2026 Scotland Autumn Programme

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Friday 2nd Oct
09:00 Registration and poster viewing
Start time
09:00 am
Label
Registration and poster viewing
09:30 Session 1: Continence - Back to fundamentals
Stream 1
  • Time
    09:30 ~ 11:00
  • Location
    Proclaim

Continence - Back to fundamentals

Educational level
Core
Moderators: Dr Aine McGovern
Prefix
Dr
First name
Aine
Last name
McGovern
Job title
Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Internal Medicine
Place of Work
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Speakers: Dr Georgina Smart, Mahua Charkrabarti, Professor Graham MacKay
Time
09:30 am ~ 10:00 am
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Presentation Title

Bladder Health in frailty: a team-based approach to better care

Georgina
Smart
Job title
Subspecialty Trainee in Urogynaecology
Place of Work
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and Honorary Clinical Lecturer University of Glasgow
Time
10:00 am ~ 10:30 am
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Presentation Title

Managing faecal incontinence in older person living with frailty

Mahua
Charkrabarti
Job title
Consultant Surgeon: General/ Colorectal/ Pelvic Floor
Place of Work
Wishaw General Hospital
Time
10:30 am ~ 11:00 am
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Presentation Title

Managing constipation in older person living with frailty (Remote)

Graham
MacKay
Job title
Consultant colorectal surgeon
Place of Work
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (remote)
11:00 Free time - Explore the exhibition zone and meet our sponsors. Grab a coffee, have a stretch or socialise with other participants
Start time
11:00 am
Label
Free time - Explore the exhibition zone and meet our sponsors. Grab a coffee, have a stretch or socialise with other participants
11:30 Session 2 Nutrition and Sarcopenia
Stream 1
  • Time
    11:30 ~ 12:30
  • Location
    Proclaim

Nutrition and Sarcopenia

Educational level
Core
Moderators: Dr Alison Falconer
Prefix
Dr
First name
Alison
Last name
Falconer
Job title
Consultant Geriatrician, Chair of BGS Scotland
Place of Work
University Hospital Wishaw
Speakers: Dr Christoper Curran, Mrs Careen Mullen-Mckay
Time
11:30 am ~ 12:00 pm
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Presentation Title

Nutrition in the Frail Older Adult: is there evidence for alternative feeding

Christoper
Curran
Job title
Registrar in Gastroenterology
Place of Work
NHS Grampian
Time
12:00 pm ~ 12:30 pm
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Presentation Title

Quality Improvement at NHS Tayside: Addressing Malnutrition and Sarcopenia

Careen
Mullen-Mckay
Job title
Nurse Consultant
Place of Work
NHS Tayside, Perth & Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership
12:30 Lunch
Start time
12:30 pm
Label
Lunch
14:00 Session 3 Wellbeing
Stream 1
  • Time
    14:00 ~ 15:00
  • Location
    Proclaim

Wellbeing

Educational level
Core
Moderators: Dr Sam Blackley
Prefix
Dr
First name
Sam
Last name
Blackley
Job title
Consultant Geriatrician
Place of Work
Western General Hospital
Speakers: Dr Claire Copeland, Dr Cath Stretton, Dr Sara Robinson
Time
01:30 pm ~ 02:00 pm
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Presentation Title

Moral injury – corridor care and run up to winter

Claire
Copeland
Job title
Deputy Medical Director - Community & Primary Care,
Place of Work
NHS Highland and BGS VP Workforce (remote)
Time
02:00 pm ~ 02:30 pm
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Presentation Title

Civility saves lives

Cath
Stretton
Job title
Consultant Anaesthetist
Place of Work
St John's Hospital
Time
02:30 pm ~ 03:00 pm
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Presentation Title

Approaching difficult conversations

Sara
Robinson
Job title
Emergency Consultant and Deputy Director of Medical Education
Place of Work
NHS Lothian
15:00 Free time - Explore the exhibition zone and meet our sponsors. Grab a coffee, have a stretch or socialise with other participants
Start time
03:00 pm
Label
Free time - Explore the exhibition zone and meet our sponsors. Grab a coffee, have a stretch or socialise with other participants
15:30 Session 4 Cases that changed my practice
Stream 1
  • Time
    15:30 ~ 16:15
  • Location
    Proclaim

Cases that changed my practice - Cognitive impairment and atypical cases

Educational level
Core
Moderators: Mrs Careen Mullen-Mckay
Prefix
Mrs
First name
Careen
Last name
Mullen-Mckay
Job title
Nurse Consultant
Place of Work
NHS Tayside, Perth & Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership
Speakers: Dr Innes Hynd
Time
03:30 pm ~ 04:15 pm
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Presentation Title

Feeding challenges in Dementia

Innes
Hynd
Job title
Consultant Geriatrician
Place of Work
University Hospital Wishaw

Five top tips for the meeting

1. Record your attendance
In person: Attendance should be recorded by scanning in at the registration desk using the QR code on your joining email or providing your name. Each day you attend you will need to scan in.
Online: You will receive a CPD certificate for the days you have watch online. Viewing the content post-event will be certified, and certificates are issued 3 days after your last viewing.

2. Give feedback
Please take the time to fill out the feedback form after each day. It is mandatory for us to generate and issue a CPD certificate but also helps us improve our
conference and provides invaluable information to our speakers about their presentation.

3. Visit our sponsors and browseour posters
Consider spending 5 minutes to speak to a sponsor. Take the time to browse and comment on our submitted posters on the digital screens.

4. Join the discussion
All delegates are encouraged to ask questions for the speakers and panel discussions. If you are thinking it, someone else is too, so please use the ‘Ask’ function on the online platform or the microphone in the room.

5. Get social
Chat with attendees, join a socialising event or interact in a group discussion.
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