Cambridge Regional Conference

The AfPP Regional Conference in Cambridge on Saturday 16 May 2026 supports you to strengthen patient safety, improve team dynamics and build confidence in your role. Interactive elements, including a roundtable workshop and panel discussion, providing a space to reflect, share experiences and learn from peers.

Sessions are delivered by experienced speakers who understand the realities of working in theatres, using real-world examples and aligning with current national standards and expectations.

The event will enable you to take ideas straight back into practice and strengthen patient safety and care.

Earn 5 CPD hours.

Medline Industries Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Medline Industries, LP, which is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care. Through its broad product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries and territories. To learn more about how Medline helps improve healthcare delivery and outcomes in Europe, visit www.medline.eu.

Tristel is an infection prevention business. Our Group has been around for over 30 years and is recognised globally for our expertise in chlorine dioxide (ClO2) chemistry and innovative product technologies.

Our aim is to provide a fast and effective decontamination process, for medical devices and surfaces.

Tristel ensures a reliable solution for every step of your infection prevention journey.

Tristel’s portfolio includes:

• Tristel, medical device decontamination.
• 3T, digital traceability for Tristel products.
• Cache, sporicidal surface disinfection.

To find out more about Tristel’s innovations in infection prevention and control you can visit our website www.tristel.com or email us at [email protected].

B. Braun is one of the world's leading providers of medical solutions, incorporating the company’s depth of expertise and understanding of users' needs.

As a true partner, B. Braun Sterile Goods Management helps hospitals deliver efficient, and reliable care by providing high-quality general instruments, sterile container systems, and expert services that help ensure consistent availability, safety and integrity of surgical instrument sets.

Our solutions help optimise workflow, extend the lifetime value of instruments and reduce operational risk and downtime—helping theatres focus on what matters most: patient outcomes.

Please visit Surgical Instruments & Sterile Container Systems - B. Braun for further information.

MedScience supplies high-quality surgical solutions and medical consumables across the UK & Europe.

Medical Reservists have a variable part-time commitment which is manageable alongside their civilian career. Giving up spare time in support of the Armed Forces also brings transferable skills and knowledge back to their civilian role.

Reservists receive training in communication, leadership and management and have access to many professional courses.

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Disclaimer: please note that all timings, topics, sessions and speakers are subject to change. We reserve the right at any point in time to alter the aforementioned.

Info: This session explores how artificial intelligence is transforming operating theatres from a surgeon’s perspective, with a focus on theatre efficiency. It will examine how AI‑driven systems support clinical decision‑making, workflow optimisation, and resource utilisation within complex operating environments. Attendees will gain insight into current and emerging applications of AI in theatres, the development of AI‑enabled operating environments, and the wider role of AI in improving patient safety, efficiency, multidisciplinary working, and outcomes across the perioperative pathway and healthcare system. LO: 1. Understand the role of AI in theatres

2.Development of AI within theatre operating environments

3.Role of AI in Healthcare

Info: Tristel’s presentation will look at choosing manual action and having confidence in your decontamination procedure. It will go through the process, steps involved and key considerations when it comes to your decontamination procedure. It will also touch upon which method is best practice when it comes to decontamination. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Define decontamination and its role in infection control.
2. Explain microbiocidal efficacy and why it matters.
3. Describe AMR and its impact.

Info: The AfPP Behaviours Charter defines values that underpin safe, respectful, and collaborative perioperative practice. This session explores what the Charter is, its purpose, principles, and expectations for behaviour. Why it matters, how civility, accountability, and inclusion directly impact safety and well-being. And how it can be embedded into daily theatre culture. We will discuss practical approaches to integrating the Charter, ensuring it becomes more than words on a wall, and applying it as a practical step towards building safer perioperative teams. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Understand the purpose and key principles of the AfPP Behaviours Charter.
2. Recognise how positive behaviours - such as civility, accountability, and inclusion - support safety and well-being in theatres.
3. Identify practical ways to embed the Charter into everyday perioperative practice.

Info: Drawing from the latest science this session examines sexual harassment and abuse (SHA) from doctors. Applying a preventative medicine model, Prof Searle explains the need for a different approach to understanding and tackling SHA in medicine. She argues these forms of behaviour are different from other types of professional misconduct. She outlines the social, cultural and institutional factors that need far greater attention. She examines the costs not just of their targets but also to the wider workplace from these toxic behaviours on patient safety, and workforces.

Info: This session explores the harmful impact of workplace bullying and harassment on individuals and organisations. It emphasizes the importance of assertiveness in dealing with these issues. By reflecting on personal experiences it will explore practicing assertiveness, individuals can establish boundaries, voice concerns, and effectively address bullying and harassment, leading to a more respectful and healthier work environment. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.Provide an overview of bullying and harassment in the workplace
2.Explore civility and its impact of patient care and staff safety
3.Discuss strategies to promote a healthy working team and environment

Info: Organ transplantation is one of the most time-critical, high-stakes pathways in modern surgery and perioperative teams sit at the centre of making it happen safely. With Cambridge recognised as a major transplantation centre, this session explores what “excellent” looks like from the theatre perspective, from preparation and team briefings through to intraoperative safety, coordination, and post-operative considerations. We will discuss human factors, communication across multiple teams, managing urgency without compromising standards, and practical ways to support dignity, ethics, and patient safety throughout the pathway. Expect clear takeaways you can apply in any theatre setting.

Info: This session focuses on career development and the evolving landscape of advanced and extended roles within the perioperative workforce. Through a panel discussion, delegates will gain insight into different professional pathways, including the roles of Anaesthesia Associates (AA), Physician Associates (PA), and Surgical Care Practitioners (SCP).
Panellists will share their personal career journeys, exploring motivations for progression, training routes, scope of practice, and the realities of working in advanced roles. The session will also highlight the opportunities, challenges, and support systems associated with career advancement, including governance, education, and workforce planning considerations.
Designed to be informative and aspirational, this session provides delegates with the opportunity to ask questions, reflect on their own career ambitions, and gain practical advice to support future development within perioperative practice.

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