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BADS Annual Meeting 2010

Portsmouth
June 17th - 18th

Call for Abstracts...

Closing date:
5pm 30th March 2010

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Corrections to the printed version of the BADS Procedure Directory, Third Edition.
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BADS Annual Meeting 2010: Portsmouth Print E-mail

The Guildhall Portsmouth

17th and 18th June 2010

Call for Abstracts! Click Here to Submit Your Abstract

  Final Date for Abstract Submissions will be: 5pm Tues 30th March 2010

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The Guildhall Portsmouth

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Welcome to the BADS Website! Print E-mail

 

We aim to provide information about Day Surgery and the British Association of Day Surgery for Patients, Relatives, Carers and Health Care Professionals.

If you have a meeting you would like to publicise, let us know. If you can provide a report on a meeting (local, national or international) that would be of interest to your colleagues then please e-mail or send to the address given below.

 
British Association of Day Surgery
35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PE
Telephone: 0207 9730308
Fax: 0207 9730314
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Day Surgery is the Future Print E-mail

When: Tuesday 23rd March 2010: 9.30 to 4.00pm

Speakers include Doug MacWhinnie, Ian Jackson, Hugh Rogers and local consultants.

Topics include latest advances, the Productive Theatre and new day surgery procedures.

Location: the Post Graduate Medical Centre at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham

Registration cost £30.

Please reserve your place by contacting Sarah or Natalie on 0115 9248449 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

There is only seating for 100 delegates
 
Torquay Preoperative Assessment Course Print E-mail

Preoperative Assessment for Day Surgery: A one day course for nurses

  • Interactive Lectures
  • Clinical scenarios
  • Observation of clinics


Key Topics:

  1. Preparing a patient for day surgery
  2. Informed decision making/consent
  3. Patient selection, evaluation and optimisation
  4. Making appropriate referrals

 

Date: 13th May 2010

Venue: Torbay Hospital, Torquay

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