NHS Research Scotland Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care and Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) Conference 2026

Date: 23/09/2026 to 24/09/2026 Venue: Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, Clydebank

The annual NHS Research Scotland Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care and Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) Conference will be held on the 23 and 24 of September 2026 in-person at the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, Clydebank

This year we will continue with the highly successful format of a joint, two-day conference; NRS will host day one of the conference on 23 September, and SICSAG will host day two, on 24 September. There will be a dinner on the night of the 23 September, along with a competitive accommodation package at the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel.

Registration

All members of the multidisciplinary team are welcome. We encourage early registration to take advantage of this opportunity. Download the registration form and complete as per the instructions. If you have any questions, email Dawn Campbell for more information.

We are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of complimentary places (registration only) for an additional team member alongside each Principal Investigator (PI) or SICSAG lead.

For the first day of the event, PIs are welcome to register one member of their team (e.g. a research nurse or research associate) at no additional cost. For the second day of the event, this offer applies to the SICSAG leads that can register an audit nurse or engaged member of their multidisciplinary team (MDT) at no additional cost.

Please note these complimentary places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure fair access across hospitals/units, the number of free additional places will be capped per hospital/unit.

Programme

Wednesday 23 September (NRS Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine & Critical Care Research)
09.15 - 10.00	Registration & refreshments (Central Plaza)
Session one Chair: Prof Ben Shelley
10.00 - 10.20	Introduction and Update on the Scottish Anaesthetic and Perioperative Medicine Research Portfolio	Prof. Ben Shelley, University of Glasgow
10.20 - 10.40	Breaking Trial Results: VERVE (Validation of submaximal heart rate recovery as a perioperative risk measure)	Dr Cara Hughes, NHS Lanarkshire
10.40 - 11.00	Inclusive by Design: The role of patient and public involvement (PPI) in shaping people-centred research	Anna Morris, University of Glasgow
11.00 - 11.10	West of Scotland Anaesthetic Trainees Research Network (WoSTRAQ) Update	Dr Kirsty Lisa McCrorie, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
11.10 - 11.40	Refreshments & trade exhibition (Central Plaza)
Session two Chair: Dr David Griffith
11.40 - 12.00	Breaking Trial Results: ABC Post ICU (Anaemia management with red Blood Cell transfusion to improve post-intensive care disability: a randomised controlled trial)	Prof. Tim Walsh, University of Edinburgh
12.00 - 12.20	SHORTER Trial: A randomised controlled trial of SHORT duration antibiotic thERapy for critically ill patients with sepsis	Dr Tom Hellyer, University of Newcastle
12.20 - 12.45	PROTECT: A national perioperative platform trial to improve outcomes for surgical patients	Dr Henrike Janssen, Queen Mary’s University of London
12.45 - 12.55	PCA: Is the future oral?	Dr Alasdair Hay, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
12:55 - 13.05	SQUARES Project: TRACE (Theatre versus Room: A Comparison of haemorrhage Events)	Dr Katie Turnbull, NHS Lothian
13.05 - 14.00	Lunch (Beardmore) & trade exhibition (Central Plaza)
Session three Chair: Prof Kathryn Puxty
14.00 - 14.10	Update on the Scottish Critical Care Research Portfolio	Prof. Ben Shelley, University of Glasgow
14.10 - 14.40	The Top-10 Research Priorities in Intensive Care: Results of the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership	Prof. Charlotte Summers, University of Cambridge
14.40 - 15.00	Building a Research Network within Scottish Perioperative Care	Dr Emma Murphy, NHS Lanarkshire
15.00 - 15.30	Refreshments and trade exhibition (Central Plaza)
Session four Chair: Prof. Naz Lone
15.30 - 15.50	PANDOS: Pain and opioids after surgery	Prof. Patrice Forget, University of Aberdeen
15.50 - 16.10	PERI-Ox: Perioperative oxygen in major surgery	Dr Andrew Cumpstey, University of Southampton
16.10 - 16.25	INTACT 2: Improving Intensive Care Unit (ICU) outcomes by treating anaemia	Dr David Griffith, University of Edinburgh
16:25 – 16:45	High Flow Nasal Therapy to Improve Upper Airway Humidity and Decrease Post-extubation Dysphagia	Prof. Malcolm Sim, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
16.45 - 16.50	Closing remarks	Prof. Ben Shelley, University of Glasgow

Thursday 24 September (SICSAG)
09.15 - 10.00	Registration & refreshments (Central Plaza)
Session One: Measuring quality of care in Critical Care in Scotland Chair: Dr Callum Kaye
10.00 - 10.05	Introduction	Dr Callum Kaye, NHS Grampian
10.05 - 10.25	SICSAG Annual Report 2026	Dr Kathryn Puxty, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
10.25 - 10.45	New Minimum Standards and Quality Indicators for Critical Care in Scotland	Prof Naz Lone, NHS Lothian
10.45 - 11.00	Discussion	All
11.00 - 11.30	Refreshments & trade exhibition (Central Plaza)
Session Two: Meeting the minimum standards and quality indicators (MSQIs) Chair: Prof Kathryn Puxty
11.30 - 11.50	Levels of Care Requirements in Acute Care	Dr Barbara Miles, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
11.50 - 12.10	Providing Critical Care Cover to High-dependency Units (HDUs)	Dr Chris Cairns, NHS Forth Valley
12.10 - 12.30	Recalibrating APACHE II for Mortality Prediction in Scottish ICUs	Craig Nicolson, NHS Lothian
12.30 - 12.45	Measuring new MSQIs on Wardwatcher	Ros Hall, Public Health Scotland
12.45 - 13.00	Discussion	All
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch (Beardmore) & trade exhibition (Central Plaza)
Session Three: SICSAG subgroups (research and electronic health records) Chair: Prof Naz Lone
14.00 - 14.20	Identifying Sepsis from Routine Data	Alex Tracy, University of Edinburgh
14.20 - 14.40	Predicting Early Readmission to ICU	Danny Walker, Public Health Scotland
14.40 - 15.00	SIRIUS: Using data from electronic health records to inform respiratory infection surveillance	Anne-Marie Docherty, University of Edinburgh
15.00 - 15.20	Clinical utility of electronic patient records in an ICU setting	Andrew Clarkin, NHS Grampian
15.20 - 15.50	Refreshments & trade exhibition (Central Plaza)
Session Four: Quality improvement (QI) Chair: TBC
15.50 - 16.05	Working Towards a National Quality Improvement Project	Dr Fiona Christie, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
16.05 - 16.20	QI Prize Award: TBC	TBC
16.20 - 16.35	QI Prize runner up: TBC	TBC
16.35 - 16.45	Closing remarks & final time	Dr Kathryn Puxty, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

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