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Scientific programme 2024




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Day 1 - Thursday 11 January 2024

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:00 - 08:50

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

Stream A - Live Streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

08:50 - 09:00

Welcome and introduction to WSM 2024
Dr Matthew Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

09:00 - 09:45

Keynote
Chair: Dr Matthew Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

From innervation to innovation: lessons learned from hip analgesia
Prof Philip Peng, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine of University of Toronto, credited with the introduction of the Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) block)

09:50 - 10:50




Stream A - Live Streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor




Stream B - Live Streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

This stream is for in-person attendees only. Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C - Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T1a - Unrecognised oesophageal intubation - putting the PUMA guidelines into practice

Chair: Dr Helen Laycock

T1b - Leaving the UK - should I stay or should I go? - Session created with the Trainee Committee, but all welcome to attend

Chair: TBC

T1c - Peri-operative care
Chair: Dr Andrzej Wlaszczyk

(09:50-10:05) Cases studies: the anatomy of harm from undetected oesophageal intubation
Prof Tim Cook, Somerset

(10:05-10:20) Event itself - human factors

Dr Andy Higgs, Warrington

(10:20-10:35) Patient perspective - deputy coroner

Dr Sean Cummings, Milton Keynes

(10:35-10:50) Panel discussion

(09:50-10:00) Is the grass really greener? 
Dr Kenneth Gilpin, Australia  

(10:00-10:10)If I go there will be trouble… and if I stay it will be double!
Dr David Monks, Assistant Professor, Anaesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, USA

(10:10-10:20) From anaesthesia to corporate life: navigating career change in the UK
Dr Chris Smith-Brown, PHIN

(10:20-10:30) Choosing medicine: from corporate law to anaesthesia? 
Dr Leyla Turkoglu, London 

(10:30-10:50) Panel discussion 

(09:50-10:05) Prehabilitation
Dr Myra McAdam, Glasgow

(10:05-10:20) New diabetic drugs - problems and solutions
Dr Jonathan Schofield, Manchester

(10:20-10:35) Considerations for major head and neck surgery
Dr Natalie Mincher, Wales

(10:35-10:50) Panel discussion

10:50 - 11:25

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor)

11:25 - 12:55

Stream A: Live Streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live Streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T2a - NAP7

Chair: Dr Louise Savic

T2b - Paediatrics - The critically ill child in A and E
Chair - Dr Rachel Freedman

T2c - Remote anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Andrea Harvey

(11:25-11:40) Peri-operative cardiac arrest - incidence and outcomes
Dr Richard Armstrong, Bristol

(11:40-11:55) Aftermath
Dr Emira Kursumovic, Bristol

(11:55-12:10) What does NAP7 tell us about peri-operative risk?
Dr Andrew Kane, Middlesbrough

(12:10-12:25) Progress? Can we learn anything from comparing NAP7 to previous NAPs
Prof Tim Cook, Bath

(12:25-12:55) Panel discussion

(11:25-11:40) The child with congenital heart disease
Dr Stephanie King, London

(11:40-11:55) The medically unwell child
Dr Francesca Cleugh, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, London

(11:55-12:10) Paediatric trauma
Dr Hilary Eason, Manchester

(12:10-12:25) Dealing with parents
Dr Leyla Turkoglu, London

(12:25-12:30) SAFE Paediatrics - an update
Dr Rachel Freedman, London

(12:30-12:55) Panel discussion


(11:25-11:40) MRI
Dr Nazia Khan, London

(11:40-11:55) Endoscopy: is GA the best option?
Dr Victoria Scott-Warren, Manchester

(11:55-12:10) Cardiac catheterisation lab
Dr Shane George, London

(12:10-12:55) Panel discussion


ePoster presentations - Exhibition hall, third floor

12:55 - 14:10

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor)

14:10-14:55

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill

T3a - Keynote - Featherstone 

Chair: Dr Matt Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

T3b - Emergency treatment of peri-operative anaphylaxis
Speaker: Dr Louise Savic, Leeds

Keynote: Standing on the shoulders of giants
Dr Fiona Kelly, Featherstone lecturer 2024 and Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bath


15:00-16:00

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B - Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C - Physical only - no live stream 
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T4a - Interactive Case Presentation: obstetric haemorrhage

Chair: Dr Rachel Collis

Session T4b - Critical Care

Chair: Dr Victoria McCormack

Session T4c - Latest in Industry session 

Chair: Dr Krish Radakrishna 

Interactive case presentation led by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians.

(15:00-15:15) Socio-economic recovery
Dr Joanne McPeake, Cambridge

(15:15-15:30) Post ICU rehab and follow-up
Dr Andrew Slack, London

(15:30-15:45) How to measure outcomes after critical care
Dr Bronwen Connolly, Senior Lecturer, Critical Care, Queen's University Belfast

(15:45-16:00) Patient perspective about recovery from ICU
Mr Chris Cooper

Check out the latest on what industry have to offer, presented by a panel of experts

Panellists: 
Dr Krish Radhakrishna, London 
Ms Nicki Dill, Barema
Dr Anil Hormis, Sheffield

16:00 - 16:40

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor)

(16:10 - 16:30) Industry-sponsored symposium supported by Intersurgical
'7 steps to improve patient and environmental safety within Anaesthesia'

Intersurgical.jpg

16:40 - 18:10

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T5a - Contracts and finances - SAS session around theme 

Chair: Emma Wain

T5b - Neuro; Knowledge & Skills for the Non Specialist
Chair: Dr Gemma Nicholls , Honorary Secretary NACCS, Bristol

T5c - Innovation

Chair: Dr Krish Radakrishna

(16:40-16:55) Pay and conditions
Mr Mike Henley, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Derby

(16:55-17:10) Consultant and SAS contracts - the devil is in the detail 
Dr Rob Fleming, Nottingham

(17:10-17:25) Should I leave the NHS Pension scheme? 
Speaker to be announced 

Panel discussion

(16:40-16:55) Avoiding the pitfalls of the prone position
Dr Michelle Leemans, London

(16:55-17:10) Interventions in acute stroke - the anaesthetists' role
Dr Rebecca Campbell, London

(17:10-17:25) Head and spinal injury - care outside of the specialist centre
Dr Matt Wiles, Sheffield

(17:25-17:40) Hydrocephalus for the anaesthetist
Mr Matt Bailey

Presentations from this year's top 3 prize winners for the Innovation Awards.

Followed by presentations from innovative industry experts - to be announced. 

18:10-19:30

Winter Social (Exhibition hall, third floor)
Come and join us for drinks, canapes and entertainment. Free to attend. 

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:00 - 08:50

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

Stream A - Live Streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

08:50 - 09:00

Welcome and introduction to WSM 2024
Dr Matthew Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

09:00 - 09:45

Keynote
Chair: Dr Matthew Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

From innervation to innovation: lessons learned from hip analgesia
Prof Philip Peng, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine of University of Toronto, credited with the introduction of the Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) block)

09:50 - 10:50




Stream A - Live Streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor




Stream B - Live Streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

This stream is for in-person attendees only. Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C - Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T1a - Unrecognised oesophageal intubation - putting the PUMA guidelines into practice

Chair: Dr Helen Laycock

T1b - Leaving the UK - should I stay or should I go? - Session created with the Trainee Committee, but all welcome to attend

Chair: TBC

T1c - Peri-operative care
Chair: Dr Andrzej Wlaszczyk

(09:50-10:05) Cases studies: the anatomy of harm from undetected oesophageal intubation
Prof Tim Cook, Somerset

(10:05-10:20) Event itself - human factors

Dr Andy Higgs, Warrington

(10:20-10:35) Patient perspective - deputy coroner

Dr Sean Cummings, Milton Keynes

(10:35-10:50) Panel discussion

(09:50-10:00) Is the grass really greener? 
Dr Kenneth Gilpin, Australia  

(10:00-10:10)If I go there will be trouble… and if I stay it will be double!
Dr David Monks, Assistant Professor, Anaesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, USA

(10:10-10:20) From anaesthesia to corporate life: navigating career change in the UK
Dr Chris Smith-Brown, PHIN

(10:20-10:30) Choosing medicine: from corporate law to anaesthesia? 
Dr Leyla Turkoglu, London 

(10:30-10:50) Panel discussion 

(09:50-10:05) Prehabilitation
Dr Myra McAdam, Glasgow

(10:05-10:20) New diabetic drugs - problems and solutions
Dr Jonathan Schofield, Manchester

(10:20-10:35) Considerations for major head and neck surgery
Dr Natalie Mincher, Wales

(10:35-10:50) Panel discussion

10:50 - 11:25

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor)

11:25 - 12:55

Stream A: Live Streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live Streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T2a - NAP7

Chair: Dr Louise Savic

T2b - Paediatrics - The critically ill child in A and E
Chair - Dr Rachel Freedman

T2c - Remote anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Andrea Harvey

(11:25-11:40) Peri-operative cardiac arrest - incidence and outcomes
Dr Richard Armstrong, Bristol

(11:40-11:55) Aftermath
Dr Emira Kursumovic, Bristol

(11:55-12:10) What does NAP7 tell us about peri-operative risk?
Dr Andrew Kane, Middlesbrough

(12:10-12:25) Progress? Can we learn anything from comparing NAP7 to previous NAPs
Prof Tim Cook, Bath

(12:25-12:55) Panel discussion

(11:25-11:40) The child with congenital heart disease
Dr Stephanie King, London

(11:40-11:55) The medically unwell child
Dr Francesca Cleugh, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, London

(11:55-12:10) Paediatric trauma
Dr Hilary Eason, Manchester

(12:10-12:25) Dealing with parents
Dr Leyla Turkoglu, London

(12:25-12:30) SAFE Paediatrics - an update
Dr Rachel Freedman, London

(12:30-12:55) Panel discussion


(11:25-11:40) MRI
Dr Nazia Khan, London

(11:40-11:55) Endoscopy: is GA the best option?
Dr Victoria Scott-Warren, Manchester

(11:55-12:10) Cardiac catheterisation lab
Dr Shane George, London

(12:10-12:55) Panel discussion


ePoster presentations - Exhibition hall, third floor

12:55 - 14:10

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor)

14:10-14:55

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill

T3a - Keynote - Featherstone 

Chair: Dr Matt Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

T3b - Emergency treatment of peri-operative anaphylaxis
Speaker: Dr Louise Savic, Leeds

Keynote: Standing on the shoulders of giants
Dr Fiona Kelly, Featherstone lecturer 2024 and Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bath


15:00-16:00

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B - Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C - Physical only - no live stream 
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T4a - Interactive Case Presentation: obstetric haemorrhage

Chair: Dr Rachel Collis

Session T4b - Critical Care

Chair: Dr Victoria McCormack

Session T4c - Latest in Industry session 

Chair: Dr Krish Radakrishna 

Interactive case presentation led by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians.

(15:00-15:15) Socio-economic recovery
Dr Joanne McPeake, Cambridge

(15:15-15:30) Post ICU rehab and follow-up
Dr Andrew Slack, London

(15:30-15:45) How to measure outcomes after critical care
Dr Bronwen Connolly, Senior Lecturer, Critical Care, Queen's University Belfast

(15:45-16:00) Patient perspective about recovery from ICU
Mr Chris Cooper

Check out the latest on what industry have to offer, presented by a panel of experts

Panellists: 
Dr Krish Radhakrishna, London 
Ms Nicki Dill, Barema
Dr Anil Hormis, Sheffield

16:00 - 16:40

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor)

(16:10 - 16:30) Industry-sponsored symposium supported by Intersurgical
'7 steps to improve patient and environmental safety within Anaesthesia'

Intersurgical.jpg

16:40 - 18:10

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T5a - Contracts and finances - SAS session around theme 

Chair: Emma Wain

T5b - Neuro; Knowledge & Skills for the Non Specialist
Chair: Dr Gemma Nicholls , Honorary Secretary NACCS, Bristol

T5c - Innovation

Chair: Dr Krish Radakrishna

(16:40-16:55) Pay and conditions
Mr Mike Henley, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Derby

(16:55-17:10) Consultant and SAS contracts - the devil is in the detail 
Dr Rob Fleming, Nottingham

(17:10-17:25) Should I leave the NHS Pension scheme? 
Speaker to be announced 

Panel discussion

(16:40-16:55) Avoiding the pitfalls of the prone position
Dr Michelle Leemans, London

(16:55-17:10) Interventions in acute stroke - the anaesthetists' role
Dr Rebecca Campbell, London

(17:10-17:25) Head and spinal injury - care outside of the specialist centre
Dr Matt Wiles, Sheffield

(17:25-17:40) Hydrocephalus for the anaesthetist
Mr Matt Bailey

Presentations from this year's top 3 prize winners for the Innovation Awards.

Followed by presentations from innovative industry experts - to be announced. 

18:10-19:30

Winter Social (Exhibition hall, third floor)
Come and join us for drinks, canapes and entertainment. Free to attend. 



Day 2 - Friday 12 January 2024

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:30-09:00

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

09:00-10:30






Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor






Stream B: Live Streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor


Please note this stream (stream c) is for in-person attendees only. Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F1a - Anaesthesia Journal session - Sustainability 
Chair: Dr Seema Argarwal

F1b - SOBA updates on management of patients living with obesity
(Co-badged with Specialists in Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia)
Chair: Dr Andy McKechnie

F1c - Regional anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly

(09:00-09:15) Responsibilities of the individual
Dr Stu White, Brighton

(09:15-09:35) Responsibilities of the NHS

Prof Ramani Moonesinghe, National Clinical Director for Critical and Perioperative Care, NHS England

(09:35-09:50) Responsibilities of the Hospital

Ms Alifia Chakera, Head of Pharmaceutical Sustainability, Scottish Government

(09:50-10:05) Inhalational volatile anaesthetic agents: the atmospheric scientists’ viewpoint

Dr Ole John Nielsen, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

(10:05-10:10) Presentation from the winner of the Barema & Association Environment and Sustainability Committee award

(10:10-10:30) Panel discussion

(09:00-09:20) Paediatric obesity
Dr Zoe Burton

(09:20-09:40) Communication with patients who have obesity
Dr Laura Pengelly, Doncaster

(09:40-10:00) Anaesthesia management for patients living with obesity
Dr Becky Black, London

(10:00-10:30) Panel discussion

SOBA.jpg

(09:00-09:20) VATS and robotics
Dr Guillermo Martinez, Cambridge

(09:20-09:40) Regional anaesthesia for breast surgery

Dr Jenny Ferry, Wales

(09:40-10:00) Innervation of the shoulder

Prof Philip Peng, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine of University of Toronto

(10:00-10:30) Panel discussion

10:30-11:10

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor) 

11:10-11:50

Stream A
Location: Churchill, ground floor

F2 - Honours & awards

Chair: Dr Matt Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

Honours & awards presentations

11:55-13:25

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground level

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor


F3a - Keynotes panel discussion - consent

Chair: Dr Tim Meek, President Elect, Association of Anaesthetists

F3b - Obstetrics - Co-badged with Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association
Chair: Dr Nuala Lucas, President, Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association

(11:55-12:05) Achieving person centred informed consent in anaesthesiology
Dr Natalie Joseph-Williams, Reader in Improving Patient Care, Cardiff University

(12:05-12:15) Patient Consent to Treatment
Mr James Badenoch KC

(12:15-12:25) Challenges of consent in practice
Dr Dominic Bell, Leeds

(12:25-13:25) Panel discussion and debate

(11:55-12:15) Remifentanil PCA for labour analgesia - a NICE idea?
Dr Malcolm Broom, Glasgow

(12:15-12:35) Category 1 caesarean section - too fast and furious?
Dr Vinnie Sodhi, London

(12:35-12:55) GA for obstetrics: what drugs should I be giving?
Dr Peter Odor, London

(12:55-13:25) Panel discussion


OAA_Logo_Blue_RGB resized.jpg


13:25-14:40

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor) 


14:40-16:10

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F4a - Emergency laparotomy - co-badged with NELA

Chair: Dr Rose Kearsley

F4b - Monitoring

Chair: Dr Niamh Barnwell

F4c - Sedation - tips, tricks and new techniques

Chair: Dr Susannah Patey

(14:40-14:55) No lap - surgeon, expectations of the family and how to say no
Dr Angeline Price

(14:55-15:10) The National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guideline
Dr Sarah Hare, Kent

(15:10-15:25) Optimising the peri-operative pathway - what matters most
Dr David Saunders, Newcastle 

(15:25-15:40) Too much of a good thing? Risk scores in peri-operative care
Dr Paul Bramley, Sheffield

(14:40 - 15:05) Cerebral oximetry for shoulder surgery
Prof Anil Hormis, Rotherham

(15:05 - 15:30) Depth of anaesthesia
Dr Henry O'Connor, Norwich

(15:30 - 15:55) Quantitative train-of-four
Dr Ben Fox, Norfolk 

(15:55 - 16:10)
Panel discussion

(14:40-15:00) Remimazolam – is it still a novel benzodiazepine?
Dr David Green, Birmingham

(15:00-15:20) Nasal dexmed in children
Dr Richard Lin, London

(15:20-15:40) Oxygenation during sedation
Dr Imran Ahmad, London

(15:40-16:10) Panel discussion

16:15-17:15

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor


F5 - "Anaesthetic rooms are no longer needed"

Chair: Dr Craig Carroll

(16:15-16:25) Proposed by Dr Jan Hansel, Manchester

(16:25-16:35) Opposed by Dr Amit Pawa, London

(16:35-16:45) Life without anaesthetic rooms block rooms
Dr Maria Paz-Sebastian, London

(16:45-17:15) Panel discussion and debate

17:15

Close of conference

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:30-09:00

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

09:00-10:30






Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor






Stream B: Live Streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor


Please note this stream (stream c) is for in-person attendees only. Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F1a - Anaesthesia Journal session - Sustainability 
Chair: Dr Seema Argarwal

F1b - SOBA updates on management of patients living with obesity
(Co-badged with Specialists in Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia)
Chair: Dr Andy McKechnie

F1c - Regional anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly

(09:00-09:15) Responsibilities of the individual
Dr Stu White, Brighton

(09:15-09:35) Responsibilities of the NHS

Prof Ramani Moonesinghe, National Clinical Director for Critical and Perioperative Care, NHS England

(09:35-09:50) Responsibilities of the Hospital

Ms Alifia Chakera, Head of Pharmaceutical Sustainability, Scottish Government

(09:50-10:05) Inhalational volatile anaesthetic agents: the atmospheric scientists’ viewpoint

Dr Ole John Nielsen, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

(10:05-10:10) Presentation from the winner of the Barema & Association Environment and Sustainability Committee award

(10:10-10:30) Panel discussion

(09:00-09:20) Paediatric obesity
Dr Zoe Burton

(09:20-09:40) Communication with patients who have obesity
Dr Laura Pengelly, Doncaster

(09:40-10:00) Anaesthesia management for patients living with obesity
Dr Becky Black, London

(10:00-10:30) Panel discussion

SOBA.jpg

(09:00-09:20) VATS and robotics
Dr Guillermo Martinez, Cambridge

(09:20-09:40) Regional anaesthesia for breast surgery

Dr Jenny Ferry, Wales

(09:40-10:00) Innervation of the shoulder

Prof Philip Peng, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine of University of Toronto

(10:00-10:30) Panel discussion

10:30-11:10

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor) 

11:10-11:50

Stream A
Location: Churchill, ground floor

F2 - Honours & awards

Chair: Dr Matt Davies, President, Association of Anaesthetists

Honours & awards presentations

11:55-13:25

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground level

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor


F3a - Keynotes panel discussion - consent

Chair: Dr Tim Meek, President Elect, Association of Anaesthetists

F3b - Obstetrics - Co-badged with Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association
Chair: Dr Nuala Lucas, President, Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association

(11:55-12:05) Achieving person centred informed consent in anaesthesiology
Dr Natalie Joseph-Williams, Reader in Improving Patient Care, Cardiff University

(12:05-12:15) Patient Consent to Treatment
Mr James Badenoch KC

(12:15-12:25) Challenges of consent in practice
Dr Dominic Bell, Leeds

(12:25-13:25) Panel discussion and debate

(11:55-12:15) Remifentanil PCA for labour analgesia - a NICE idea?
Dr Malcolm Broom, Glasgow

(12:15-12:35) Category 1 caesarean section - too fast and furious?
Dr Vinnie Sodhi, London

(12:35-12:55) GA for obstetrics: what drugs should I be giving?
Dr Peter Odor, London

(12:55-13:25) Panel discussion


OAA_Logo_Blue_RGB resized.jpg


13:25-14:40

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-posters (third floor) 


14:40-16:10

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Physical only - no live stream
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F4a - Emergency laparotomy - co-badged with NELA

Chair: Dr Rose Kearsley

F4b - Monitoring

Chair: Dr Niamh Barnwell

F4c - Sedation - tips, tricks and new techniques

Chair: Dr Susannah Patey

(14:40-14:55) No lap - surgeon, expectations of the family and how to say no
Dr Angeline Price

(14:55-15:10) The National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guideline
Dr Sarah Hare, Kent

(15:10-15:25) Optimising the peri-operative pathway - what matters most
Dr David Saunders, Newcastle 

(15:25-15:40) Too much of a good thing? Risk scores in peri-operative care
Dr Paul Bramley, Sheffield

(14:40 - 15:05) Cerebral oximetry for shoulder surgery
Prof Anil Hormis, Rotherham

(15:05 - 15:30) Depth of anaesthesia
Dr Henry O'Connor, Norwich

(15:30 - 15:55) Quantitative train-of-four
Dr Ben Fox, Norfolk 

(15:55 - 16:10)
Panel discussion

(14:40-15:00) Remimazolam – is it still a novel benzodiazepine?
Dr David Green, Birmingham

(15:00-15:20) Nasal dexmed in children
Dr Richard Lin, London

(15:20-15:40) Oxygenation during sedation
Dr Imran Ahmad, London

(15:40-16:10) Panel discussion

16:15-17:15

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor


F5 - "Anaesthetic rooms are no longer needed"

Chair: Dr Craig Carroll

(16:15-16:25) Proposed by Dr Jan Hansel, Manchester

(16:25-16:35) Opposed by Dr Amit Pawa, London

(16:35-16:45) Life without anaesthetic rooms block rooms
Dr Maria Paz-Sebastian, London

(16:45-17:15) Panel discussion and debate

17:15

Close of conference