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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, Anaesthesia Editor

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

Chair: Dr Sarah Marsden, Vice Chair, Trainee Committee, Association of Anaesthetists

T1c - Peri-operative care
Chair: Dr Andrzej Wlaszczyk, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

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

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

Dr Andy Higgs, Warrington

(10:20-10:50) 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, Private Healthcare Information Network (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, Newport

(10:35-10:50) Panel discussion

10:50 - 11:25

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor 

GE WHITE LOGO.png
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, Anaesthesia Editor

T2b - Paediatrics - The critically ill child in A and E
Chair - Dr Rachel Freedman, SAFE Paediatrics Course Lead

T2c - Remote anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Andrea Harvey, Co-opted Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

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

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

(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 Emily Cadman, 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, SAFE Paediatrics Course Lead, London

(12:30-12:55) Panel discussion


(11:25-11:40) Anaesthesia in radiology
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, Cambridge

(12:10-12:55) Panel discussion


ePoster presentations (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View) - Exhibition hall, third floor 

GE PURPLE LOGO.png
12:55 - 14:10

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

GE WHITE LOGO.png
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
Chair: Dr Tendai Ramhewa, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

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

(14:10-14:55)
Dr Amy Dodd, Bristol
Dr Guy Jackson, Reading

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, Consultant Anaesthetist, Cardiff

Session T4b - Critical Care

Chair: Dr Victoria McCormack, Honorary Secretary Elect, Association of Anaesthetists 

Session T4c - Latest in Industry session 

Chair: Dr Krish Radhakrishna, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

Interactive case presentation led by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians.

Dr Rachel Collis, Cardiff
Dr Lucy De Lloyd, Anaesthetist
Dr Cath Stone, Obstetrician 
Dr Peter Collins, Haematologist
Ms Elinore Macgillivray, Consultant Midwife 

(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
Prof Anil Hormis, Rotherham
Dr Ben Fox, Norfolk

16:00 - 16:40

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

GE WHITE LOGO.png


(16:10 - 16:30) Industry-sponsored symposium supported by Intersurgical (Gielgud, second floor)
'7 steps to improve patient and environmental safety within Anaesthesia' - Mr Sean Duggan, Anaesthesia and Filtration Group Product Manager, Intersurgical

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 - Consultant and SAS pay offers – Deal or no Deal?
(session organised by the SAS committee but useful for all groups)

Chair: Dr Emma Wain, Honorary Treasurer, Association of Anaesthetists

T5b - Neuro; Knowledge & Skills for the Non Specialist
(Co-badged with Specialists in Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia)

Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols , Honorary Secretary NACCS, Bristol

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T5c - Innovation

Chair: Dr Krish Radhakrishna, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

(16:40-17:05) What I need to know about the Consultant pay offer
Dr Mike Henley; Pay, T&C’s lead and committee deputy chair, BMA Council/Consultants committee

(17:05-17:30) What I need to know about the SAS pay offer

Dr Imran Sharieff; Elected member BMA UK SAS committee; BMA SAS Executive committee, and BMA SAS pay campaign working group

(17:30-17:50) Should I leave the NHS Pension scheme? 
Mr Graham Crossley, Quilter Financial Advisers

(17:50 - 18:10) 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

(17:40 - 18:10) Panel discussion

(16:40) Necessity is the mother of invention- How events in history dictated inventions
Dr Krish Radhakrishna, Coventry

Followed by presentations from this year's top 3 prize winners for the Innovation Awards:

Winner: Mr Carl Walkden, Dynaseal Advanced Dynamic Self Adjusting Supraglottic Airway Device

Runner up: Dr Paul Greig, StopCheck Technology™

Runner up: Dr Asela Dharmadasa, The TEEP connector: a device that aims to improve patient and staff safety by mitigating the release of infective aerosols and loss of positive-end-expiratory-pressure (PEEP), when critically- ill patients are switched between ventilators.

Followed by presentations from innovative industry experts

Innovation award sponsored by Ultramed – MyPreop

NEW Ultramed logo 300 x 368.jpg

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, Anaesthesia Editor

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

Chair: Dr Sarah Marsden, Vice Chair, Trainee Committee, Association of Anaesthetists

T1c - Peri-operative care
Chair: Dr Andrzej Wlaszczyk, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

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

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

Dr Andy Higgs, Warrington

(10:20-10:50) 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, Private Healthcare Information Network (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, Newport

(10:35-10:50) Panel discussion

10:50 - 11:25

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor 

GE WHITE LOGO.png
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, Anaesthesia Editor

T2b - Paediatrics - The critically ill child in A and E
Chair - Dr Rachel Freedman, SAFE Paediatrics Course Lead

T2c - Remote anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Andrea Harvey, Co-opted Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

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

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

(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 Emily Cadman, 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, SAFE Paediatrics Course Lead, London

(12:30-12:55) Panel discussion


(11:25-11:40) Anaesthesia in radiology
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, Cambridge

(12:10-12:55) Panel discussion


ePoster presentations (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View) - Exhibition hall, third floor 

GE PURPLE LOGO.png
12:55 - 14:10

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

GE WHITE LOGO.png
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
Chair: Dr Tendai Ramhewa, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

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

(14:10-14:55)
Dr Amy Dodd, Bristol
Dr Guy Jackson, Reading

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, Consultant Anaesthetist, Cardiff

Session T4b - Critical Care

Chair: Dr Victoria McCormack, Honorary Secretary Elect, Association of Anaesthetists 

Session T4c - Latest in Industry session 

Chair: Dr Krish Radhakrishna, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

Interactive case presentation led by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians.

Dr Rachel Collis, Cardiff
Dr Lucy De Lloyd, Anaesthetist
Dr Cath Stone, Obstetrician 
Dr Peter Collins, Haematologist
Ms Elinore Macgillivray, Consultant Midwife 

(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
Prof Anil Hormis, Rotherham
Dr Ben Fox, Norfolk

16:00 - 16:40

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

GE WHITE LOGO.png


(16:10 - 16:30) Industry-sponsored symposium supported by Intersurgical (Gielgud, second floor)
'7 steps to improve patient and environmental safety within Anaesthesia' - Mr Sean Duggan, Anaesthesia and Filtration Group Product Manager, Intersurgical

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 - Consultant and SAS pay offers – Deal or no Deal?
(session organised by the SAS committee but useful for all groups)

Chair: Dr Emma Wain, Honorary Treasurer, Association of Anaesthetists

T5b - Neuro; Knowledge & Skills for the Non Specialist
(Co-badged with Specialists in Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia)

Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols , Honorary Secretary NACCS, Bristol

naccs for winter scientific.png

T5c - Innovation

Chair: Dr Krish Radhakrishna, Elected Board Member, Association of Anaesthetists

(16:40-17:05) What I need to know about the Consultant pay offer
Dr Mike Henley; Pay, T&C’s lead and committee deputy chair, BMA Council/Consultants committee

(17:05-17:30) What I need to know about the SAS pay offer

Dr Imran Sharieff; Elected member BMA UK SAS committee; BMA SAS Executive committee, and BMA SAS pay campaign working group

(17:30-17:50) Should I leave the NHS Pension scheme? 
Mr Graham Crossley, Quilter Financial Advisers

(17:50 - 18:10) 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

(17:40 - 18:10) Panel discussion

(16:40) Necessity is the mother of invention- How events in history dictated inventions
Dr Krish Radhakrishna, Coventry

Followed by presentations from this year's top 3 prize winners for the Innovation Awards:

Winner: Mr Carl Walkden, Dynaseal Advanced Dynamic Self Adjusting Supraglottic Airway Device

Runner up: Dr Paul Greig, StopCheck Technology™

Runner up: Dr Asela Dharmadasa, The TEEP connector: a device that aims to improve patient and staff safety by mitigating the release of infective aerosols and loss of positive-end-expiratory-pressure (PEEP), when critically- ill patients are switched between ventilators.

Followed by presentations from innovative industry experts

Innovation award sponsored by Ultramed – MyPreop

NEW Ultramed logo 300 x 368.jpg

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 Agarwal, Anaesthesia Editor

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

F1c - Regional anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly, Anaesthesia Editor

(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 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

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(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 and e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

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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, Honorary Secretary, 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


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13:25-14:40

Lunch, industry exhibition and e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

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Lunchtime session: 

(13:35-14:20) Independent Practice Update, Victoria, second floor (lunch will be available in the Albert, next door to Victoria, for delegates attending this session)

Dr Craig Carroll, Board Lead for Independent Practice 
Dr Mike Nathanson, previous Board member and a past President

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, Editor, Anaesthesia Reports

F4b - Monitoring

Chair: Dr Niamh Barnwell, Editor, Anaesthesia Reports

F4c - Sedation - tips, tricks and new techniques

Chair: Dr Susannah Patey, Editor, Anaesthesia Reports

(14:40-14:55) NoLap - patient and family expectations and how to say no
Miss Angeline Price, Salford

(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

(15:40-16:10) Discussion

(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 Kariem El-Boghdadly, Anaesthesia Editor

(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 Agarwal, Anaesthesia Editor

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

F1c - Regional anaesthesia

Chair: Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly, Anaesthesia Editor

(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 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

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(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 and e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

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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, Honorary Secretary, 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


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13:25-14:40

Lunch, industry exhibition and e-Posters (sponsored by GE Healthcare Clinical View), third floor

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Lunchtime session: 

(13:35-14:20) Independent Practice Update, Victoria, second floor (lunch will be available in the Albert, next door to Victoria, for delegates attending this session)

Dr Craig Carroll, Board Lead for Independent Practice 
Dr Mike Nathanson, previous Board member and a past President

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, Editor, Anaesthesia Reports

F4b - Monitoring

Chair: Dr Niamh Barnwell, Editor, Anaesthesia Reports

F4c - Sedation - tips, tricks and new techniques

Chair: Dr Susannah Patey, Editor, Anaesthesia Reports

(14:40-14:55) NoLap - patient and family expectations and how to say no
Miss Angeline Price, Salford

(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

(15:40-16:10) Discussion

(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 Kariem El-Boghdadly, Anaesthesia Editor

(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