Event Calendar

This EFORT Educational Webinar will focus on latest advancements in preventing, diagnosing, and treating periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) using innovative techniques and technologies. The objectives of this Webinar are: To acknowledge the epidemiology as well as clinical and socioeconomic burdens of PJIs. To understand the most recent advances in diagnosing and treating PJIs. To appraise the potential of antimicrobial coating and future technologies to prevent and treat bone and joint infection.

This course combines hands-on training with human anatomical specimens, interactive case discussions, and evidence-based lectures to refine your decision-making and surgical skills. Topics include indications and preoperative planning for revision and complex primary hip and knee arthroplasty, as well as the management of complications.

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code hcuk20boa . This timely conference focuses on the important issue of transforming acute care for people with frailty. The event will provide an essential guide to improving the quality of care for people with frailty and supporting them to stay out of hospital including the implementation of the February 2024 NHS England FRAIL strategy for the development and improvement of acute frailty same day emergency care services and the National CQUIN. Redesign of acute frailty services is crucial to meeting increasing demand and improving the quality of life for older people.

National experts from the British Association of Day Surgery and leading Orthopaedic units will share experience including: How to develop a high-class day surgery service Analgesia for day case arthroplasty Use of short acting spinal anaesthesia or general anaesthetia for major orthopaedic day surgery procedures Pathways and protocols for day case arthroplasty Pitfalls to avoid and obstacles to overcome – how they did it This conference will enable you to: Network with colleagues who are working to improve day surgery orthopaedic services Learn from outstanding practice in day surgery arthroplasty Reflect on national developments and learning Understand how you can improve your day surgery pathways Identify key strategies for implementation of a day surgery joint replacement service Ensure you are up to date with the latest national practice Self assess and reflect on your own practice Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code hcuk20boa . This conference provides a practical approach to preventing hospital acquired deconditioning in older people, and moving beyond this to ensuring your patients are as active as possible and enabling reconditioning. It is widely recognised that hospital acquired deconditioning is a major issue in hospitals leading to functional decline, falls, readmissions, pressures on social care support and increase mortality. The conference will use case studies of best practice to support you to optimise safe activity for older people your service, and prevent both physical and cognitive deconditioning.

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code hcuk20boa . A Joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK Virtual Conference Elective recovery still remains a significant focus of the NHS. Although progress has been made on long waits, waiting list numbers remain at record highs and in response The Elective Recovery Taskforce has been set up to help tackle this further. It is clear we must work differently to respond to these unprecedented waits and Day Case surgery offers us a way to help increase efficiencies and make an impact on these waiting times. Join us to see how units across the UK have been leading the journey to successful Day case arthroplasty. It has been proven to be safe, achievable and has been replicated across several trusts. Learn how to embark on your day case journey and also see how Elective hubs can increase day case numbers further. You will also see how digital technology can aid this and move us towards a more virtual way of working Increasing the delivery of day case total joints across the NHS is achievable and it is important to share learning so that day case arthroplasty becomes the normal in units across the UK.

Management of Complex Elbow Fracture and Dislocations

WOC Annual Congress

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code hcuk20boa . This national falls summit focuses on reducing inpatient falls, and harm from inpatient falls. Through national updates, practical case studies and learning from the National Audit of Inpatient Falls report published in October 2024. The conference will provide a step by step guide to implementing the multiple interventions that have been proven to reduce falls in your service. The conference will focus on the recommendations from last years National Audit of Inpatient Falls and address how we can ensure patients are as active as possible rather than reducing activity to reduce falls which leads to deconditioning. The event will include practical advice on implementing Multifactorial Assessment to Optimise Safe Activity (MASA) which has been developed by the Royal College of Physicians and recommended for use by the 2024 National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF), and provide advice on immediate post falls management.

Five day interactive course teaching the principles of deformity planning and correction and their application to clinical practice. Including bonus speciality day, Friday 20.06.25 - Foot & Ankle (Free admission for all Main Course Delegates)