Kieran Moriarty interviewed Sir Ian Gilmore for the Addiction Lives series. Here they talk about Sir Ian’s work with successive governments on health policy and why he resigned ‘rather publicly’ as co-chair of a Public Health England committee, as well as about the impact of COVID-19 on alcohol-related harm and the need to train liver specialists in addiction.

"When it’s three in the morning and you’re under stress, remember what a privilege it is for patients to trust you and pour out their most heartfelt problems to you."

Addiction Lives is a print and online collaboration between Addiction and the Society for the Study of Addiction, and is edited by Professor Virginia Berridge with support from Jean O’Reilly. The series focuses on the views and personal experiences of people who have made particular contributions to the evolution of ideas in the journal’s field of interest.

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