Hunterian Lecture

Chair: Nicola Fearnhead

• Postoperative ileus and the gut-brain axis - Stephen Chapman

Short Papers Session: QI and proms

Chairs: Rhodri Codd and Noshin Saiyara

• Validating electronic mortality and morbidity data collection as an alternative to manual mortality and morbidity data collection - KJ Moriarty (Nottingham)
• Making the cut? A review of the care received by patients undergoing surgery for Crohn’s disease: National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) - H Shotton
• Objective risk assessment in colorectal surgery (ORACoL): a service evaluation - AD De (Nottingham)
• Colorectal virtual ward: a digital solution to save bed days - Mr FahadUllah (Leicester)
• A systematic review of sexual function instruments to be used in the context of benign pelvic and perineal colorectal surgery - S Joshi (London)
• A randomized, single-blind, placebo controlled trial on prophylactic endoscopic clipping of colonic diverticula - S Williams (London)

Short Papers Session: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Chairs: Michael Thornton and Annalise Katz-Summercorn

• AZUR-2, a phase III, open-label, randomised study of perioperative dostarlimab monotherapy vs standard of care in previously untreated patients with T4N0 or Stage III dMMR/MSI-H resectable colon cancer - N Starling (London)
• Pre-operative chemotherapy response and survival in patients with colorectal cancer peritoneal metastases - N Tinsley (Manchester)
• Guidance from Health Technology Wales on the use of contact x-ray brachytherapy for the treatment of rectal cancer - C Rao (London and Carlisle)
• 30-day mortality following systemic anti-cancer treatment for stage IV colorectal cancer: a population-based, observational study in England - A Rashid (London)

International Fellows

• Decision-making in diverticulitis: adding science to art - Alexander Hawkins
• Defining benchmarks for pelvic exenteration surgery: a multicentre analysis of patients with locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer - Kilian Brown

IBD & Emergency General Surgery

Chairs: Richard Guy and Katie Adams

• Cooling of the acute Crohn’s abdomen - Richard Lovegrove
• Surgical approaches to the stuck RIF Crohn’s mass: tips and tricks - Ciaran Walsh
• The acute Crohn’s perineum: how to gain control with the least harm - Laura Hancock
• Subtotal colectomy for acute colitis: who, when, how - Abi Patel
• Can the colon be saved by a therapeutic appendicectomy? - Tom Pinkney
• Consultants corner and discussion of cases - led by Richard Guy

Short Papers Session: Colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis and endoscopy

Chairs: Barry Appleton and Tom Grove

• The impact of colonoscopy key performance indicators on the risk of colorectal cancer and advanced polyps: an analysis of linked data in a screening population - J Parker (Cardiff)
• Repeat FIT (RFIT) study: Do repeat faecal immunochemical tests offer reassurance and improve colorectal cancer detection? - NG Farkas (Guildford)
• 2 week wait referrals for suspected colorectal cancer in patients more than 85 years old: how many actually end up on the operating table? - H Elzanati (Leicester)
• Prucalopride improves completion rate of colon capsule endoscopy - H Ibrahim (Aberdeen and Inverness)
• Serum raman spectroscopy in the colorectal surveillance of Lynch syndrome - A M Tang (Swansea)
• Multi-disciplinary management of complex colorectal polyps: outcomes from 6 years at a tertiary referral centre - Z Bates (Aberdeen)
• Outcome of colorectal FDS (faster diagnostic standard) pathway for 2 weeks wait (2WW) colorectal referrals at University Hospitals Sussex West (USH-W) - N Joshi (Worthing)
• COLOFIT: Development and internal-external validation of models using age, sex, faecal immunochemical and blood tests to optimise diagnosis of colorectal cancer in symptomatic patients - D Humes (Nottingham)
• Oncological outcomes for R1 colorectal polyp cancers - JP Welch (Birmingham)

Colorectal Cancer - what's new?

Chairs: Frank McDermott and Rachel Hargest

• Basics of genetic testing - Terri McVeigh
• ctDNA and cancer vaccines - Adam Chambers
• Lynch syndrome and mainstreaming - Frank McDermott
• Immunotherapy and personalised oncology - Richard Adams
• Introduction to MDT and the Rare Disease Collaborative Network - Rachel Hargest
• Panel case based discussions

Colorectal Disease Lecture

Chair: Neil Smart

• The problem of LARS: from prevention to treatment - Marylise Boutros

ACPN AGM, Short Papers & Workshop: 'Exploring the Research Pillar of Practice'

Facilitator: Dr Gabrielle Thorpe, Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia

Research and evidence-based practice are generally accepted by healthcare professionals as an essential component of advanced and specialist healthcare practice, but most nurses and allied health professionals lack confidence, capability and capacity to make the most of opportunities to become more actively involved in research.

This workshop will use the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (NHS England, 2017) and the new NHS England Multi-Professional Practice-Based Research Capabilities Framework (NHS England, 2024) to examine the capabilities that underpin effective evidence-based practice, explore attendees' strengths and limitations in relation to these capabilities and identify potential ways to enhance knowledge, confidence and skills in this important area of practice

Coffee break

ACPN Short Papers & Workshop continued

Intestinal Failure & Abdominal Wall

Chairs: Dominic Slade and Jonathan Hodgkinson

• "I wouldn’t have started from here." How to manage serious problems with hernias - Adele Sayers
• A bag of troubles: Managing problem stomas: a step by step guide - Lisa Massey
• The very practical guide to the open abdomen: tips, tricks & how to snatch success from the jaws of defeat - Anne Pullyblank
• Ensuring success by preventing disaster: how to reduce the risks of an abdominal catastrophe - Ciaran Walsh
• Panel discussion: 5 real disasters and how to manage them - all speakers and Natasha Rolls

How to improve your colonoscopy

Chairs: Sarah Mills (Vonroon) and Katie Siggens

• Lessons from Scotland - Raymond Oliphant
• Post-colonoscopy CRC audit: two years on learnings - Roland Valori
• IBD endoscopy surveillance and Polyp recognition and management - Pradeep Bhandari
• NED data and quality improvement - Tom Lee
• Workforce and training update - Katie Siggens

Lunch break

QI in Colorectal Cancer

Chair: Graham Branagan

• Introducing the new Cancer Subcommittee of ACPGBI
• OrECO - using the MDT to improve rectal cancer outcomes - Brendan Moran
• Using GIRFT to improve cancer outcomes in your hospital - Mark Cheetham
• NBOCA ‘s role in supporting QI in colorectal cancer - Nicola Fearnhead
• Debate: This House believes that CME should be an available option for every cancer MDT - Jim Khan (proposing) and James Read (opposing)

Dukes' Fellowship Village

Early Years Consultant Network

Chairs: Jeremy Williamson and Arthur Harikrishnan

• Introduction
• Panel presentation and discussion:
  • Managing yourself and your mindset as a new consultant - Bob Baigrie
  • Managing NHS clinician management interface - Subash Vasudevan
  • Leadership and bringing people with you as a new consultant - Nicola Eardley
• Mentorship scheme showcase and case vignettes: panel discussion with EYCN members and mentors - Justin Davies, Gethin Williams, Jonathan Evans, Kate Hancorn
• Committee handover and close

Joint Session with UK NETS

Chairs: Mohid Khan and Samuel Ford

• Introduction: what and why surgeons need to know? - Mohid Khan
• Pathology report: incidental Appendix NET - Hamish Clouston
• Outpatients and acute take: small intestinal NET - Christos Toumpanakis
• Colonoscopy: Rectal NET - Dalvinder Mandair
• Surgical management of advanced SI-NET and mesenteric nodal disease - Samuel Ford
• Surgical management of liver metastases in NET including transplantation - Bobby Dasari
• Patient perspective: 'Living with NETs' - Sally Jenkins
• Panel discussion on SI-NET and mesenteric disease - led by James Ansell
• Q&A - all speakers

Dukes' Session

Chair: Lillian Reza

• Expert panel discussion: Should robotic surgery be part of the future surgical curriculum - Simon Sleight, Nuha Yassin and Charlie Evans
• Surgeons as endoscopists - Amyn Haji
• Expert panel discussion: EGS and subspeciality emergencies; should we be leaving it for the specialists? - Phil Tozer, Laura Hancock, Kate Hancorn
• Surgeon as second victim - Kirsten Boyle
• Factors affecting surgical decision making - Carly Bisset
• Resilience: what does it mean for surgeons - Katie Adams

Pelvic Floor Session

Chairs: Thomas Dudding and Julie Cornish

• Welcome on behalf of The Pelvic Floor Society - Thomas Dudding
• Introduction to endometriosis from basics to latest state of art - Martin Hirsch
• Colorectal resections for endometriosis: Functional outcomes; how about LARS? - Gemma Faulkner
• Debate: This house believes endometriosis surgery belongs to the pelvic floor surgeon vs this house believes endometriosis belongs to the cancer surgeon - Ian Jenkins vs Kathryn McCarthy
• Q&A with all speakers

Dukes' Lecture

Chair: Lillian Reza

• The challenges of surgical research: the dangers of randomised trials - Christianne Buskens