ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 2008
Thursday 15th and Friday 16th May, 2008
THE OLDER SURGICAL PATIENT: NEW CHALLENGES

Thursday 15th May
Delegates Exhibitors
1230 – 1345 Registration and lunch
1345 – 1400 Welcome: President of the Age Anaesthesia Association

Session 1: Incapacity dilemmas in the elderly

1400 – 1435 The Mental Capacity Act 2005: implications for clinicians
Dr. Chris Heneghan, Consultant Anaesthetist and Barrister, Nevill Hall
Hospital, Abergavenny

1435 – 1510 The role of the Independent Medical Capacity Advocates (IMCA)
Ms. Sue Lee, IMCA Manager, Speaking Up, Cambridge

1510 – 1540 Coffee and trade exhibition

Session 2:

1540 – 1625 Treating Cancer in Old age: could we do better?
Professor Margot Gosney, Director of the Institute of Health Sciences,
University of Reading

1625 – 1710 Free Paper Presentations for the AAA Trainee Prize


Conference Dinner: La Riviera - Italian quayside restaurant
Friday 16th May
0845 – 0915 Registration and coffee

Session 3: Early recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme: achievable in the elderly?

0915 – 0945 : ERAS overview and surgical aspects
Mr. Alan Horgan, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Freeman Hospital,
Newcastle

0945 – 1015 : Fluid management in ERAS
Dr. Chris Snowden, Consultant Anaesthetist, Freeman Hospital,
Newcastle

1015 – 1045 : Analgesic aspects of ERAS
Dr. S. Nimmo, Consultant Anaesthetist Western General Hospital,
Edinburgh

1045 – 1115 Coffee break and trade exhibition


Session 4: Proactive Care of Older People undergoing surgery (POPS)

1115 – 1245 A multidisciplinary presentation describing the design, setting-up, and
results to date of the POPS project
Dr. Jugdeep Dhesi, Department of Ageing and Health, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London
1300 – 1400 Lunch in Centre for Life Mezzanine and AGM

Session 5:

1400 - 1445: Update on the National Hip Fracture Audit
Dr. Richard Griffiths, Consultant Anaesthetist and team, Peterborough
Hospital

1445 – 1530: Ethical Issues in the older surgical patient: a lawyer’s perspective
Mr. Barry Speker, Samuel Phillips Law Firm, Newcastle

1530 – 1615 Ethical case scenarios with audience participation
Professor Gwyn Seymour, President of the AAA and Professor Chris
Dodds, Vice-President of the RCOA

1615 -1630 Presentation of trainee prize and closing remarks by the President of the
AAA

1630 -1700 Tea and trade exhibition