SSC 25 Anniversary meeting 2026: Celebrating progress, preparing for the future - Book now

Join us to celebrate the Scottish Standing Committee's (SSC) 25 anniversary for a day of cutting-edge updates, stimulating discussion, and professional connection. The meeting is taking place on Thursday 12 February 2026 at Discovery Point, Dundee. Delegates will hear contributions from leading local and national experts.

Programme highlights include:

• Updates on the Leng review
• Perioperative medicine 
• CPET
• Promt engineering 
  

Scottish Standing Committee Resident Doctor oral presentation prize:

The SSC Dougall Quaich Prize, named in honour of Dr James Dougall, the first Convenor of the SSC, offers an excellent platform for Scottish medical students and residents to submit a 500-word synopsis of a presentation to showcase their ideas to peers. 

Applications will be blind reviewed by members of the SSC and top scoring submitters will be offered the chance to give an oral presentation at the symposium. 

The deadline for submissions is 23:59 on Monday 8 December 2025, submit now so you don't miss out! 

Submit your oral presentation prize here.

Intended audience

Consultant anaesthetists
Resident Doctors (ST3+)
SAS anaesthetists, medical students

The organisers are the Scottish Standing Committee's Dr Charles Moore, Dr Morven Wilson, Dr Craig Urquart and Dr Duncan Hargreaves.