03 Dec
Møller Institute
Cambridge, 3rd December 2026 - 4th December 2026
SIGS Thursday December 3rd
Trauma
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Please bring along any interesting trauma cases for discussion at the meeting. You are very welcome to present a case informally, with a few slides or images if helpful. Can you please email me at [email protected] to let me know if you have a case to discuss.
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Update on Reception Arrangements for MoD Personnel (RAMP) preparedness planning
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Implications for paediatric trauma services and major incident preparedness
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Opportunities for standardising and extending trauma training
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Discussion of next steps and SIG priorities
Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant and Member of the National Major Trauma and Burns Clinical Reference Group
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E-bike and e-scooter injuries
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Emerging injury patterns, clinical challenges and prevention opportunities
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Sporting injuries in children
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Injury patterns, assessment and management considerations
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Penetrating trauma
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Current challenges in the assessment and management of penetrating injuries in children
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Changes to traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) management
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Updates to management approaches and implications for paediatric trauma teams and training
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National Major Trauma Registry (NMTR)
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Changes to the national trauma database
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Implications for paediatric trauma data collection, reporting and service development
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Upper GI Special Interest Group (ChUGS) |
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| 09:00 – 12:10 | 0900- Welcome
0910-1000- Post primary intervention follow up, surveillance and management in achalasia cardia – Dr Gareth Corbett, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Cambridge University Hospitals 1000-1030- coffee 1030- 1110- Adult sequalae of achalasia cardia needing surgical interventions and their outcomes- Mr Peter Safranek, Lead Consultant Upper GI surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals 1110- 1200- Oesophageal atresia rota and logistics – UK survey outcomes and discussion for consensus development – James Andrews, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow 1200-1210 – Closing remarks and future sessions |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
Thoracic & Airway Special Interest Group (BAPSTAG) |
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| 13:30 – 17:00 | • Robotic Lung Surgery – the adult perspective
• Pectus – feedback from the national pectus service working group |
UKPCG Programme
Chairs: Ali Keshtgar, Victoria Lane
| TIME | SESSION |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | What is the risk of colorectal cancer in the diverted rectal stump/Hartmann’s pouch? Pros and cons of rectal stump excision
Speaker: Amir Darakhshan |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Role of psychology and an integrated care pathway in the management of children and young people with chronic constipation and faecal incontinence
Speakers: Sophie Dewar, Ali Keshtgar |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Benchmarking survey of chronic constipation and manometry services for children and young people in the UK and Ireland
Speaker: Anna Harris |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Rectal suction biopsy national protocol: discussion and next steps
Speakers: Rachel Harwood, Sarah Almond |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Difficult case presentations from around the UK |
| 17:00 | Conclusion |
Winter Meeting Friday December 4th
| PEGS (Paediatric Emergency General Surgery) – A new sub-specialty? | |
| 09:00 – 09:05 | Welcome to Cambridge |
| 09:05 – 09:25 |
Right Place, Right Time, Right Team: A review of the quality of the care provided to children and young people needing emergency surgery Martin Sinclair, NCEPOD Coordinator, Clinical Director of Surgery, East Suffolk and North Essex |
| 09:25 – 09:40 |
The PAPAYA study: Are we operating on too many children with suspected appendicitis? Evie Banham, F3 & Teaching Fellow, Ipswich Hospital (East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust) |
| 09:40 – 10:00 |
PSTRN Trainees Collaborative Research in PEGS Sajeed Ali, Paediatric Surgery Resident and PSTRN Co-Chair |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Tea & Coffee |
| 10:30 – 10:50 |
Inception and evolution of EGS in Adult General Surgery Ibrahim Rajput, Consultant General Surgeon, Leeds Institute of Emergency General Surgery |
| 10:50 – 11:10 |
GMC Reform and the Medical Training Review Panel Discussion Ian Sugarman – FSSA President, Joe Curry – BAPS President, Hany Gabra – Paediatric Surgery SAC Chair, Emily Decker & Himanee Mirakhur – BAPS TrIPS Reps, |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Training for PEGS: The Medical Training Review |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Discussion & Debate |
| 12:20 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| Centralisation of Neonatal Surgery in the UK | |
| 13:30 – 13:50 |
The landscape: overview of neonatal services in UK Cheryl Battersby, Consultant Neonatalogist Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London |
| 13:50 – 14:10 |
The problem: Neonatal surgical volume Nick Lansdale, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Manchester Children’s Hospital |
| 14:10 – 14:30 |
The solution: AAA Centralisation that works Keith Jones, President of the Vascular Society and Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| 14:30 – 14:50 |
The parent’s perspective CDH UK and TOFS charity representatives |
| 14:50 – 15:20 | Tea & Coffee |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | The argument FOR centralisation |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | The argument AGAINST centralisation |
| 16:00 – 16:40 | Discussion & Debate |
| 16:40 – 16:45 | Closing remarks |
Accommodation
The Møller Institute offers accommodation which you can book here: Accommodation Link
Alternatives are the Hyatt Centric and Premier Inn Girton both 20 minute walk from the The Møller. There are also numerous hotels in the city centre.
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