Past Events

This conference will focus on developing your role as skills as a Prescribing Physiotherapist. Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies the conference will support you to develop or expand your role as a physiotherapy non medical prescriber, and support the development of effective non medical prescribing across your service.

We are delighted to announce that the 5th Birmingham Patellofemoral Masterclass returns with a fresh and exciting agenda. Traditionally the meeting runs every two years and is convened by Tarek Boutefnouchet and Tanweer Ashraf from The QE Hospital, Birmingham. If you are a knee surgeon, physiotherapist, extended scope practioner, trainee or fellow interested in patellofemoral conditions YOU DON’T NEED TO LOOK ANY FURTHER this meeting will give you everything you need to know about current practice and more. This meeting will focus on unravelling the multitude of options available and how to get it right first time as well as discussing the role of emerging technologies.

This important and timely conference will focus on improving care for hip fracture patients – learning from the September 2024 NHFD findings, and improving progress against the Key Performance Indicators and NICE quality standard for hip fracture. Through national updates and practical cases studies the conference will highlight best practice in hip fracture care, improving the care pathway, patient experience and outcomes. This conference will focus on improving assessment, minimised delays to theatre, improving the pathway from falls to theatre changing the role of the emergency department, ensuring hip fracture patients are prioritised for surgery, improve patient experience of hip fracture care, overcome contra indications, improving the anaesthetic and surgical pathway, and ensuring prompt mobilisation after surgery. There is a focus on improving practice against the Key Performance Indicators and using a Quality Improvement (QI) approach at each stage in the hip fracture pathway

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.