29 Sep
SALTS Centre
Richard Street, Birmingham, B7 4AA, United Kingdom, 29th September 2026 - 30th September 2026
⭐ Highlights
🎯 Clinically orientated discussion with senior surgeons
🩺 Hands-on lower GI reconstruction simulation
🤝 Dedicated allied healthcare professional programme on 30 September
👥 Participants welcome:
Paediatric surgery trainees and residents
Early-year consultants with an interest in colorectal disease
Allied healthcare professionals
Register
If you are having problems registering please contact the office.
Programme
| Tuesday 29th September 2026 | ||
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration | |
| 听 | ||
| 听 | Session Title | Facilitator |
| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome & Faculty Introduction | Kat Ford |
| Anorectal Malformations | ||
| 10:10-11:10 | Bottoms up! A practical approach to ARM | Kat O鈥橲hea & Sarah Almond |
| 11:10-11:30 | BREAK | |
| Cloaca | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Understanding Cloaca | Joe Curry |
| Cloaca MDT Service | Sonia Basson | |
| ARM Panel Discussion | ||
| 12:30-13:00 | Prepared and invited questions | KO鈥橲, SA, JC, SB |
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH | |
| Hirschsprung鈥檚 Disease | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Overview | Stavros Loukogeorgakis |
| Reconstruction | Gregor Walker | |
| Complex scenarios | Hemanshoo Thakkar | |
| 15:30-15:50 | BREAK | |
| Parent & Patient Perspective | ||
| 15:50-16:20 | Living with a complex congenital condition | Kate MacFarlane |
| 16:20-16:50 | Overview of evidence of the lived experience | Kat Ford |
| HD and Patient Perspective Panel Discussion | ||
| 16:50-17:20 | Prepared and invited questions | SL, GW, HT, KT, KF |
| 17:20-17:30 | Programme for 30/9 and close | Kat Ford |
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| Wednesday 30th September 2026 | ||
| 9:30-10:00 | COFFEE | |
| 听 | Session Title | Facilitator |
| Outcomes | ||
| 10:00-11:30 | It鈥檚 not going well, what do I do? | Rachel Harwood |
| National Reporting and CSOR | Ben Allin | |
| Beyond Childhood with a Congenital Colorectal Condition | Kat Ford | |
| Decision making in difficult scenarios | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Panel discussion
RH, SA, GW, JC, HT, JT, SB, NG |
Felicity Arthur |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease | ||
| 13:30-14:00 | Crohn鈥檚 Disease | Simon Blackburn |
| 14:00-14:30 | Ulcerative Colitis | Joe Taylor |
| Parallel afternoon sessions | ||
| 14:30-16:30 | Surgical Skills
Simulation (PSARP model) Viva practice |
Faculty
Josh Cave, Gregor Walker Sarah Almond, Hemanshoo Thakkar |
| 14:30-16:30 | Colorectal Allied Healthcare Symposium
Stoma Refeeding in the NICU and Beyond Neurodiversity听and Stomas Complex Case of Crohn’s |
Niamh Geoghegan
Lesley McGuire Nikki Webber Gail Fitzpatrick |
| 16:30-17:00 | Feedback and Close | Kat Ford |
Course Co-Ordinator: Kat Ford
Course Committee: Sarah Almond, Joe Taylor, Rachel Harwood, Hemanshoo Thakkar, Joe Curry
Course Faculty: Expert colleagues and allied HCP