Events 

MediWales Connects Conference 2024

26th June 2024, Cardiff

The Welsh NHS: clinical, care and research communities meet along with Welsh Industry to share innovation and showcase collaboration

We are delighted to announce the diary marker for the MediWales Connects Conference 2024!

NHS colleagues from across Wales, local companies, research groups and the wider industry sector will join to share clinical innovation in practice to improve patient outcomes.

The conference includes an exhibition, keynote presentations, showcases and workshops, and networking opportunities. We are delighted to welcome back Judith Paget CBE as our keynote speaker for 2024!

Further information and registration.

Call for Abstracts for SAPC ASM 2024

Bristol University
3-5 July 2024

You can now register for this year’s Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting (SAPC ASM) , which is being held at the University of Bristol on 3-5 July.

The conference will welcome over 300 delegates from across the country and beyond. The Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) is the leading organisation championing academic primary care in the UK. The theme for the conference is ‘Sustainable Primary Care: healthy systems, healthy people’.

The conference is for anyone with an interest in primary care, including:

  • primary care researchers across a wide range of disciplines
  • primary care practitioners
  • people working in primary care teaching
  • commissioners and policy makers
  • patients and members of the public involved in primary care research.

See the programme.

Early bird rate

There is an early bird rate for people who register by 24th May.

FRAIT: Developing and understanding family resilience across the globe in the 21st century

8 & 9 July 2024
Online

Online event hosted by the Faculty of Life Science, University of South Wales

Hosted by Professor Carolyn Wallace

Speakers including: Dr Michelle Thomas, University of South Wales and Emeritus Professor David Pontin, University of South Wales, Senior Lecturer Anitha Livingstone

A global perspective from speakers in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore and the UK

Taking place on 8th July 2024 15.00 – 17.00 BST and repeated 9th July 2024 08.00 – 10.00 BST

Click here to register for this free event:

12th International Shared Decision Making Conference (ISDM 2024)

7-10 July 2024
Lausanne, Switzerland

The Organizing Committee is delighted to invite you to the 12th International Shared Decision Making Conference (ISDM 2024). The conference will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from July 7-10 2024.

Working with the ISDM Society, we will use this meeting to position shared decision making as a key part of coproduction in healthcare.

Reflecting this year’s theme: 'Coproduction: Harnessing the power of partnerships, we will promote equal opportunities for all. We also want to highlight the contributions of people whose voices are not typically heard at international conferences. This includes community members, patients, citizens, clinicians, policy makers, junior researchers and students'.

Further information and registration.

HSR UK Conference

8 - 10 July 2024
University of Oxford

Join us in Oxford for the 17th annual Health Services Research UK (HSR UK) conference held from 8-10th July 2024. We have developed an exciting programme with expert speakers from across the UK and overseas, covering key issues for the health and care services research, policy, and practice community and beyond. 

Take part in highly topical plenary sessions, practical and interactive workshops, and engage with cutting-edge research from across the health and care services sector.

You’ll have the opportunity to watch a wide range of research presentations and plenaries from key opinion leaders in research, policy and practice, take part in interactive workshops selected for their impact, and network with colleagues and peers across research, policy and practice communities.

Visit our conference programme page to find out about all the sessions at this must-attend event.

Our annual conference is open to everyone interested in health and care services and systems research, both based in the UK and internationally.

Don’t miss out on the chance to experience this exciting programme and REGISTER TODAY: hrsuk2024.org

999 EMS Research Forum 2024 conference - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

17-18 September 2024
Cambridge

Submit your abstract here

There is just 1 month to go to submit your research abstracts to our popular annual conference, and be in with a chance of winning one of several prizes.

Submissions can be related to any aspect of research, evaluation, audit or quality improvement, but we especially welcome submissions on the conference theme '999 EMS Research: recognising progress, developing the future'

Prizes will be won under the following categories:

  • Highest quality research (£1,000 travel bursary and opportunity to speak at ACPIC conference)
  • Research most likely to affect practice (£150 gift voucher)
  • Most innovative use of routine data (£100 gift voucher)
  • Best rapid elevator presentation (£150 gift voucher)
  • Best poster (£100 gift voucher)

Deadline for submission: Friday 14 June 2024 at 17:00hrs
Abstract enquiries to: 999emsresearchforum@swansea.ac.uk

The conference is taking place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 September 2024 at the Clayton Hotel, Cambridge. Early bird registration fees are available at: http://999emsresearch.co.uk/annual-conferenceThis conference is brought to you in association with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), The National Ambulance Research Steering Group (NARSG) and PRIME Centre Wales.

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Health and Care Research Wales Conference 2024 – registration now open

Health and Care Research Wales is pleased to announce the date of our ninth conference on 10 October 2024 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

The theme this year is Research matters.

The conference provides a platform for research colleagues across the country to network, learn and exchange knowledge on life-changing health and social care research.

Further information and registration.

SAPC 2025

The 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) will be held from the 8th to 10th July, hosted by Cardiff University at Mercure Holland House, Cardiff city centre.

Please save the date and consider displaying the attached poster on your office noticeboards etc.