OPERATING THEATRE CONFERENCE- INNOVATIONS IN THE OPERATING THEATRE
09:15 - 10:15
Registration; Refreshments & Exhibition
10:15 - 10:30
Opening - Co-Chair
Speakers
Rob Brothwood
Co-inventor , LEAFix
Rob Brothwood
Co-inventor , LEAFix
BIOGRAPHY
Rob was an ODP/Team Leader at the Liverpool foundation trust, with over 15 years, of predominantly anaesthetic, experience, as well as holding an honorary contract with Alder Hey children’s hospital. Recently Rob has began a new anaesthetic journey with the University of Birmingham, and is currently in training as an Anaesthesia Associate.
SCHEDULE
Opening - Co-Chair
25/06/2025
10:15 - 10:30
Opening - Co-Chair
26/06/2024
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
Novice anaesthetist: their perceived stressors, learning behaviours
Speakers
Dr Amy Howard
Dr Hui Ching Ho
Dr Amy Howard
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Novice anaesthetist: their perceived stressors, learning behaviours
25/06/2025
10:30 - 11:00
Dr Hui Ching Ho
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Novice anaesthetist: their perceived stressors, learning behaviours
25/06/2025
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshments and Exhibition
11:30 - 12:00
Is it time for anaesthetic training to be run through?
Speakers
Dr Emma Bradley
Dr Jack Langley
Dr Emma Bradley
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Is it time for anaesthetic training to be run through?
25/06/2025
11:30 - 12:00
Dr Jack Langley
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Is it time for anaesthetic training to be run through?
25/06/2025
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
ODP Role In the Armed Forces
Speakers
Christine Hawkins
Christine Hawkins
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
ODP Role In the Armed Forces
25/06/2025
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:00
Civility and its impact on safety
Jenny Maher
AfPP
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Civility and its impact on safety
25/06/2025
12:30 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch & Exhibition
14:45 - 15:15
Adoptive Cell Therapy with Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes
Speakers
Michael Crowther
Michael Crowther
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Adoptive Cell Therapy with Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes
25/06/2025
14:45 - 15:15
15:45 - 16:30
All delegates re-join the main EBME conference for the final sessions, the Apprentice of the Year Award, and the prize draw
OPERATING THEATRE CONFERENCE- INNOVATIONS IN THE OPERATING THEATRE
09:15 - 10:15
Registration; Refreshments & Exhibition
10:15 - 10:30
Opening - Co-Chair
Speakers
Helen Brothwood
Operating Department Practitioner and Lead Resuscitation Officer , Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Helen Brothwood
Operating Department Practitioner and Lead Resuscitation Officer , Liverpool Women’s Hospital
BIOGRAPHY
She qualified in 2005 and started working in Royal Liverpool University Hospital utilising her skills in Scrub, Recovery and Anaesthetics. In 2007 she achieved a year’s secondment in ITU, in which she gained many critical skills and experience. After the secondment Helen specialised in Anaesthetics and gained her ALS instructor status in 2017. In 2019 she completed a secondment in the Education role as a Theatre Practice Educator. She enjoyed teaching and educating, which led her to her current role as lead Resuscitation Officer, which she has been doing since 2021.
SCHEDULE
Opening - Co-Chair
26/06/2025
10:15 - 10:30
Opening - Co-Chair
27/06/2024
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
Transplantation and Theatre allocation nationally
Speakers
Iram Haq
Iram Haq
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Transplantation and Theatre allocation nationally
26/06/2025
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshments and Exhibition
11:30 - 12:00
Optimising patients for surgery and Use of clinical decision support Speakers
Speakers
Sally Hargreaves
Consultant Anaesthetist
Ste Lake
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Sally Hargreaves
Consultant Anaesthetist
BIOGRAPHY
Sally has been a Consultant Anaesthetist in Liverpool since 2009 and has fifteen years experience working in preoperative assessment. The preoperative nursing teams in Liverpool see 20,000 patients a year who are planned to have surgery. Sally has been the clinical director for this service since 2023.
SCHEDULE
Optimising patients for surgery and Use of clinical decision support Speakers
26/06/2025
11:30 - 12:00
Ste Lake
Consultant Clinical Scientist
BIOGRAPHY
Ste has worked in clinical engineering for 39 years, mainly in Liverpool. He is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional and a Fellow of the Academy of Healthcare Science. Ste has worked on many engineering projects including a device to measure the speed of eye saccades, dose monitoring of children undergoing total body irradiation for leukaemia, estimation of burn surface area and initial fluid replacement in children and anaesthesia charting software. He has worked for 20 years for a team developing and maintaining a clinical decision support system for pre-operative assessment services.
SCHEDULE
Optimising patients for surgery and Use of clinical decision support Speakers
26/06/2025
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
Dealing with intra and post operative complications – a human perspective Speakers
Speakers
Kapil Sahnan
Consultant Surgeon , St Mark’s Hospital
Kevin O’Donoghue
Kapil Sahnan
Consultant Surgeon , St Mark’s Hospital
BIOGRAPHY
Mr Kapil Sahnan is a Consultant Surgeon at St Mark’s Hospital, London, and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London.
He specialises in inflammatory bowel disease, complex proctology, and robotic surgery, training in Oxford, Bristol, London, and completing an ESCP/Intuitive fellowship in Barcelona. His PhD at Imperial focused on IBD, big data analysis, clinical trials, and healthcare technology.
With 100+ peer-reviewed publications, he is an internationally recognised academic and educator. He has chaired national working groups, completed a teaching fellowship, and serves as an advisory board member and speaker for medtech and the pharmaceutical industry.
SCHEDULE
Dealing with intra and post operative complications – a human perspective Speakers
26/06/2025
12:00 - 12:30
Kevin O’Donoghue
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Dealing with intra and post operative complications – a human perspective Speakers
26/06/2025
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:00
Medical Law
Speakers
Shannon Jordan
Shannon Jordan
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
Medical Law
26/06/2025
12:30 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch & Exhibition
14:45 - 15:15
CODP
Speakers
Mike Donnellon
Mike Donnellon
BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE
CODP
26/06/2025
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:45
Refreshments and Exhibition
15:45 - 16:30
All delegates re-join the main EBME conference for the final sessions, the Apprentice of the Year Award, and the prize draw