08:00 - 9.40
Auditorium

Colorectal Focus

Chairs: Cat Boereboom (Nottingham), Jim Khan (Portsmouth)

• Colonic volvulus. Nick Heywood (Blackburn)

• Pilonidal sinus. Steve Brown (Sheffield)
• Presacral lesions. Will Perry (USA)
• Acute lower GI bleeding.  Debby Keller (USA)

08:00-09:40
Hall 2A
Parallel Session

NBOCA Quality Improvement Workshop:
The Close It Quick Ileostomy Closure Quality Improvement collaborative & future priorities for reducing variation in oncological care

Chairs: Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge), Mike Braun (Manchester)

• What is the data on unwarranted variation in ileostomy closure after anterior resection?  Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• The Close It Quick QI collaborative and why it matters? Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• The Patient Perspective Robin Johnston (NBOCA PPI)

Panel discussion – Initial experience of hospitals participating in Close It Quick

• Setting the Vision for future QI collaboratives: Tackling variation in receipt of chemotherapy and severe toxicity for patients with Stage III colon cancer Mike Braun (Manchester), Catherine Hanna (Belfast)
• Future directions for QI in medical oncology Mike Braun (Manchester), Catherine Hanna (Belfast)

Panel Discussion

• Additional panellists:  Chris Cunningham (Oxford),Sheena MacSween (RCS England)
• Julie Cornish (Cardiff), Zobia Gundkalli (Norwich)

EndoVillage 

Ethicon IBD Workshop

Coffee break

BJS Prize Session

EDI Session

Chairs:  Kirsten Boyle (Leicester), EDI Rajesh TK (Plymouth)

• Neurodivergence - Mary Doherty, Autistic Doctors International
• Caring responsibilities - Danielle Brodgen (Tunbridge Wells) & Duaa Gumaa (Dartford)
• Patient perspectives on communication & consent - Hali Joli (PLG), Sue Hill (PLG)

09.30

10.10-11.10
Parallel Session
Hall 2 B

ACPN Session

ACPN Networking Session

AI and Technology

Chairs: Cheryl Hides (ACPN Chair, Sheffield) and Liz Coni (ACPN Deputy Chair, Sussex) 

• The AI-Assisted Nurse: Practical Applications for Colorectal Care - James Kinross (London)

• AI in Practice: The opportunities, the weaknesses and the importance of AI Governance to demonstrate compliance - Peter Wright (Digital Law UK)

• Nurse perspective on AI

Short papers 1

Welcome Address

Athur Harikrishnan (President, ACPGBI)

11:30 - 12:00
Auditorium

BJS Lecture

Chair: Debbie McNamara (Dublin)

• Foxtrot through the Decades - Dion Morton. (Birmingham)

13:00 - 14:00
Auditorium
 

Abdominal Wall Parastomal Hernia Management in 2026— Prevention, Repairs and Developments

Chairs: Adele Sayers (Sheffield) and Jonathan Evans (Nottingham)

• Parastomal hernias - an expected complication? Anna Sayers (Glasgow)
• Life with a stoma: do we need to be so negative? Suzanne Dore (Patient)
• Patient, pink and proud: What makes a good stoma? Lisa Massey (Nottingham)
• Can parastomal hernias be prevented? Elisa Makarainen (Finland)

13:00 - 14:00
Parallel Session
Hall 2A

Crossing Lines: Severe Endometriosis and the Colorectal Surgeon

Chairs: Ian Jenkins (London), Taner Shakir (London)

• Severe endometriosis: Lessons from BSGE accredited centres. Arvind Vashisht (BSGE Immediate Past-President)

• From scan to strategy: MDT planning in deep endometriosis. David Burling ( London), Shaun McGowan (Belfast)

• Decision making: shave, disc or resection: How do we choose? Tim Rockall (Guilford), Andrew Kent (Guilford0

• Why we need collaboration Ian Jenkins (London)

  Panel discussion with Fevzi Shakir (BSGE Council) & Carla Cressey OBE (Patient) & Rebecca Mallick (BSGE President)

Short papers 2

13.00 –16:00
Parallel Session
Hall 2B

Irish Association of Coloproctology meeting (IACP)
Debate: Colorectal surgery should be separated from general surgery on call

Debate: Colorectal surgery should be separated from general surgery on call 

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Chairs: Peter Murchan, (Tipperary) Kourosh Khosraviani (Belfast)

For: Noel Lynch (Cork)

Against: Eleanor Faul (Drogheda)

Challenging Cases in Colorectal Surgery: Consultant-led case discussion 

Chairs: Michael Kelly (Dublin) Bobby Meshkat (Galway) Sean Martin (Dublin)

• Colorectal Cancer case:  Niamh Foley (Waterford)
• Colorectal Cancer case: Christina Fleming (Limerick)
• Endometriosis case: Cillian Clancy (Dublin)
• Pilonidal disease – Laser treatment:  David Kearney (Dublin)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease case: Aidan Armstrong (Belfast)

Abdominal wall reconstruction: An Irish perspective

Chairs: Orla McCormack (Dublin) Tim McAdam (Belfast)

• ‘Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery in Ireland: A Case for Subspecialisation’. Junaid Naqeeb (Waterford)
• ‘Establishing Ireland’s First National Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction MDT’. Josh De Marchi (Mullingar)

IACP AGM

14:00 - 14:30
Auditorium
 

Dukes' Club Lecture

Chair: Ioanna Drami -  (Dukes' Club President)

• Advanced rectal cancer: George Chang (USA)

14:30- 15:00
 

Coffee Break

Bowel Research UK Lecture

Chair: Asha Senapati (representing BRUK) 

• Diverticular disease - state of the art - Dale Vimalachandran -  (Chester)

15:30 - 17:00
Auditorium

Organ Preservation in Early Rectal Cancer -
will recent trials change the practice of your MDT?

Chair: Chris Cunningham (Oxford), Dibyendu Bandyopadhyay (York)

• STAR TREC - Who is the ideal candidate for radiotherapy as primary treatment and when should we be cautious - Simon Bach (Birmingham)

• OPERA - What does contact brachytherapy add to external beam and is it for everyone? 

• TESAR - What is the value of local excision upfront? - Jurriaan Tuynman (Amsterdam)

• MDT clinical cases - Gina Brown (London), Catherine Hanna (Belfast), Maurice Loughrey (Belfast) 

Early Years Consultant Network

EYCN mentorship introduction

• From fellowship to consultant practice: translating training into service delivery: Oroog Ali (Gateshead)
• Start well, stay well - wellbeing in the early years: Calum Arthur (Edinburgh)
• Setting up consultant practice and thriving in the early years – Perspectives from within and outside the UK - Panel Discussion
• Ian Jenkins (London)
• Debby Keller (USA)
• Nuha Yassin (Birmingham)
• Jim Khan (Portsmouth)
• Gabrielle van Ramshorst (Belgium)

This session will be followed by drinks/canapes

Short papers 3

 15:45 - 18:00
Parallel Session
Meeting Room 2A

Short papers 4

Drinks Reception

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