Global Surgical Frontiers Conference 2025

Global Surgical Frontiers 2025

Achieving global surgical coverage: What progress have we made?
About the event

Join us for Global Surgical Frontiers (GSF) 2025 on Friday 10 October in London and online. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has awarded up to 5.5 CPD points for this conference.

This one-day conference marks a significant milestone in the equity of access to surgery worldwide. We’ll reflect on the decade since the adoption of the World’s Health Organization (WHO) Resolution WHA68.15, and the publication of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) report; defining moments that have laid the foundation for improving the access to safe surgical and anaesthesia care worldwide.

With only five years left to achieve the Global Surgery 2030 Targets, GSF 2025 offers a critical opportunity to evaluate progress, share learning and shape the path ahead. We’ll explore the evolving role of integrated surgical, emergency and critical care in strengthening health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Speaker highlights include:

• Dr Meskerem Aleka Kebede, Research Fellow, Global Surgery Policy Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science/ RCS England

• Dr Vanessa Naidoo, Technical Officer, World Health Organization

• Dr Justina Seyi-Olajide, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Lagos University Teaching Hospital

• Mr Tim Mitchell, President, RCS England

More speakers to be announced soon.

In-person tickets include networking breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks.

Unable to attend in person?

We are pleased to announce that a virtual attendance option will be available. Access talks, share your views and ask questions from anywhere in the world.

You can also access recorded content on-demand following the event and gain CPD points, included with both in-person and online tickets.

RCS England members get over 50% off ticket prices.

Why attend?

• Mark ten years of progress in global surgery and anaesthesia.

• Drive the next decade of action toward achieving Global Surgery 2030 targets.

• Hear from leading experts, including speakers from WHO, LSE and major teaching hospitals.

• Connect across disciplines with surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, researchers, policymakers and advocates.

• Showcase your work through our Global and Humanitarian Surgery Poster Competition.

Who should attend?

Surgeons at all career grades, anaesthetists, nurses, global health advocates, researchers, policymakers and anyone committed to advancing surgical care worldwide.

NB - Access codes are available for non-surgical attendees and those working in Lower Middle Income Countries. If you have not been sent an access code please email [email protected] stating which group you belong to and we will send you the relevant code.

Info: Implications for the Global South

Info: (a) Policy and Advocacy 101: How do we influence and achieve change in Global Surgery?

Info: (b) Counting the cost: Why health economics is central to achieving equitable access to surgery?

Info: (c) Building resilience: Delivering surgical care in conflict and disaster environments

Info: Please see parallel sessions I for details.

Info: What can be done to protect healthcare facilities, health professionals and civilians

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