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The Annual Operating Theatres Show 2025

Etihad Stadium, Manchester 11 September 2025, 9:00am - 4:00pm

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Learning Outcomes

  • Gain insight into NHS England’s elective care reform agenda,

  • Explore national approaches to improving theatre productivity and perioperative efficiency, with input from GIRFT

  • Understand how effective multidisciplinary teamwork and communication can drive safer, more efficient surgical care, with guidance from AfPP

  • Examine the evolving role of Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs), including leadership development and critical care integration, with insights from CODP

  • Identify barriers to surgical training access and learn strategies for supporting the next generation of clinicians, led by ASiT

  • Learn how to implement the Green Theatre Checklist to drive real-world environmental improvements in theatre settings

  • Compare models for maximising capacity through insourcing and WLI sessions while maintaining safe, job-planned theatre time

  • Understand the role of AI in elective care, including governance, productivity gains, and real NHS case studies

  • Build connections with peers and experts leading the transformation of operating theatre delivery across the NHS

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