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UK Hospital at Home Society Conference 2024

The UK Hospital at Home Society is delighted to announce that our 2024 conference will be held on 7th March 2024. We are looking forward to welcoming you to a day of learning and networking, to build knowledge and community across Hospital at Home in the UK.

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Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference centre, Birmingham

7th March 2024

09:30 - 17:30

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7th March 2024

Our 2024 conference will be held in-person, in the Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre in Birmingham.

The programme will include presentations from clinicians and researchers based in different Hospital at Home services around the UK, and representing different professions within the MDT.

This conference is approved for 6 CPD credits by the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK.

Keep an eye on this page for updates, and follow the links below for further information.

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Speakers

Venue

Programme

All 4

Countries Represented

20+

Presenters

Abstract

Submission

Networking

Opportunities

Programme

An outline of the plan for the day is shown below, and the programme has been emailed to all attendees.

The conference is due run from 09:30 to 17:30.

Session 1

Main Hall

President's Welcome and Keynote Address

Society President Prof Daniel Lasserson will open the conference, before introducing our first speaker for the Keynote address from a leader in health policy and Hospital at Home.

Main Hall

Plenary Session 1

Our first plenary session of the day will be held in the main hall.

This will focus on the future of the MDT in Hospital at Home.

Coffee break

Exhibition Space

Networking

Opportunity to network, visit industry stands and view posters.

Session 2

Parallel sessions will run during session 2

Main Hall

Parallel sessions 1 & 2

Session 1: 'How do I manage...?'

Session 2: 'Difficult Cases' presentation and discussion

Chairs:

Dr Amy Heskett

Dr Patricia McCaffrey

Hall 2

Parallel sessions 3 & 4

Session 3: Cross-Boundary working (incorporating a range of interpretations of 'boundary')

Session 4: Tech-enabled care

Chairs:

Dr Francesca Cleugh

Zoe Tribble

Lunch

AGM and Poster viewing

The UK Hospital at Home Society AGM will be held during the lunch break.

There will also be the opportunity to view poster presentations and visit industry stands.

Session 3

Parallel sessions will run during

session 3

Main Hall

Parallel sessions 5 & 6

Session 5: Training in Hospital at Home

Session 6: Working with Policy Makers

Chairs:

Penny Taylor

Prof Daniel Lasserson

Hall 2

Parallel sessions 7 & 8

These sessions are planned to focus on research specific to HaH.

Session 7: Top rated abstracts ('Lightning Presentations')

Session 8: Research and Evaluation

Chairs:

Dr Ciara Harris

Sophie McGlen

Coffee break

Exhibition Space

Networking

Opportunity to network, visit industry stands and view posters.

Session 4

Main Hall

Plenary 2

Our final plenary presentation of the day will focus on Patient and Carer perspectives of Hospital at Home.

Chair: Karen Titchener

Main Hall

Panel Q&A

Panel discussion and Q&A among members of the HaH Society Committee

Main Hall

Closing by Incoming President

Our incoming president, Dr Claire Steel, will close the conference.

Our Speakers

Further information about our confirmed speakers can be accessed via the links below. This list will be updated as we get closer to the conference date.

Daniel Lasserson

UK Hospital at Home Society President, Professor of Acute Ambulatory Care, University of Warwick, and Clinical Lead for Hospital at Home, Oxford University Hospitals

Amy Heskett

Community Geriatrician and Clinical Lead, West Kent Urgent Care Home Treatment service

Penny Taylor

Lead Nurse, Hospital at Home Team, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Mathew Mathai

Consultant Paediatrician, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Elaine Nelson

Consultant Geriatrician, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Catherine Sheeran

Assistant Interim Director for Enhanced Services, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Christina Newbould

Matron, Children's Hospital at Home and Acute-Community Children's Nursing Team, Oxford Health NHS Trust

Innan Sasaki

Professor in Organisation Studies, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Sarah Woolley

Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

Graham McCallum

Geriatrician, University Hospital Monklands, Scotland

Claire Steel

UK Hospital at Home Society President Elect and Consultant Geriatrician, Hospital at Home Service, University Hospital Monklands, NHS Lanarkshire

Francesca Cleugh

Paediatric Emergency Care Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Firdaus Adenwalla

Consultant Geriatrician, Hospital at Home Acute Clinical Team, Swansea Bay University Health Board

Sarah Pearse

Lead Nurse, North West London Virtual Hospital

Ana Lewis

Team Lead, PATCH Nurses, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Sean Edwards

Advanced Paramedic Practitioner and Practice Development Lead, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Michelle Skillington

Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, South East Coast Ambulance Service

Shazia Din

Co-Lead Dundee Enhanced Community Support Acute (DECS-A) Team, Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee

Eve Holroyd

Lead Nurse CYP Transformation, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Emma-Jayne Underdown

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency Medicine, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Graham Ellis

Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland and UK Hospital at Home Society Immediate Past President

Patricia McCaffrey

Consultant Geriatrician and Divisional Medical Director for Adult Community Services for Older People, Southern Trust, Northern Ireland

Amy Page

Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Service Lead, Dudley Paediatric Virtual Ward

Nathan Devereux

Senior Improvement Advisor, Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Gail Nicholson

Consultant Geriatrician, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Ella Berrington

Team Lead, Islington Paediatric Hospital at Home Team, London

Katherine Patterson

Consultant Geriatrician, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Claire Wade

Evelina London Children's Community Nursing Matron, Evelina London Children's Hospital (GSTT)

Jenny Morris

Senior Physiotherapist, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Jonathan McGarvey

Specialist Doctor in Community Geriatric Medicine, Kent Community Health Foundation Trust

Sophie McGlen

Highly Advanced Pharmacist for Virtual Wards (including Hospital@Home) and

UK Hospital at Home Society Secretary

Zoe Tribble

Senior Nurse for Integrated Paediatrics, The Royal London Hospital

Shelagh O'Riordan

Consultant Community Geriatrician and Clinical Director, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, and UK Hospital at Home Society Treasurer

Leanne Marshall-Wood

Improvement Advisor, Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Ciara Harris

Research Fellow, University of Warwick, and Physiotherapist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

Becky Walker

Specialist Paramedic, Hospital at Home Service, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Anwen Collard

Consultant Advance Care Practitioner, Home Treatment Service, West Kent

Laura Farnham

Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Childrens Community Nursing Service, Evelina London Children's Hospital

Emma Morrison

Paediatric Ambulatory Care Experience (ACE) Team Lead, Bradford Royal Infirmary

Tickets

Further information can be found on the Conference Ticket page.

Early-bird

Reduced-price tickets are no longer available, as their deadline has passed.

Early-bird ticket cost: £160

Early-bird member ticket cost: £100

Standard price

Standard price tickets are available from 1st February 2024 until shortly before the conference.

Full-price ticket cost: £200

Full-price member ticket cost: £140

SOLD OUT

Members

Members are entitled to a reduced rate on tickets.

Members should refer to the email sent on 3rd November 2023, or the website Members' Area, for details about accessing their member discount.

To see further details about membership benefits, please see our Membership page.

Abstract Submission

We welcome abstract submissions for poster presentations from all members of the MDT and those at all stages of their careers.

The abstract categories are:

Audit & Evaluation
Cross-boundary working
Education and Training
Equity and Equality in Hospital at Home
Innovation in Hospital at Home
Organisational aspects of Hospital at Home
Other
Patient and/or Carer experience
Research

The abstract submission deadline has now passed.

Emails have been sent to the first author of submitted abstracts with acceptance decisions.

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Course

A Hospital at Home specific POCUS course will be run, in Birmingham, the day prior to the 2024 conference.

Key Details

Date: 6th March 2024
Location: Sandwell Education Centre, Birmingham
Cost: £250
Eligibility: Booking to attend the UK Hospital at Home Society 2024 is required to be eligible to attend this POCUS course
How to book: Booking is now closed, but further enquiries regarding this course may be emailed directly to swbh.acutemedicalsecretariesamu1@nhs.net to express interest in attendance
Further information can be found on the POCUS course webpage here.