Hunterian Lecture

Chair: Nicola Fearnhead

• Postoperative ileus and the gut-brain axis - Stephen Chapman (Leeds)

International Fellows

Chair: Nicola Fearnhead

• Decision-making in diverticulitis: adding science to art - Alexander Hawkins (Nashville, USA)
• Defining benchmarks for pelvic exenteration surgery: a multicentre analysis of patients with locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer - Kilian Brown (Sydney, Australia)
• Colon cancer surgery in low-resource settings - Nashivai Kivuyo (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

Short Papers Session: QI and proms

Chairs: Rhodri Codd and Noshin Saiyara

• Validating electronic mortality and morbidity data collection as an alternative to manual mortality and morbidity data collection - KJ Moriarty (Nottingham)
• Making the cut? A review of the care received by patients undergoing surgery for Crohn’s disease: National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) - JF Abercrombie
• Objective risk assessment in colorectal surgery (ORACoL): a service evaluation - AD De (Nottingham)
• Colorectal virtual ward: a digital solution to save bed days - R Prabhu on behalf of F Ullah (Leicester)
• A systematic review of sexual function instruments to be used in the context of benign pelvic and perineal colorectal surgery - S Joshi (London)
• A randomized, single-blind, placebo controlled trial on prophylactic endoscopic clipping of colonic diverticula - S Williams (London)

Short Papers Session: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Chairs: Michael Thornton and Annalise Katz-Summercorn

• AZUR-2, a phase III, open-label, randomised study of perioperative dostarlimab monotherapy vs standard of care in previously untreated patients with T4N0 or Stage III dMMR/MSI-H resectable colon cancer - N Starling (London)
• Pre-operative chemotherapy response and survival in patients with colorectal cancer peritoneal metastases - O Aziz, on behalf of N Tinsley (Manchester)
• Guidance from Health Technology Wales on the use of contact x-ray brachytherapy for the treatment of rectal cancer - C Rao (London and Carlisle)
• 30-day mortality following systemic anti-cancer treatment for stage IV colorectal cancer: a population-based, observational study in England - A Rashid (London)

IBD & Emergency General Surgery

Chairs: Richard Guy and Katie Adams

• Cooling of the acute Crohn’s abdomen - Richard Lovegrove
• Surgical approaches to the stuck RIF Crohn’s mass: tips and tricks - Ciaran Walsh
• The acute Crohn’s perineum: how to gain control with the least harm - Laura Hancock
• Subtotal colectomy for acute colitis: who, when, how - Abi Patel
• Can the colon be saved by a therapeutic appendicectomy? - Tom Pinkney
• Consultants corner and discussion of cases - led by Richard Guy

Short Papers Session: Colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis and endoscopy

Chairs: Barry Appleton and Tom Grove

• Oncological outcomes for R1 colorectal polyp cancers - JP Welch (Birmingham)
• The impact of colonoscopy key performance indicators on the risk of colorectal cancer and advanced polyps: an analysis of linked data in a screening population - J Parker (Cardiff)
• Repeat FIT (RFIT) study: Do repeat faecal immunochemical tests offer reassurance and improve colorectal cancer detection? - NG Farkas (Guildford)
• 2 week wait referrals for suspected colorectal cancer in patients more than 85 years old: how many actually end up on the operating table? - H Elzanati (Leicester)
• Prucalopride improves completion rate of colon capsule endoscopy - H Ibrahim (Aberdeen and Inverness)
• Serum raman spectroscopy in the colorectal surveillance of Lynch syndrome - A M Tang (Swansea)
• Multi-disciplinary management of complex colorectal polyps: outcomes from 6 years at a tertiary referral centre - Z Bates (Aberdeen)
• Outcome of colorectal FDS (faster diagnostic standard) pathway for 2 weeks wait (2WW) colorectal referrals at University Hospitals Sussex West (USH-W) - N Joshi (Worthing)
• COLOFIT: Development and internal-external validation of models using age, sex, faecal immunochemical and blood tests to optimise diagnosis of colorectal cancer in symptomatic patients - D Humes (Nottingham)

Colorectal Cancer - what's new?

Chairs: Frank McDermott and Rachel Hargest

• Basics of genetic testing - Terri McVeigh
• Lynch syndrome and mainstreaming - Frank McDermott
• ctDNA and cancer vaccines - Adam Chambers
• Immunotherapy and personalised oncology - Richard Adams
• Rare Disease Collaborative Network for Hereditary Polyposis - Rachel Hargest
• Panel case based discussions

CMR Surgical Demonstrations

TAMIS Workshop

Sponsored by Applied Medical

Cost: £20 per delegate (max 16 delegates)

This workshop is now full but you can apply to be added to the waiting list by emailing: acpgbi@integrity-events.com  or by visiting the registration desk at the ICC in Newport.

This TAMIS taster workshop is designed to give the participant an insight into what TAMIS can offer the modern colorectal surgeon.

What is TAMIS?

Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) gives the colorectal surgeon the ability to expand their skills to include the use of local excision from the distal rectum to the midrectum to the proximal rectum.

TAMIS enables the resection of benign and malignant rectal lesions using new advanced access devices and standard laparoscopic instrumentation.

The TAMIS ‘taster session’ is designed for laparoscopic colorectal surgeons who wish to explore TAMIS using the GelPOINT® Path transanal access platform. This workshop will include both didactic and a hands-on sessions. Participants will be given an overview of TAMIS procedural techniques and instrumentation. The program is limited to 16 participants to maximize the hands-on experience.

Suitable for Trainees and Surgeons.

Note: It is still recommended participants attend a full TAMIS course before implementing the procedure into their practice.

Workshop objectives

Understand how the GelPOINT Path transanal access platform enables Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery for the treatment of rectal neoplasms. Explore tools and techniques including:

• Indications for TAMIS
• Anatomy as it relates to TAMIS
• Operative instrumentation and room setup
• Patient selection, benefits, risks, and challenges
• Pre-op protocol
• Anesthesia considerations
• Patient positioning
• TAMIS technique
• Post-op patient treatment
• Patient education and reimbursement

Colorectal Disease Lecture

Chair: Yasuko Maeda

• The problem of LARS: from prevention to treatment - Marylise Boutros

ACPN AGM, Short Papers & Workshop

Annual General Meeting

Time: 10:00-10:15
Chair: Linnet McGeever

Short Papers

Time: 10:15-10:55
Chairs: Liz Coni and Esme Steer

• Developing your role with conferences and chairing meetings - Jennie Burch (London)
• Advancing Stoma Care Services (ASCS): Evidence-based proposals for a best practice pathway: Making it happen with the NHS Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) framework, collaboration and specialist expertise - NK Rolls (Bristol)
• Evaluation of a FIT<10ugHb/g safety netting pathway for patients with lower GI symptoms - JA Lane (Dorset)
• Harnessing social media for peer support to improve survivorship for individuals with colorectal cancer in a university hospital setting - AL Moutadjer (Stoke-on Trent)

Coffee break: 11:00-11:20

ACPN Workshop: Exploring the Research Pillar of Practice

Time: 11:20-12:50
Facilitator: Dr Gabrielle Thorpe, Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia

Research and evidence-based practice are generally accepted by healthcare professionals as an essential component of advanced and specialist healthcare practice, but most nurses and allied health professionals lack confidence, capability and capacity to make the most of opportunities to become more actively involved in research.

This workshop will use the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (NHS England, 2017) and the new NHS England Multi-Professional Practice-Based Research Capabilities Framework (NHS England, 2024) to examine the capabilities that underpin effective evidence-based practice, explore attendees' strengths and limitations in relation to these capabilities and identify potential ways to enhance knowledge, confidence and skills in this important area of practice.

Ethicon Sponsored Session: How to improve efficiency and outcomes for colorectal surgery

Sponsored by Ethicon, a Johnson and Johnson MedTech company

Chairs: Nicola Eardley and Mike Davies

All you need to know from ERAS implementation to digital solutions and innovative products

• Colorectal Patient Pathway Optimization and ERAS Implementation in Newcastle - Hugh Gallagher and Jo McCallum
  Moderator: Anna Winyard
• Innovation role in Anastomotic Leak Improvement - Ehab Bishay
  Moderator: Anna Winyard
• Discussion on Colorectal Surgery Outcomes Improvement - Hugh Gallagher and Jo McCallum
  Moderators: Anna Winyard and Ehab Bishay
• Role of digital solution in improvement of Anastomotic Leaks - Anna Winyard
  Moderator: Ehab Bishay

Speakers:

• Hugh Gallagher
• Jo McCallum - Quality Improvement Lead
• Ehab Bishay - Ethicon Medical Director UK&IR
• Anna Winyard - Medtech Solution Architect Director

Intestinal Failure & Abdominal Wall

Chairs: Dominic Slade and Jonathan Hodgkinson

• "I wouldn’t have started from here." How to manage serious problems with hernias - Adele Sayers
• A bag of troubles: Managing problem stomas: a step by step guide - Lisa Massey
• The very practical guide to the open abdomen: tips, tricks & how to snatch success from the jaws of defeat - Anne Pullyblank
• Ensuring success by preventing disaster: how to reduce the risks of an abdominal catastrophe - Ciaran Walsh
• Panel discussion: 5 real disasters and how to manage them - all speakers and Natasha Rolls

How to improve your colonoscopy

Chairs: Sarah Mills and Maria Pettman

• Lessons from Scotland - Raymond Oliphant
• Post-colonoscopy CRC audit: two years on learnings - Roland Valori
• IBD endoscopy surveillance and Polyp recognition and management - Pradeep Bhandari
• NED data and quality improvement - Tom Lee
• Workforce and training update - Katie Siggens

Lunch break

Intuitive Sponsored Session:
Beyond the pelvis

The value of da Vinci surgery in right colectomy, diverticulitis and hernia repair

• Professor Jim Khan Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mr Oliver Warren Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

Colorectal Disease Poster Prize Session

Judging panel: Gethin Williams, Leigh Davies, Simon Sleight and Kirsten Boyle

View the Poster Prize entries here >

QI in Colorectal Cancer

Chairs: Graham Branagan and Susan Moug

• Introducing the new Cancer Subcommittee of ACPGBI - Chris Cunningham
• OrECO - using the MDT to improve rectal cancer outcomes - Brendan Moran
• Using GIRFT to improve cancer outcomes in your hospital - Mark Cheetham
• NBOCA‘s role in supporting QI in colorectal cancer - Nicola Fearnhead
• The National Consultant Information Programme and what it can do for your practice - Charles Maxwell-Armstrong
• Debate: This house believes that CME with central ligation should be an available option for every right sided cancer in the MDT - Jim Khan (proposing) and James Read (opposing)

Dukes' Fellowship Village

Early Years Consultant Network

Chairs: Jeremy Williamson and Athur Harikrishnan

• Introduction
• Panel presentation and discussion:
  • Managing yourself and your mindset as a new consultant - Bob Baigrie
  • Managing NHS clinician management interface - Subash Vasudevan
  • Leadership and bringing people with you as a new consultant - Nicola Eardley
• Mentorship scheme showcase and case vignettes: panel discussion with EYCN members and mentors - Justin Davies, Gethin Williams, Jonathan Evans, Kate Hancorn
• Committee handover and close

ACPGBI Abdominal Wall Essential Skills Workshop

Cost:

• £50 per delegate (max 12 delegates)
  Delegate Level: ST3-8, SAS and specialty doctors
• £20 per observer (max 6 observers)

This workshop is now full but you can apply to be added to the waiting list by emailing: acpgbi@integrity-events.com or visit the registration desk at the ICC in Newport.

The ACPGBI Abdominal Wall Essential Skills Workshop is designed to deliver key specialist practical skills at the annual meeting in Newport.

This hands-on wet lab simulation model workshop, organised for the second time at an ACPGBI annual meeting after last year's success, is suitable for trainees and speciality doctors in general and colorectal surgery practice. Delegates booking this section are expected to have acquired basic background knowledge about the procedures they will learn to perform on the wet tissue.

Sponsored by Medtronic

Programme

• Introductions
• Rives-Stoppa presentation
• Rives-Stoppa demonstration
• Rives-Stoppa delegate time
• Small bites closure presentation
• Small bites demonstration
• Small bites delegate time
• Feedback, debrief and close of the session

Faculty: Dominic Slade, Adele Sayers, Lisa Massey, Susie Green, Arifa Siddika and Priya Nandoskar

CMR Sponsored Session:
Robotic surgery

• The development of a national robotic surgery program for Wales -Mr James Ansell, Consultant Robotic Colorectal Surgeon, Cardiff and Vales University Health Board

Joint Session with UK NETS

Chairs: Mohid Khan and Samuel Ford

• Introduction: what and why surgeons need to know? - Mohid Khan
• Pathology report: incidental Appendix NET - Hamish Clouston
• Outpatients and acute take: small intestinal NET - Christos Toumpanakis
• Colonoscopy: Rectal NET - Dalvinder Mandair
• Surgical management of advanced SI-NET and mesenteric nodal disease - Samuel Ford
• Surgical management of liver metastases in NET including transplantation - Bobby Dasari
• Patient perspective: 'Living with NETs' - Sally Jenkins
• Panel discussion on SI-NET and mesenteric disease - led by James Ansell
• Q&A - all speakers

Dukes' Session

Chair: Lillian Reza

• Expert panel discussion: Should robotic surgery be part of the future surgical curriculum - Simon Sleight, Nuha Yassin and Charlie Evans
• Surgeons as endoscopists - Amyn Haji
• Expert panel discussion: EGS and subspeciality emergencies; should we be leaving it for the specialists? - Phil Tozer, Laura Hancock, Kate Hancorn
• Surgeon as second victim - Kirsten Boyle
• Factors affecting surgical decision making - Carly Bisset
• Resilience: what does it mean for surgeons - Katie Adams

Pelvic Floor Session

Chairs: Thomas Dudding and Julie Cornish

• Welcome on behalf of The Pelvic Floor Society - Thomas Dudding
• Introduction to endometriosis from basics to latest state of art - Martin Hirsch
• Colorectal resections for endometriosis: Functional outcomes; how about LARS? - Gemma Faulkner
• Debate: This house believes endometriosis surgery belongs to the pelvic floor surgeon vs this house believes endometriosis belongs to the cancer surgeon - Ian Jenkins vs Kathryn McCarthy
• Q&A with all speakers

Dukes' Lecture

Chair: Lillian Reza

• The challenges of surgical research: the dangers of randomised trials - Christianne Buskens

Dinner at Celtic Manor Hotel

Pre-dinner drinks from 19:30, seating for dinner from 20:20.

Dress code: black tie is encouraged but your presence is the most important thing.

Conference dinner is now closed for online bookings, if you would like to be added to the waitlist in case of cancellations, please email ACPGBI acpgbi@integrity-events.com.