Hosted by Critical Care Specialist Group
Our 2025 annual study day is a face to face only event and this year we will be highlighting the vital importance of rehabilitation in critical care, with a particular focus on nutrition.
We will be providing an update on the recent NCEPOD report on rehabilitation following critical illness, presenting a case study of a long stay patient, discussing missed opportunities on discharge from critical care and more!
We will also be running our popular 'year in review' session, where we critique the most important nutrition in critical care papers over the last twelve months, as well as showcasing work from around the country with our research award presentations, a fantastic opportunity to learn from other dietitians in the midst of clinical practice.
Our annual general meeting (AGM) will also take place at this event for members of the CCSG to attend and hear more about what we're up to including updates on some of the projects the CCSG have been involved in over the last year!
Speakers and sessions
- Rehabilitation following critical illness - NCEPOD update presented by Professor David McWilliams, Professor of Critical Care and Rehabilitation at Coventry University.
Talk summery: This talk will review showcase the recent NCEPOD report 'Recovery Beyond Survival'. Surviving a period of critical illness if just the beginning, with patients often left with significant mordity and complex rehabilitation needs. This talk will present the reports major findings and highlight the shortfalls in current rehabilitation delivery, alongisde the recomendations and key areas for improvement.
More about David - David McWilliams is a Professor of Critical Care and Rehabilitation and Clinical Academic Physiotherapist. David is recognised as an international expert on critical care physiotherapy and rehabilitation. He is chair for both the physiotherapy working group for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and the Intensive Care Society National Rehabilitation Collaborative. He was a member of the guideline development group for the NICE guideline ‘Critical Illness rehabilitation’ and quality standard on the same topic, and recently led the NCEPOD report 'Recovery Beyond Survival'. - Missed opportunities on discharge with nutrition presented by Dr Sarah Vollam, Post-doctoral research at University of Oxford.
- Case study 1 of a long stay ICU patient
- Case study 2 of a long stay ICU patient
- Year in review: recent research in critical care nutrition presented by Bethan Jenkins, Critical care dietitian at University Hospital Southampton.
Talk summery - Nutrition in critical illness: a year in review 2025. A summary of key ICU nutrition research published this year.
More about Bethan - Bethan is the lead acute adult dietitian at University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust. After graduating from the University of Surrey she initially worked as a renal dietitian then moved to specialise in critical care dietetics in 2013. Since 2022 she has managed the team of adult acute dietitians at UHS, providing leadership for a team of around 50 dietitians and assistants. Alongside her clinical and management work Bethan has works one day a week in a research role. Her research areas of interest are enteral feeding intolerance and barriers to delivery of nutrition.
More sessions to follow!
We love meeting you all in person, and this year we are offering our event in person only to allow for more of us to network and learn from each other. We plan to record this event. Attendees will be sent the recording afterward, as long as the technical quality is sufficient. For those who cannot attend in person, the recording will be available for purchase on the BDA shop a few weeks after the event (subject to successful recording). Please do not purchase a ticket if you are unable to attend, as it is valid for in-person attendance only.
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Cost
- Critical Care Specialist Group Member £75
- BDA Member £100
- Non Member £150
- BDA Student Member and Member of Critical Care Specialist Group £25
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