Improve the ILD patient journey from diagnosis through to ongoing care
Come together with fellow respiratory doctors, physiotherapists and specialist nurses to share best practice and identify how to improve the ILD patient journey, from earlier diagnosis and specialist access through to personalised rehabilitation, symptom management and supportive care.
Learn from expert insight and benchmark your experiences of overcoming challenges across services. This online forum will share how emerging treatments, multidisciplinary collaboration and patient education can improve outcomes and quality of life for people living with ILD.
Enhance your knowledge and improve care and outcomes for those with Interstitial Lung Disease
As teams across the UK work to provide more joined-up, effective ILD care, this is your opportunity learn from other services, explore practical approaches to overcoming challenges and identify improvements you can implement locally. Key learning outcomes:
Hear from leading experts, gain fresh perspectives and explore practical improvements
With an emphasis on interactive discussion, sharing real-life experiences and learning from other ILD services, this unique training day will provide you with all the elements you need to deliver change in your practice through:
Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please contact:
| 9.00 |
Join, technical support and opportunity to network in breakout rooms
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| 9.30 |
Chair’s opening remarks
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| ILD Pathways and patient journey | |
| 9.40 |
Improving early diagnosis, specialist access and holistic patient care
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| 10.10 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| Multidisciplinary and integrated care | |
| 10.20 |
Best practice in MDT collaboration: Improving integrated ILD care and outcomes
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| 10.50 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| 11.00 |
Interactive discussion: Early diagnosis and integrated, holistic care
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| 11.20 |
Screen break
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| Physiotherapy and rehabilitation | |
| 11.30 |
Developing effective ILD rehabilitation to improve physical function and quality of life
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| 12.00 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| Emerging therapies | |
| 12.10 |
Translating treatment advances into evolving ILD pathways
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| 12.40 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| 12.50 |
Lunch break
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| 1.20 |
Interactive discussion: Integrating emerging treatments and rehabilitation
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| Palliative care | |
| 1.40 |
Improving quality of life through early support and symptom management
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| 2.10 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| Patient education and self-management | |
| 2.20 |
Case study: Building patient knowledge, confidence and independence through education
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| 2.50 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| 3.00 |
Interactive discussion: Supportive care, patient education and self-management
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| 3.20 |
Chair’s closing remarks and close of day
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Gain specialist insight into the latest developments in interstitial lung disease
Take this opportunity to hear from our expert speakers, who will share clinical updates, practical ideas on improving patient experience and answer your burning questions.
Respiratory Physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer
University of Galway
If you would like to give a presentation and share your work, or the work of your service at this online forum, we would be delighted to hear from you.
To discuss speaking opportunities, please email the conference producer Erin Griffiths , or call Erin on 01732 897 788.
Discount policy: Only one offer applies per booking
Booking across different events?
If you and/or your colleagues are planning to attend different events, you can still take advantage of the colleague rate or fourth place FREE team offer by combining eligible bookings across events, provided the same pricing structure applies to each event.
If you are booking multiple attendees on one or across different events and would like help arranging your booking, please email our delegate support team or call 01732 897788 for further details.
In-house training
Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call Sarah on 01732 897788.
Commercial places are available, please contact Vanessa Jarman for further details.
You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding
If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:
Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team.
Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.
If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.
Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.
On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.
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Certification of attendance
A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.
Registration fees
You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.
Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the SBK Healthcare Team.
Cancellations and substitutions
A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing and sent to the SBK Healthcare Team. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.
Event changes
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.
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Connect with and learn from professionals from across the ILD pathway
Following our successful inaugural ILD forum, we had a wide-ranging audience who benefited from an expansive agenda. This new, interactive forum will appeal to the same breadth of respiratory roles, including but not limited to:
If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.
Hear how previous attendees have benefited from this unique training
Past Improving Interstitial Lung Disease Pathways and Management attendees benefited from dedicated networking time, sessions packed with clinical and academic expertise and examples of gold-standard respiratory care. Beyond this, previous respiratory event attendees enjoyed the interactivity and insights they have gained from their training. Hear what they had to say:
“Very relevant to my practice, I benefitted from hearing from knowledgeable experts”
Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, Improving Interstitial Lung Disease Pathways and Management, December 2025
“Very informative, I particularly enjoyed the interactive break out sessions”
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust, Improving Interstitial Lung Disease Pathways and Management, December 2025
“Engaging, relevant, good speed and interesting ideas covered”
Royal Free NHS Trust, Advanced Ventilation for ICU Physiotherapists, June 2026
“The course has been great – a very good balance of delivered information and a chance to discuss with others”
Livewell Southwest, Expanding Pulmonary Rehabilitation Provision, May 2026
“An informative, and very well-run day”
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Improving Interstitial Lung Disease Pathways and Management, December 2025
“Very insightful presentations, with a variety of topics covered”
North Bristol NHS Trust, Advanced Ventilation Training for ICU Physiotherapists, May 2025
“It was helpful to consolidate on knowledge and support confidence with future MDT discussions and decision making”
North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Advanced Ventilation Training for ICU Physiotherapists, June 2024
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