FULLY BOOKED!

The Annual National Conference 2025

The Royal College of Physicians, London | March 3rd 2025

The Preoperative Association 2025 Conference is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to our waiting list, please email Lauren at laurenkirk@eventmanagementdirect.co.uk.

We will be in touch if we receive any cancellations. Please note that any available spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

3rd March 2025

8.30am - 5.00pm

The Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE

Rates

Members : £250
Non-members : £295

This event is accredited by the
Royal College of Anaesthetists
for 5 CPD credits

If you have any queries get in touch:

We are delighted to announce the programme for our annual conference on March 3rd, 2025 where we return to the Royal College of Physicians in London. We have a packed programme, full of fascinating talks from prestigious speakers covering a wide range of preoperative topics that promises to be an excellent day. We very much look forward to seeing you there.

Conference Topics

• Preoperative assessment in strategic plan of RCoA
  Dr Toni Brunning, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, Vice president, RCoA
• Educational opportunities for nurses & AHPs
  Dr Ciara Mitchell, Masters Module Lead, The Preoperative Association
• NHSE/GIRFT education & operational update
  Emma McCone, GIRFT National Lead for Preoperative Assessment, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
• Perioperative management of heart failure
  Dr Nelson Ama​ral, MD(Res) PhD MRCP Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 
• Preoperative assessment of patients with neurological conditions
  Dr Sanjay Wijayatilake, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Establishing prehabilitation programs before surgery
  Mrs Louise Smith & Mr Krishna Moorthy
  
• Psychological preparation for surgery
  Dr Sophie Day, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Patient’s perspective of  preoperative assessment
  Dr Lawrence Mudford, CPOC Patient Representative
• Perioperative management of transgender surgery
  Dr Luke Flower, The Peri-operative Care of Transgender Patients, University of Cambridge 
• Artificial intelligence in preoperative assessment
  Matt Aldridge, Consultant Anaesthetist, North Bristol NHS Trust
  

Workshops

• Echo interpretation in preop
  Dr Carolyn Warr, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT