Professional Development Conferences & Masterclasses

TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online

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.

For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/day-case-major-knee-surgery or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk 
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WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on falls prevention and management in older adults with a focus on ensuring effective and resilient falls prevention activity. The conference will update delegates on the 2025 NICE Guidance update: Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and people 50 and over at higher risk and highlight best practice through case studies.

Sessions will support you to set up a comprehensive falls management and prevention service and will focus on interventions to reduce the risk of falls as indicated by the 2025 NICE guideline. We will explore implementation of effective interventions in community and inpatient care focused on activity and falls, developing an effective falls prevention programme, effective personalised multidisciplinary assessment including the new MASA tool, vestibular dysfunction, the psychological impact of falling, medication management and improving secondary prevention. The conference will also discuss key elements in the reduction of falls in your service including strength, balance and exercise promotion, managing underlying health issues, developing personalized falls prevention care plans, and frailty presenting as falls. The conference will update delegates on national requirements for falls investigation and learning under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), the move to neighbourhood health, and maximising ongoing participation in falls prevention interventions.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/falls-prevention-and-management  or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2026
The Studio Birmingham or VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on the important issue of transforming care for people with frailty. The event will provide an essential guide to improving the quality of care for people with frailty and supporting them to stay out of hospital including ensuring adherence to the NHS England FRAIL strategy for the development and improvement of acute frailty same day emergency care services and the National CQUIN. The conference will provide updated from proactive integrated frailty services, and frailty improvement programmes to empower you to improve services for people living with frailty.

Older people with frailty are more likely to experience recurrent falls than older people without frailty. Frailty-induced falls are associated with a greater risk of fractures, hospitalisation, and a permanent move to a care home. Frailty assessment and diagnosis can be a gateway to support and services, including support to prevent falls. The conference will highlight how you can work with frail older people to reduce falls and deconditioning.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/transforming-acute-care-frailty or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk

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THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online

The British Association of Day Surgery are pleased to announce this virtual conference focusing on Day Case Total Hip Replacements

The number of patients waiting for orthopaedic surgery remains at record levels, more than 850,000 in January 2025 following the huge disruption caused by Covid-19 and the industrial action with the NHS.

In response to the Governments Elective Recovery Plan and Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, it is clear we must work differently to reduce variation and respond to these unprecedented waits. With continued pressure on in-patient beds, Day Case Total Hip Replacement Surgery presents an ideal opportunity to explore and expand the possibilities to increase day surgery activity.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/day-case-total-hip-replacement or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk

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FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online

This conference provides a practical approach to preventing hospital acquired deconditioning in older adults, and moving beyond this to ensuring your patients are as active as possible and enabling reconditioning. It is widely recognised that hospital acquired deconditioning is a major issue in hospitals leading to functional decline, falls, readmissions, pressures on social care support and increase mortality. The conference will use case studies of best practice to support you to optimise safe activity for older people your service, and prevent both physical and cognitive deconditioning.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/preventing-hospital-acquired-deconditioning or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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WEDNESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online

This important and timely conference will focus on improving care and outcomes for hip fracture patients, learning from the latest National Hip Fracture Database findings and supporting progress against NICE guidance and quality standards. The 2025 NHFD Annual Report, Room for improvement: hip fracture care in 2024, demonstrates that although hip fracture care has improved over time, unacceptable variation remains in access to the right ward, timely surgery, mobilisation, rehabilitation, bone protection and recovery. The conference will also reflect on the forthcoming 2026 NHFD findings.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/hip-fracture-summit or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk

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FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2026
Cavendish Conference Centre, London or VIRTUAL, Online

Reducing inpatient falls and harm from falls remains a major patient safety priority. The 2025 National Audit of Inpatient Falls shows progress in some areas of post-fall management, but also highlights continuing variation in assessment, documentation, pain relief, safe lifting, delirium screening and organisational accountability. From January 2025, NAIF expanded to include all inpatient fall-related fractures, head injuries and spinal injuries, and its 2026 recommendation for providers to undertake a facilities audit reinforces the need for board-level oversight, specialist falls leadership and ward-level action to support patients to stay active and safe while in hospital.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/inpatient-falls-prevention or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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