* All times are based on Europe/London GMT.

  • 8:00

    Europe/London

    8:00 - 9:00 BST

    Registration and Coffee

    9:00

    Europe/London

    9:00 - 9:10 BST

    Welcome

    Mr Arnold Goede, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    9:10

    Europe/London

    9:10 - 9:45 BST

    Let’s talk about sex: inclusion in rectal cancer pre-operative discussions

    Mrs Tracey Privett, Colorectal Nurse Specialist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    9:45

    Europe/London

    9:45 - 10:20 BST

    Health needs assessments in colorectal surgery

    Mrs Clare Bossom & Mrs Faye Bedford, Colorectal Nurse Specialists, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    10:20

    Europe/London

    10:20 - 10:55 BST

    Surgery for advanced and recurrent rectal cancer – when is it worth it?

    Miss Elaine Burns, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital

    10:55

    Europe/London

    10:55 - 11:10 BST

    Coffee and Refreshments

    11:10

    Europe/London

    11:10 - 11:45 BST

    Approaches to mesh-related complications after laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy

    Professor Chris Cunningham, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    11:45

    Europe/London

    11:45 - 12:20 BST

    Minimising ileostomy usage in anterior resection surgery

    Mr Nicholas Symons, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    12:20

    Europe/London

    12:20 - 12:30 BST

    KARL STORZ Sponsor Talk: Fluorescence imaging technologies

    12:30

    Europe/London

    12:30 - 13:30 BST

    Lunch

    13:30

    Europe/London

    13:30 - 14:10 BST

    Pre-rehabilitation in colorectal surgery

    Professor Sandy Jack, Professor of Prehabilitation Medicine, University of Southampton

    14:10

    Europe/London

    14:10 - 14:50 BST

    Reducing unwarranted variation in colorectal surgery

    Mr Mark Cheetham, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and GIRFT National Clinical Lead

    14:50

    Europe/London

    14:50 - 15:00 BST

    Coffee and refreshments

    15:00

    Europe/London

    15:00 - 15:40 BST

    Why do we remove lymph nodes in colorectal cancer resections?

    Professor Simon Buczacki, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    15:40

    Europe/London

    15:40 - 16:20 BST

    Complex abdominal wall repair and the need for a specialist MDT

    Mr Jonathan Hodgkinson, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

    16:20

    Europe/London

    16:20 - 16:30 BST

    Closing remarks

    Mr Arnold Goede, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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