WestCAP Multidisciplinary Limb Salvage Conference 2026

Multidisciplinary updates, practical learning and MDT discussion focused on limb salvage and preventing avoidable amputation
About this Event

The inaugural WestCAP (West of Scotland Collaborative for Amputation Prevention) Multidisciplinary Limb Salvage Conference brings together healthcare professionals with a shared interest in preventing avoidable amputation and improving outcomes for people at risk of limb loss.

This focused, in-person educational meeting will explore contemporary approaches to limb salvage through expert-led presentations, interactive MDT discussion and shared learning from across vascular surgery, diabetes, podiatry, infectious diseases, interventional radiology, orthopaedics, Ph*rm*cy, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, orthotics and prosthetics.

Topics will include advances in revascularisation, diabetic foot infection, contemporary diabetes care, offloading strategies, Medic*tion optimisation, rehabilitation, prosthetic outcomes and service improvement. A live Mini-MDT session will provide attendees with the opportunity to participate in real-world decision making around complex limb salvage cases.

The meeting is designed for consultants, trainees, specialist nurses, podiatrists, AHPs, students and all professionals involved in limb salvage.

Refreshments and lunch provided

Agenda

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Introduction to WestCAP
Host: Mark Davis, Vascular Surgery Senior Registrar
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Contemporary Limb Loss
Host: Alan Meldrum, Vascular Surgery Consultant
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Advances in Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Host: Beth White, Consultant in Infectious Diseases
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Role of Interventional Radiology in Limb Salvage
Host: Peter Douglas, Interventional Radiology Consutlant
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Therapeutic Advances and Challenges in Diabetes Related Foot Disease
Host: Kate Hughes, Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Q&A
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Coffee
🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:05 AM
Revascularisation for Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia
Host: Sharon Chan, Vascular Surgery Consultant
🕑: 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
Evolution of Specialist Podiatry in Limb Salvage
Host: Gillian Harkin, Lead Clinical Podiatrist
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Getting the Prescription Right
Host: Lindsay Beverley, Lead Clinical Pharmacist
🕑: 11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Decision-Making in Surgical Offloading
Host: Tina Ha, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Q&A
🕑: 12:05 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Limb Salvage Mini-MDT
Host: Judith Barnes and Ewan Wilson, Advanced Podiatrists
🕑: 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Charcot Neuroarthropathy
Host: Jane Madeley, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Diabetes Foot Attack
Host: Anna De Natale, Foundation Year 2 Doctor
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Orthotic Advances
Host: Gail Morrison, Orthotics Clinical Lead
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:25 PM
Q&A
🕑: 02:25 PM - 02:45 PM
Coffee
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
The WestMARC Pathway
Host: Laura Brady and Elena Harris, WestMARC
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Major Amputation in Scotland: What Do Outcomes Tell Us?
Host: Linsay Clark, Specialist Physiotherapist
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
When Recovery Is Uncertain - Recognition and Response
Host: Lexi Reader and Ryan White, UoG Medical School
🕑: 03:30 PM - 03:40 PM
Q&A
🕑: 03:45 PM
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