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Enhancing Perioperative Care: A Collaborative Approach to Anaesthetics Scrub and Recovery Practice

The AfPP Regional Conference in Plymouth on Saturday 10th May 2025, is a unique opportunity for perioperative practitioners to come together, share expertise, and explore the latest developments shaping the dynamic perioperative field. It will cover local issues and topics relevant to perioperative professionals in the Southwest region.

In today’s healthcare landscape, the demands placed on perioperative teams are greater than ever. Whether it’s adopting innovative surgical technologies, championing patient safety, or fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, your role is critical to delivering optimal outcomes for patients. This conference is designed to empower you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to continue excelling in your practice.

Throughout the day, you will have access to insightful keynote sessions, interactive workshops, and engaging discussions led by some of the most respected voices in perioperative care. Our agenda covers topics that resonate with the challenges and opportunities you face every day.

This conference is also a celebration of shared commitment to excellence in perioperative care. Take this opportunity to network with industry-leading exhibitors and like-minded professionals to exchange ideas and reconnect with the passion that drives you to make a difference in the lives of patients. Gain 5 CPD hours.

We are welcoming both our current members and non-members to all our events.

Let’s make this regional conference a memorable and enriching experience for all!

We are excited to welcome you to our annual ACP Conference and Networking Exhibition. Taking place on the 19^th and 20^th May 2025, this unmissable event will be of particular interest to bladder and bowel nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, urology nurses, doctors, specialist nurses and all allied healthcare professionals with an interest in continence care. Look forward to sessions on a wide range of topics including:

• Physiotherapy perspectives on bladder pain
• Probiotics and bladder health
• Advancing constipation management for people with Learning Disabilities
• Reducing hospital acquired incontinence associated dermatitis
• Equality, gender reassignment and pelvic health

We are grateful to our excellent speakers without whom we would not have been able to put together an engaging and thought-provoking programme, which will be available in full shortly.

We also look forward to welcoming our industry partners to our extensive company exhibition, which will offer new innovative products and practical solutions in the field of continence care.

Register here to join us for this inspirational and worthwhile learning experience!

Join us at this one-day conference and hear from industry experts, healthcare professionals, and innovators to hear about the latest advancements, challenges, and best practices in operating theatre management, decontamination, and infection prevention.

Under this year’s theme, ‘Innovation, Sustainability, and the Circular Economy’, this conference will provide invaluable insights into the critical aspects of infection prevention, surgical safety, and the latest technologies in operating room environments.

Webpage: Theatres & Decontamination Conference 2025

To book, please email: info@npag.eastamb.nhs.uk

The two-day event will be held at the Hilton, Newcastle Gateshead and is aimed at specialists and consultants in infection, as well as trainees, including microbiology, virology, clinical infectious diseases, public health, antimicrobial pharmacists, biomedical scientists and infection prevention and control practitioners.

We hope that as many people can join us in person as possible and everyone is welcome at both days. The Programme will be available shortly, but topics include:

• HIV management strategies
• Launch of BIA Malaria Guidelines
• One Health drivers of antimicrobial resistance in low-resource settings
• Commissioning NHS Infectious Diseases services - fit for the future
• Use of biomarkers in sepsis

For registration visit: https://fitwise.eventsair.com/2025-bia-spring-meeting/registration-and-fees

Abstract submissions are invited for oral and poster presentations. The closing date for abstracts is 28 February 2025. Visit: https://fitwise.eventsair.com/2025-bia-spring-meeting/event-abstracts to submit your abstract and find out more.

If you have any questions, please call the events team on 01506 292 042 or email events@fitwise.co.uk 

Join us for the BAUN Day Educational Event on the 6th of June. The day incorporates an educational study day and our national BAUN Day - A day to celebrate Urology Nurses!

If you are early in your urological nursing career, the day will be a perfect opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge through presentations from UK urological experts and from professional networking with nursing peers. We can't wait to bring this excellent educational opportunity to you.

Registration is now open for EBME Expo 2025, the UK’s largest independent exhibition and conference dedicated to healthcare technology!

Alongside the exhibition, this year’s event features five key conferences designed to provide valuable insights and education:

✅ EBME Conference – Advancements in medical equipment and healthcare engineering

✅ Operating Theatre Conference – Latest innovations in surgical technology and patient safety

✅ Training Conference – Developing skills and knowledge for healthcare professionals

✅ Procurement Conference – Strategies for sourcing and managing medical equipment

✅ NEW: Medical Devices Connectivity Conference – Exploring integration between medical devices and ICT

Taking place on the 8 – 9 August at the University of Warwick, the AfPP Annual National Conference is one of the largest gatherings of perioperative professionals in the UK. The event brings together professionals from all areas of perioperative practice and promises a dynamic lineup of insightful keynote speakers, expert-led workshops, packed exhibitor areas, and interactive sessions designed to inspire, inform, and empower attendees.

This, the 16th annual conference, is a must-attend event for all in senior roles within Clinical Engineering. 

Don’t miss this world-leading Infection Prevention & Control Event!

Highlights Include:

• Inspiring scientific programme covering infection prevention and control in all aspects of care
• Conference themes:
  • Fundamentals of Care
  • IPC in Specialist Settings
  • IPC Risk in and from the Built Environment
  • Improving Quality through Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
  • Digital / AI Solutions
  • Sustainability
  • AMR
  • Organism/ site specific examples from practice
• National & international expert speakers
• Largest UK infection prevention exhibition
• Call for abstracts: Posters & oral presentations
• Networking opportunities
• Flexible registration packages
• Engaging social event

Full details and registration can be found online: https://ip2025conference.co.uk/

Key Dates

•              Abstract submissions close: 8 June 2025 (midnight)

•              Early bird registration closes: 5 August 2025 (midnight)