Our programme is available below:
2026 Programme
| Time | Thursday 22nd January 2026 | Speaker | |
| 08:30-09:15 | Registration, trade, coffee | ||
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Welcome | SICOWE President, Dr Rachel Prout | |
| 09:30-11:00 | Session 1 | Stroke | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Posterior circulation stroke | Dr Clare Holmes, UHBW | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Thrombectomy service update | Dr Alex Mortimer, NBT | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | The patient perspective on stroke | Stroke association | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee, trade, poster presentations | ||
| 11:45-12:45 | Session 2 | Haematology | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | CAR-T therapy | Dr Rachel Protheroe, UHBW | |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Palliative Care and CAR-T: an integrated approach | Maria Mazza, BMT/CAR-T advance practitioner, UHBW | |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch, trade, poster presentations | ||
| 14:00-15:00 | Session 3 | Free PapersChair: Matt Thomas | |
4 pre coffee | 8 presentations from the region’s hospitals on a range of topics | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee, trade, poster presentations | ||
| 15:30- 16:30 4 post coffee | Free papers | ||
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Session 4 | keynote speaker | |
| European perspectives on ICU | Prof Marlies Ostermann, GSTT, Kings College London | ||
| Afternoon | SICOWE run / free time | ||
| Evening | SICOWE meal and award of prizes (Collin Hall, Guy Jordan, Presidents prize-poster) | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration, trade, coffee | ||
| 09:00-10:30 | Session 5 | Research | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | National perspectives on critical care research | Dr Matt Wise, Cardiff | |
| 09:30 -10:00 | MARCH trial | Dr Bronwen Connolly, Belfast | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | UK-ROX / Exakt results | Prof David Harrison ICNARC Co-director | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee, trade, poster presentations | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Session 6 | What’s new for you? Putting the critical into critical care | |
| 1. Nutrition – Felicity Cantley (Swindon) 2. Frailty – Jemma Smith (UHBW) 3. Advanced Trainee – Dr Chris Thorne 4. Advanced Trainee – Dr Tom Clements | |||
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch, trade, poster presentations | ||
| 13:30-15:15 | Session 7 | Rehab | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | NCEPOD 2025: Rehabilitation following critical illness | Prof David Mcwilliams, Coventry | |
| 14:00- 14:30 | New frontiers in tracheostomy care | Paul Twose, Cardiff | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Always looking forward-changing and shaping patient care through research. | Dr Bronwen Connolly, Belfast | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Questions | ||
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Close | SICOWE President, Dr Rachel Prout | |
Trade partners
SICOWE would not be possible without the kind support of the following trade partners. Please take the time to visit them and view the extensive critical care equipment that they offer.
