Thursday 18th March 2021
Register for the conference HERE
Submit your abstract HERE
We have made the difficult decision
not to hold a face to face conference in 2021. We feel this is the
responsible course of action in the current climate with the surge
in cases of COVID-19 in many areas of the UK, resulting in
increased pressure on NHS staff and general uncertainty as to
whether it would be possible to hold a COVID safe conference in
line with government guidelines.
As an alternative, we are intending
to hold, free of charge for all BADS members, a
one-day Virtual Conference on Thursday
18th March 2021, with a strong focus on the importance of
day surgery in the recovery and sustainability of elective surgery
during COVID-19 and beyond.
If you are not able to
attend on the day or are concerned it may not be possible to be
available all day we are pleased to confirm that all
registered delegates will have access to the conference
material for a period of time following the event - after which
access will only be available via the members area of the BADS
website.
Topics to be covered
include:
- COVID-19 and the challenges
facing elective surgery
- Why should we default to day surgery to maintain elective
pathways
- Delivering day surgery during COVID-19 pressures
- How COVID-19 has changed pre assessment practice
- Recent experiences of how to achieve successful day case
Orthopaedics, Gynaecological, Maxillofacial, General Surgery &
Urology
Provisional programme
available here.
View further details here.
Abstract submission:
BADS is encouraging the submission of abstracts (250
words), which will be peer-reviewed and scored. Accepted work will
be presented in e-poster format. There will be gold, silver and
bronze awards for high scoring abstracts and the top scoring
authors will be invited to deliver oral presentations
(pre-recorded) that will be broadcast during a prize paper session
at the virtual conference.
The abstract submission
window has been extended with a new deadline of Sunday 24th January
2021. Please ensure that you submit your abstract online by midnight on
this date.
Delegate rates:
BADS members: Free of charge
Non-members:
Permanent Medical Staff £150
Nurses/Trainees/Managers/AHP £90
Not a member of BADS? Why not join now?
Permanent Medical Staff from £110 pa
Nurses/Trainees/Managers/AHP from £55 pa
JOIN BADS HERE
Registration OPEN
Abstract submission OPEN
If you have any queries please
contact us by email at bads@bads.co.uk.
Kind regards
Dr Kim Russon
President, British Association of Day Surgery
Mrs Fiona Belfield
BADS Conference Secretary
