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Multidisciplinary organisation, promoting excellence and enhancing education in day surgery

14/01/2026

Day Surgery in Gynaecology: A joint BADS/HCUK Virtual Conference. 24th March 2026

Day surgery is now provided for an increasing range of procedures, in patients ranging from the very fit to the rather frail. It has become the standard of care for many elective surgery procedures and should be the default option for all 200 procedures within the BADS Directory of Procedures.

As the healthcare industry faces a cost predicament, it is incumbent upon healthcare professionals to identify and reduce unnecessary practices without worsening patient outcomes. The majority patients would prefer to recover from their surgery in their home environment. This not only provides improved, comfort, sleep and catering but also reduces the risk of hospital acquired infections and VTE.

Gynaecology as a specialty has long been a front runner in reducing length of stay. However, there are only a few trusts nationally who routinely undertake laparoscopic hysterectomies and vaginal repairs on a day case basis. This conference will hear from the teams at these trusts and learn how they implemented their day case pathways, the key to their success and how any obstacles were overcome.

We will hear how embracing outpatient surgery can transform your gynaecology service and the patient’s experience. There will be an opportunity to hear from experts from BADS and participants from across the UK which will be of interest to those with medical and nursing backgrounds.

Chair & Speakers include:
•Dr Stam Karavolos - Consultant Gynaecologist, Royal Salford Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; BADS Council Member
•Dr Pallavi Dasannacharya - Consultant Anaesthetist, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust; BADS Honorary Secretary
•Dr Charlotte Goumalatsou - Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
•Sr Alex Alen - Senior Sister, Day Surgery, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
•Mr Naru Narayanan - Consultant Gynaecologist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
•Mr Ali Oudai - Consultant Gynaecologist, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Find out more:
Https://bads.co.uk/events/2026/day-surgery-in-gynaecology-a-joint-bads-hcuk-virtual-conference-24th-march-2026/

Healthcare Conferences UK Ltd

13/01/2026

Do you want to know what day surgery rates your hospital or trust should be achieving and if your day surgery rates are maximised, the financial and in-patient bed savings you could make?

If the answer is yes, you need to read the BADS Directory of Procedures National Dataset (DOP). This has recently been updated with new speciality sections on plastic surgery, neurosurgery, trauma and orthopaedics and bariatric surgery, which will be augmented in future editions. Some pre-existing speciality sections have been expanded and robotic procedures introduced. It now provides recommended day case rates for over 300 surgical procedures, arranged by specialty and defined using OPCS coding. National day surgery rates for the top performing 5% of English hospitals and the national median performance by procedure with bed days and costs saved are shown.

Optimising day surgery activity in England alone could release approximately £266 million pounds for diversion into other NHS services. Day Surgery is the ultimate example of enhanced recovery. It is safe and patients like it. Why isn’t more being done?

Free to BADS members.

Find out more on Publications link in bio.

12/01/2026

BADS President, Karen Harries

Karen has been on BADS council for over 7 years and took on the role of President in June 2025.
Karen is Lead Nurse for Pre-operative Assessment at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. She is delighted to be part of BADS Council and to be involved in driving and promoting the profile and importance of day surgery.

Read more:
https://bads.co.uk/about/bads-council/current-members/mrs-karen-harries/

09/01/2026

Meet Ruheana Begum, a lead nurse at Guys and St Thomas’s Foundation Trust within the Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative directorate.

Ruheana is passionate about Day Surgery and became a BADS Taster Member in 2025.

Read full bio:
https://bads.co.uk/about/bads-council/current-members/ruheana-begum/

08/01/2026

BADS and Conferences UK Ltd present an annual programme of virtual, one-day conferences on specific topics in day surgery including day case hip replacement, major knee surgery, foot and ankle
surgery, breast surgery, gynaecology surgery, endocrine surgery, urology, emergency surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic
trauma and the role of the day surgery team.

All attract CPD points. BADS members and trainees (medical, nursing, allied health professionals) are eligible for a reduced delegate rate of only £100 + VAT.

To view upcoming events, visit https://bads.co.uk/events/

06/01/2026

Bitesize Topics for Day Surgery

BADS publishes Bitesize Tips for Day Surgery - short documents providing practical advice on diverse topics that do not fit within a handbook.

https://bads.co.uk/for-members/day-surgery-bitesize-topics/

02/01/2026

Day Case Orthopaedic Trauma: A Joint BADS/HCUK Virtual Conference. 4th February 2026

The British Association of Day Surgery and Healthcare Conferences UK are pleased to announce this virtual conference focusing on Day Case Orthopaedic Trauma.

The GIRFT report on Orthopaedic trauma shows national variation on Orthopaedic trauma being delivered as a day case and has identified an opportunity to improve patient care and release the pressure on inpatient beds. Increasing
the delivery of day case orthopaedic trauma surgery across the NHS is achievable and it is important to share learning so that day case surgery becomes the normal in units across the UK.

Attendance at this conference will allow delegates to hear from some of the teams delivering high levels of Day Case Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, both for upper and lower limb trauma. Join us to see how units across the UK have
been leading the journey to successful day surgery orthopaedic trauma delivery.

Chair & Speakers include:
•Dr Kim Russon - Consultant Anaesthetist, Clinical Lead for Day Surgery, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; Past President, British Association of Day Surgery (BADS)
•Ms Sarah Stapley - Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
•Mr Bob Handley - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; GIRFT Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Clinical Lead
•Mr Robert W Jordan - Consultant Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon, Ambulatory Trauma Lead
•Dr Pallavi Dasannacharya - Clinical Lead Day Surgery Unit, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; BADS Council Member
•Mr Will Eardley - Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma and Limb Reconstruction Surgeon, South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust; National Clinical Lead for the National Hip Fracture Database
•Mr Tim Halsey - Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon
•Helen Carver - Trauma Co-ordinator, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
•Sabina Barbur - Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
•Agnieszka Hawkins - T&O Trauma Coordinator, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
•Lisa Woods - Trauma Nurse Co-Ordinator, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
•Ann-Marie Mason - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
•Simon Hodkinson - Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; and Past President, British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)

More Information & Booking:
Https://bads.co.uk/events/2026/day-case-orthopaedic-trauma-a-joint-bads-hcuk-virtual-conference-4th-february-2026/

Healthcare Conferences UK Ltd

31/12/2025

BADS would like to wish you a very happy New Year and all the best for 2026.

30/12/2025

Nurse-led Discharge 2nd Edition

This handbook is a practical guide to implementing or updating the nurse led discharge process for day and short stay surgical patients. It covers the discharge process with a checklist, procedure-specific information, identification of symptoms, which may indicate a problem, information giving, development of local guidelines, assessing competence, audit and good practice examples.

Free to BADS members

Authors: C Tickner, K Barker, F Belfield, S Blanks, C Hammond, A Lipp, I Smith, J Solly.

https://bads.co.uk/for-members/bads-handbooks/nurse-led-discharge/

29/12/2025

Is your day surgery unit listed in the BADS UK Directory of Day Surgery Units?

Access to this is a BADS member-only benefit providing networking opportunities for sharing experience and good practice. The directory includes details of units by region with clinical and nursing lead contacts for each.

We need your help to ensure that this directory is up to date. Please assist us by checking to see that your unit is listed and that the contact details we have are correct. We will update the website accordingly.
Thank you for contributing to this invaluable resource.

https://bads.co.uk/for-members/uk-day-surgery-units/

27/12/2025

BADS is a multidisciplinary organisation, promoting excellence and enhancing education in the delivery of day surgery.

Its council reflects its membership who work across all areas of day surgery (anaesthetics, surgery, nursing, allied health professionals, managers).

Meet the BADS Council
https://bads.co.uk/about/bads-council/

23/12/2025

Season’s Greetings from BADS

Sending warmest wishes for a very happy and joyful festive period.

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