Advancing Perioperative Medicine
NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024. As part of the ambitious elective care reform plan, the NHS is aiming to return to the constitutional standard of treating 92% of patients within 18 weeks by March 2029, and to get to 65% by March 2026. Optimising the care patients receive before, during and after surgery can increase productivity by reducing cancellations, reducing length of stay, and minimising postoperative complications.
By embracing science and innovation, the NHS of today can now deliver far more, and far more effective, treatment options than ever before. Enabling patients to be treated in the place most appropriate for their condition, as well as freeing up capacity for those who require more complex care in a higher acuity setting.
This conference will provide the platform to discuss improvements and innovation in perioperative care services in England so that all patients on an elective or emergency surgical pathway have a good experience of perioperative care.
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Event Speakers.
Event Schedule.
08.00 – 09.30 – Breakfast, registration and networking
09.30 – 10.00 – “Voices Behind the Mask” Empowering Theatre Staff to Shape Safer Surgery
Lindsay Keeley, Clinical Patient Safety and Quality Lead, Association of Perioperative Practice (AfPP)
10.00 – 10.20 – Delivering quality perioperative care
Professor Jugdeep Dhesi, Deputy Director – Centre for Perioperative Care, Royal College of Anaesthetists
10:20 – 10.40 – Q&A Panel Debate
10.40 – 11.30 – Refreshments and Networking
11:30 – 11.45 – Surgical innovation: how it fits in NHS governance pathways
Professor Jane Blazeby, Chair – SPOC TRC, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
11.45 – 12.00 – The role of surgical care practitioners and advanced practice in the perioperative workforce
Juliette Murray, Chair – Faculty of Perioperative Care, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
12.00 – 12.15 – Reforming the national Operating Department Practitioner workforce
Dr Luke Ewart, Principal Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University
12:15 – 13.45 – Q&A panel Debate
12:45 – 13:45 – Lunch in the Network Surgery
13.45 – 14.00 – Welcome to the afternoon
Lindsay Keeley, Clinical Patient Safety and Quality Lead, Association of Perioperative Practice (AfPP)
14.00 – 14.20 – Effective and sustainable surgery
Dr Henry Murdoch, Immediate Past President, The Preoperative Association
14.20 – 14.40 – Enhancing education in the delivery of day surgery
David Bunting, President, The British Association of Day Surgery
14:40 – 15.00 – Q&A Panel Debate
15.00 – Conference Close
**These times and invited speakers are subject to change without notice**
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