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The Fifth Annual Operating Theatres Show 2025

The Kia Oval, London 11 March 2025, 9:00am - 4:30pm

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8:30am
Delegate Registration and Networking
9:50am
Chairs Welcome Address
Jennifer Maher, Education Lead, The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP)
10:00am
Day Surgery: Challenges and Opportunities
  • The rationale for optimising high-quality day surgery in the UK
  • National day surgery performance 
  • Maximising delivery of day surgery
  • The future of UK day surgery
David Bunting, President, British Association of Day Surgery
10:20am
Enhancing Theatre Productivity in the NHS: Strategies for Elective Recovery
  • Understand the key factors impacting surgical theatre productivity and efficiency
  • Explore methods to increase theatre utilisation and streamline elective care pathways
  • Identify approaches to minimise surgery cancellations and improve patient flow
Colin Elton, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Free Hospitals NHS Trust
10:40am
Rethinking the NHS Estates Masterplan to drive down the elective surgical backlog
  • Recognise the need for a flexible NHS estate that adapts to patient, surgical, and financial demands.
  • Understand the ‘Core, Flex, and Tail’ concept in ICB infrastructure strategies.
  • Explore innovative approaches to optimising NHS estate management.
Adrian Eggleton, Strategic Advisor to Darwin Group
11:00am
Questions and Answers Session
11:20am
Break and Networking
11:50am
Supporting the Surgical Community

Understand the Role of the Confederation of British Surgery (CBS): Define the purpose and mission of the CBS and its role in supporting surgical professionals.

Examine Key Challenges Facing Surgeons Today: Discuss current challenges in the field of surgery, such as regulatory pressures, training, and workforce concerns, and how CBS addresses these challenges.

Learn About the CBS's Support for Individual Surgical Professionals: If you find yourself in difficulties what are your next steps.

Recognise the Importance of Advocacy in Surgery: Explore how CBS advocates for surgical teams in national healthcare policies, standards, and practices.

Recognise the limitations of the MDOs discretionary cover versus cheaper cost effective contractual insurance based cover and the novel way in which Insurer profit can be utilised to support the surgical community

Mark Henley, President, The Confederation of British Surgery
12:10pm
The Intelligent Operating Theatre: AI and Data Driving Efficiency and Education in Surgery
  • Understand how AI and real-time data analytics are enhancing surgical efficiency, decision-making, and patient outcomes in modern operating theatres 
  • Explore the role of digital connectivity and remote collaboration in surgical education 
  • Evaluate the impact of intelligent surgical technologies on workflow optimisation, patient safety, and the future of data-driven healthcare in perioperative settings
James Pidliswyj, Senior Sales Manager, Proximie
12:30pm
Stryker: The Neptune Story
  • Why and how the Trust decided to Trial Neptune
  • The impact on staff, patients and efficiency
  • Evidence to support Neptune’s impact on staff safety, efficiency and sustainability


Mark Cooke, Sales Partner, Stryker

Ruth Featherstone, Matron, Main Theatres, Burns & Paediatrics, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital 

Michelle Mallaganes Matron, Main Theatres, West Middlesex University Hospital 

 

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12:50pm
Questions and Answers Session
1:10pm
Lunch and Networking
2:10pm
Panel Discussion: Sustainable Surgery: Collaborative Strategies for an Eco-Friendly Operating Room

Angela Hayes, Nurse Fellow & Project Lead, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Jonny Groome, Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia at The Royal London Hospital, and Honorary Associate Professor of Sustainability at UCL

Ian Eames, Professor Fluid Mechanics, University College London


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2:40pm
How digitising theatre processes can increase efficiency, reduce waste and make for a happier workforce.
  • Exploring how a digitised process can lead to behaviour change amongst the theatre team
  • Understanding some of the challenges theatre workforces face across the world
  • Recognising a 'light touch' intervention can provide a wide range of benefits to an operating department
Neil Holland, Sales Director - UK, Incision
3:00pm
Break & Networking
3:30pm
Panel Discussion: Embracing Technological Innovations to Enhance Patient Safety in the Operating Theatre

Prokar Dasgupta, Chair in Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation, Kings College London

Daniel Jones, Government Affairs Director, Stryker

Mark Henley, President, The Confederation of British Surgery

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4:00pm
Fostering Effective Collaboration in Operating Theatres: Strategies for Enhanced Communication and Teamwork
  • What makes someone a good communicator
  • Recognise some of the barriers to communication in theatre
  • Understand how communication impacts on patient safety
Lisa Tierney, Independent Healthcare Consultant, AfPP
4:20pm
Chairs Closing Remarks
Jennifer Maher, Education Lead, The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP)
4:30pm
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