The Annual Operating Theatres Show 2026
Etihad Stadium, Manchester 10 September 2026, 9:00am - 4:30pm
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8:30am
Registration & Networking
9:30am
Chairs Opening Remarks
9:40am
Delivering Elective Recovery: The National Direction for Operating Theatres
- Understand national NHS priorities for elective recovery and theatre utilisation
- Explore how surgical hubs are reshaping operating theatre delivery
- Identify expectations for trusts around productivity, access and patient outcomes
Ian Eardley, National Clinical Director for Elective Care, NHS England
10:00am
Hive-Mind Productivity: How worker bees on the Clinical Front Line Drive Change
Chris Browell,Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne
Chris Perry, Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia, Great North Children’s Hospital
- Interpret theatre-flow visualisations to identify ground-level operational issues impacting productivity
- Recognise key barriers within the clinical workflow and explain how these barriers influence theatre efficiency
- Apply pragmatic, front-line perspectives to generate workable improvement ideas rooted in real clinical practice
- Leverage identified issues to advocate for and design meaningful productivity improvements
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10:30am
Speaking Session Reserved for Hartmann
10:50am
Question & Answers Session
11:10am
Break & Networking
11:40am
The Perioperative Pathway: Improving Outcomes Beyond the Operating Theatre
- Understand the role of perioperative care in improving surgical outcomes
- Explore multidisciplinary approaches to patient optimisation
- Identify strategies to reduce complications and length of stay
Professor Javed Sultan, Deputy Director, CPOC
12:00pm
Overcoming Barriers to your day case pathway
- Understand the end-to-end surgical pathway and its impact on patient outcomes
- Identify best-practice interventions that support safe and effective same-day surgery
- Evaluate how pathway redesign can drive efficiency and capacity across surgical services
Karen Harries, President, British Association of Day Surgery
12:20pm
Speaking Session Reserved for Wesleyan Assurance Society
12:40pm
Question and Answers Session
1:00pm
Lunch & Networking
2:00pm
Speaking Session Reserved for Proximie
2:25pm
Session Reserved for John Jeans & Toni Bell
3:00pm
Break & Networking
3:30pm
The Role of the Surgical First Assistant (SFA): Defining Safe Boundaries in Surgical First Assistant Practice
- Understand PCC expectations for Surgical First Assistant (SFA) education and eligibility
- Appreciate the governance, accountability and scope boundaries associated with the SFA role
- Gain clarity on dual‑role constraints within current national guidance
- Understand the national position on SFA scope of practice, including the Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) bedside assistant role
- Recognise how clearly defined role boundaries contribute to patient safety in a changing perioperative workforce
Lindsay Keeley, Clinical, Patient Safety & Quality Lead, The Association for Perioperative Practice
3:55pm
Session Reserved for Sasi Pathmanathan
Sasi Pathmanathan, Consultant Vascular Perioperative Physician, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
4:20pm
Chairs Final Remarks and Close