About this Event
The AfPP Regional Conference in Edinburgh on Saturday 14 November 2026 brings high-quality, accessible education directly to perioperative teams, offering evidence-based sessions aligned with national standards, specialist exhibitors, and opportunities to build connections with peers. Delegates can earn 5 CPD hours.
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.
Join us to advance your practice, earn CPD, and build lasting connections.
EXHIBITORS
Disclaimer: please note that all timings, topics, sessions and speakers are subject to change. We reserve the right at any point in time to alter the aforementioned.
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:10 AM
Registration, Tea/Coffee and Exhibition Viewing
🕑: 09:10 AM - 09:20 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Host: Event Chair
🕑: 09:20 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 1: Sustainable Surgery - The Green Theatre Project in Practice
🕑: 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Speed Education Session
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition Viewing
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Session 2: Delivering Excellence in Day Surgery - Quality, Flow and Outcomes
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Session 3: From ODP to Service Manager - Building a Career in the NHS
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch, Networking and Exhibition Viewing
🕑: 01:20 PM - 02:10 PM
Session 4:Leading Innovation in Complex Surgery - Journey of1000 Robotic Cases
🕑: 02:10 PM - 03:00 PM
Session 5: Advances in Burn Care, Reconstruction, and Laser Therapy
Host: Mr Christopher J. Lewis
Info: This session provides a perspective on contemporary advances in burn care, reconstructive strategies, and laser therapy. Drawing on practical experience across acute burn management, complex wound optimisation, scar modulation, and functional/aesthetic reconstruction, it will translate evolving evidence into clinically applicable approaches. Attendees will gain insights into decision-making from initial resuscitation and excision through to staged reconstruction, rehabilitation, and long-term scar management. The session will also address indications, patient selection, outcomes, and pitfalls in laser treatment for hypertrophic scars and pigmentary/vascular sequelae, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary pathways. 1.Understand principles of major burn management, including assessment, resuscitation, early surgery and new technologies. 2.Describe reconstructive strategies for complex burns and staged reconstruction. 3.Recognise how paediatric burn care differs from adult management.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Tea/Coffee, Short Refreshment Break
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Session 6: Centres of Excellence and Service Transformation in Urology
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Re-cap & Reviewing, Closing Remarks, Questions and Evaluations
Host: Event Chair
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
John McIntyre Conference Centre, The University of Edinburgh, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
GBP 26.84 to GBP 58.46
