Gynaecology
Wed 25 Mar 2026 09:00-16:20
Online Conference, 6 CPD Hours

Optimising patient experience

Practical, workable strategies to enhance patient experience and strengthen service efficiency

Come together with Hysteroscopy and Gynaecology healthcare professionals from across the country to advance your outpatient hysteroscopy practice. This collaborative online forum offers expert-led presentations and Q&A, invaluable networking opportunities and dedicated time to share best practice. You will leave with actionable insights into triage, complication management and evidence-based pain control, empowered to deliver safer, more effective and compassionate hysteroscopy care.

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Improving Pain Management and Clinical Pathways for Outpatient Hysteroscopy
Online 6 CPD hours Early bird: £249+VAT

Improving your practice

Enhance your knowledge with expert led, structured NHS learning

Equip your team with actionable insights and the skills to provide elevated care to those undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy, featuring:

  • How to optimise hysteroscopy triage and referral pathways to reduce bottlenecks
  • Implementing evidence-based pain management techniques to improve the outpatient experience
  • Facilitated interactive sessions to share real-world strategies and service improvements
  • How to prevent, anticipate and manage complications effectively
  • Emerging technologies and techniques in hysteroscopy

Convenient remote learning

6 CPD hours

Designed as an interactive and practical learning experience, this dedicated training will equip you with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to drive meaningful change:

  • Join online to meet like-minded professionals from across the country
  • Take part in engaging exercises, guided discussions, and collaborative idea-sharing
  • Ask critical questions and gain guidance from your course leader
  • Deepen your understanding of treatment toxicities and best-practice interventions

9:00
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
9:30
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Enhancing outcomes through effective pain management
9:40
Advancing pain management to reduce GA hysteroscopies
  • Understanding the next steps if pain cannot be handled in line with RCOG guidance in outpatient hysteroscopy
  • Implementing evidence-based strategies to mitigate pain: fluid balance and Instillagel
  • Updating your knowledge of new pain management techniques
  • Providing patients with a sense of control: Inform what analgesics they can have beforehand
10:10
Questions and answers with your speaker
10:20
Interactive discussion: Enhancing outpatient hysteroscopy to improve patient experience
  • What kinds of pain management approaches have you tried, and what was your experience?
  • How do you support women who have had a bad outpatient hysteroscopy experience?
  • What strategies have you implemented to minimise hysteroscopies under GA while maintaining a positive outpatient experience?
10:50
Feedback from interactive discussion: Enhancing outpatient hysteroscopy to improve patient experience
11:00
Screen break
Empowering patients
11:10
Strengthening patient care: the roles of information, control, and advocacy
  • What is the best information to provide patients? Explaining the procedure and its process
  • Encouraging patient advocacy: empowering women to ask questions
  • How to maintain a sense of control for patients: setting realistic expectations
Emma Ayling, Gynaecology Matron, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11:40
Questions and answers with your speaker
Increasing efficiency in hysteroscopy diagnostics
11:50
Interactive discussion: Sharing best practice in hysteroscopy triage and referral management
  • What are the current positives of your triage pathway? What improvements are you working on?
  • How does your service approach the increase in service demands since the pandemic?
  • What strategies have you implemented to minimise inappropriate referrals for outpatient hysteroscopy, and how effective have these been in practice?
12:10
Feedback from interactive discussion: Sharing best practice in hysteroscopy triage and referral management
12:20
Optimising patient pathways through the hysteroscopy triage
  • Identifying red-flag symptoms which need urgent attention and determining which patients to fast track for a hysteroscopy
  • Assigning the appropriate clinic type: consultant led vs nurse led hysteroscopy
  • Supporting early information sharing to aid triage and uphold Montgomery principles of informed choice
  • How to reducing bottlenecks: impact of the timely follow up
Aminata Gborie, Lead Nurse for Gyane-Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust
12:50
Questions and answers with your speaker
1:00
Lunch break
Handling complications with care and precision
1:30
Implementing actionable insights to mitigate complications and minimise risk
  • Exploring what common complications are in outpatient hysteroscopy
  • What are the risk factors involved? How to spot the potential for complications
  • Learning strategies to anticipate and prevent complications
  • Creating an action plan to deal with complications
Mr Oudai Ali, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
2:00
Questions and answers with your speaker
Evolving your practice: Explore latest developments in outpatient hysteroscopy
2:10
Investigating new methods: optimising technology choice for patient safety and comfort
  • Using electrosurgical instruments, such as the resectoscope, to reduce GA hysteroscopies
  • Assessing when to use electrosurgical instruments to ensure patient safety
  • Differentiating between bipolar vs monopolar systems
2:40
Questions and answers with your speaker
2:50
Screen break
Detecting complex pathology
3:00
Safely managing and identifying complex pathology for effective care planning
  • Understanding complex pathology: defining and classifying complex pathology and lesions
  • Facilitating advanced care planning to navigate complex pathology and selecting appropriate management pathways
  • Case study: applying clinical insights into practice
3:30
Questions and answers with your speaker
3:40
Interactive discussion: Optimising team-based management of complex hysteroscopic pathology
  • How is your service set up to support patients with complex pathology
  • What does your pre-procedure planning look like?
  • How do you collaborate as an MDT in complex cases?
4:10
Feedback from interactive discussion: Optimising team-based management of complex hysteroscopic pathology
4:20
Your course leaderS closing remarks and close of day

Your expert speakers:

A unique forum packed with examples of best practice, novel ideas and expert advice from:

Emma Ayling
Job Title:
Gynaecology Matron
Organisation
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Biography
Mr Oudai Ali
Job Title:
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Organisation
West Cumberland NHS Trust
Biography

Oudai is a highly regarded consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist with a passion for ultrasound and gynaecological surgery. He qualified with distinction from the College of Medicine, Al Nahrain University (Mesopotamia), Baghdad, Iraq in 1997. He completed his Obstetrics and Gynaecology training in the UK between 1999 and 2012, which included a 2-year fellowship in oncology and one year in endometriosis surgery. He was awarded the Memberships of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2003, Royal College of Physicians in 2008, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2009 and the Diploma in Medical Ultrasound from Cardiff University in 2019. He was appointed to his first consultant post in 2012 before moving to West Cumberland NHS Trust in Whitehaven, Cumbria in 2014 where he perfected his skills in ultrasound, gynaecological oncology and vaginal surgery.
Aminata Gborie
Job Title:
Lead Nurse for Gyane-Oncology
Organisation
Barts Health NHS Trust
Biography

Call for speakers

If you would like to give a presentation and share your work or the work of your service at this online conference, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To discuss speaking opportunities please email the conference producer Cailtin Boyce or call Caitlin on 01732 897788.

Pricing structure

  • Early bird discount: £249+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector places before January 30th 2026
  • £299+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector places after January 30th 2026
  • Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day, please email Sarah Kemm for further details

For group bookings of five or more people, please contact our delegate support team:

This course is available for in-house training 

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 or more people. 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 01732 897788 for further details.

Reservations

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team 

How this online forum will work

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 conference 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 conference.

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 and you will be sent an invitation to join one of our delegate practice sessions. These are optional but great if you are unsure of whether your camera and microphone will work on Zoom. We hold several one hour practice sessions across the week when a member of SBK Healthcare staff will be waiting in Zoom to assist you. Please do pop in, say hello and make sure you are all set for the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the conference by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. When you are automatically brought back into the conference room for the start of the conference, you will be asked to turn off your camera and microphone so that the chair can start the forum. During each presentation you will be able to ask questions in the chat box function. 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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Terms and conditions

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 bookings 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 by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. 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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Expected attendees

This interactive training day is ideal for all healthcare professionals working within outpatient hysteroscopy services and will strengthen your clinical knowledge, confidence and ability to improve patient experience and service efficiency. 

We are expecting attendance from, but not limited to:

  • Hysteroscopists
  • Hysteroscopy Leads
  • Gynaecology sisters
  • Clinical Sisters
  • Lead Nurse Gynaecology Specialist Nurses
  • Gynaecology Matrons
  • Consultant Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Past attendee feedback

This CPD training course follows on from previous successful gynaecology training days, including: ‘Developing your One-stop Outpatient Hysteroscopy Service’ which took place online in February 2025, and was described as ‘excellent’ and ‘brilliant’. Hear how other attendees have benefitted from shared experiences and guided presentations:

“It is an excellent training session”

Developing your One-stop Outpatient Hysteroscopy Service, February 2025

“Great information and thought provoking”

Developing your One-stop Outpatient Hysteroscopy Service, February 2025

“Very informative and highly interactive sessions from a highly qualified expert”

Symptom Management for Clinically Induced Menopause, June 2024

“Well run and organised”

Symptom Management for Clinically Induced Menopause, June 2024

“It has been informative. I've enjoyed the opportunity to make contacts within Gynae. Very interesting to hear the dynamics in other teams. I will hopefully be able to apply some of what I've heard and seen to improve our practice"

Progressing your Gynae-Oncology Service, July 2022

“Really well organised and great content. Very informative and a great way in meeting other people and sharing ideas and experiences. A great networking opportunity“

Progressing your Gynae-Oncology Service, July 2022

View further comments on SBK Healthcare events on Trust Pilot.

Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These events offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be full immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Interested in having your own event, managed by us?

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 

Sarah Kemm 

Contact: 01732 897788 

Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk