Past Events

Foot & Ankle Speciality Day

Five day interactive course teaching the principles of deformity planning and correction and their application to clinical practice. Including bonus speciality day, Friday 20.06.25 - Foot & Ankle (Free admission for all Main Course Delegates)

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code hcuk20boa . This national falls summit focuses on reducing inpatient falls, and harm from inpatient falls. Through national updates, practical case studies and learning from the National Audit of Inpatient Falls report published in October 2024. The conference will provide a step by step guide to implementing the multiple interventions that have been proven to reduce falls in your service. The conference will focus on the recommendations from last years National Audit of Inpatient Falls and address how we can ensure patients are as active as possible rather than reducing activity to reduce falls which leads to deconditioning. The event will include practical advice on implementing Multifactorial Assessment to Optimise Safe Activity (MASA) which has been developed by the Royal College of Physicians and recommended for use by the 2024 National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF), and provide advice on immediate post falls management.

This course will be the first in the UK dedicated to how computer-assisted surgery is making an impact in the world of joint replacement surgery. We will discuss new and upcoming technologies, alignment philosophies, and engage in debates covering both hip and knee replacements. Throughout the session, we will explore the latest advancements in surgical navigation, robotics, and artificial intelligence within orthopedics. Experts will share insights on how these innovations are reshaping surgical precision, patient outcomes, and long-term implant success. Discussions will also highlight the evolving philosophies surrounding alignment and the challenges associated with integrating new technologies into clinical practice.

WOC Annual Congress

Management of Complex Elbow Fracture and Dislocations

OTS 2025 is moving to Sheffield. Once again, the UK’s foremost meeting on orthopaedic trauma looks to educate and inspire UK trauma surgeons with interactive lectures, debates, tips and tricks and case discussions, plus an opportunity to catch up with colleagues from around the country. This year’s conference will feature exciting sessions focusing on both upper and lower limb trauma, medicolegal work, trauma education, research, and more. As always, the event will showcase presentations from our carefully selected international speakers, alongside esteemed national leaders in orthopaedic trauma. This meeting is essential for consultants working in trauma units or major trauma centres, as well as SAS doctors, trainees, and allied health professionals with an interest in trauma. Join us in Sheffield for an unmissable event that promises to enhance your knowledge and practice in orthopaedic trauma.

Following the success of the inaugural meeting in 2024, the meeting returns in 2025. A two-day meeting focusing on Fixed-Bearing Unicompartmental and Patello-Femoral Arthroplasty. Following the recent NICE guidelines recommending UKA as a treatment modality that should be offered to suitable patients; a particular focus of the meeting will be how to safely grow a UKA practice whilst under the shadow of the NJR. Fixed-bearing partial knee arthroplasty is the gold standard for unicompartmental knee surgery combining outstanding patient outcomes and very low revision rates. We are delighted to announce an outstanding faculty combining 5 of the UK’s most experienced partial knee surgeons with a lower-volume but very experienced colleague and a recently-appointed colleague (for their unique perspectives). The five senior surgeons have each performed thousands of partial knee procedures using the best fixed-bearing partial knee implants.

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code hcuk20boa . A Joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK Virtual Conference Elective recovery still remains a significant focus of the NHS. Although progress has been made on long waits, waiting list numbers remain at record highs and in response The Elective Recovery Taskforce has been set up to help tackle this further. It is clear we must work differently to respond to these unprecedented waits and Day Case surgery offers us a way to help increase efficiencies and make an impact on these waiting times. Join us to see how units across the UK have been leading the journey to successful Day case arthroplasty. It has been proven to be safe, achievable and has been replicated across several trusts. Learn how to embark on your day case journey and also see how Elective hubs can increase day case numbers further. You will also see how digital technology can aid this and move us towards a more virtual way of working Increasing the delivery of day case total joints across the NHS is achievable and it is important to share learning so that day case arthroplasty becomes the normal in units across the UK.

We are delighted to announce the inaugural London Elbow Meeting 2025, a one-day event designed to advance expertise and collaboration in the field of elbow trauma. This focused meeting will feature consultant-led, case-based discussions, offering a highly interactive learning experience that bridges theory and practice. Tailored specifically for senior orthopaedic trainees and consultants with a keen interest in the elbow, the course will provide an invaluable platform for exploring complex cases, exchanging ideas, and enhancing clinical decision-making. Join us in this unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge, connect with peers, and stay at the forefront of elbow trauma management.