14th ERAS UK Conference

Stronger together: advancing care through collaboration

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This event will be held on Friday 28th November,
in the Ellipse Hall at London Museum Spaces EC2Y 5HN

ERAS UK is grateful to Viatris for their generous sponsorship of this event.
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Conference schedule
08:45 Registration
09:30 Opening address
Session 1: Collaborating together - insights from regional networks
  • ERAS network in Scotland - Angie Balfour, NHS Lothian
  • South of England network - Corinne Smart (OUH) & Irene Fitt (Luton & Dunstable)
  • KHub walkthrough 
  • Group discussions - networking in your area
Session 2: Learning from one another - updates on current trials & guidance on business cases
  • Preoperative weight loss to optimise outcomes for people carrying excess weight - Dimitris Koutoukadis (Oxford University)
  • Surgery schools: evidence and clinical guidance - Imogen Fecher-Jones (Southampton University Hospitals)
  • What makes a perfect business case? - Cathy Jones (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) 
12:45 Lunch, poster walk and trade exhibition
Session 3: Ken Fearon award presentations​
Selected oral abstract presentations
Session 4: Workshop on benchmarking and compliance
  • Useful tools: Model Hospital - Rich Butterfield & Maddie Connolly
  • Results of mapping survey - ERAS UK
  • Group discussions on benchmarking and compliance
16:45 Prize awards and close

Organising committee: Irene Fitt (Clinical Lead for ERAS, Luton & Dunstable NHSFT), Hamira Ghafoor (ERAS Facilitator, Oxford University Hospitals) and Corinne Smart (ERAS Facilitator, Oxford University Hospitals)