National Organ Utilisation Conference 2024: Striving for Synergy

NHSBT’s National Organ Utilisation Conference will be held on Monday 16 September 2024 at the Education Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

About the conference

The conference will bring together UK transplant surgeons, transplant physicians, recipient transplant co-ordinators and other colleagues in a one-day face-to-face meeting.

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Striving for Synergy’. Our primary aim is to explore some of the pressing issues in UK deceased donor organ utilisation, especially those arising from the recent Organ Utilisation Group report.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided to attendees free of charge. Funding for travel costs will not be provided.

Programme to follow.

Who is the conference for?

The conference is aimed at all colleagues involved in making and supporting decisions around deceased donor organ utilisation. All are welcome to attend. Senior trainees, managers and allied health care professionals are also welcome.

The NHSBT Organ Utilisation Development Team will be emailing centre leads and other relevant groups to promote the conference.

There is a limit of 125 funded places available, on a first-come-first-served basis. There is no fee for registration.

Why attend the conference?

This is a conference, rather than an NHSBT-run meeting, and therefore there will be no expectation of action points. The emphasis is on shared learning and is an opportunity for transplant communities to come together and compare practices.

Attendees will:

Learn more about the developments in national organ utilisation strategies and practices
Share learning with colleagues at other centres

How to register

To register for the National Organ Utilisation Conference 2024, please complete the Microsoft Form.

Registration will close once all 125 spaces have been filled or on 23 August 2024, whichever occurs first.

Getting to the conference

The closest railway station to the Education Centre is University, a five-minute walk from Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Alternatively, there is a free shuttle bus available from the station to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

University railway station is serviced mostly by West Midlands Trains with trains towards Redditch, Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester Shrub Hill. Trains depart approximately every 10 minutes from Birmingham New Street, arriving at University station within approximately 5 minutes. Less frequently, there are also CrossCountry trains to Cardiff Central which stop at University station.

Getting to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Once at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, enter the site at the main entrance (outpatients and all wards
and departments). This is number 1 on the site map (PDF 25MB).

From the main entrance, take the stairs or lift to the first floor and follow the signs to the Education Centre. The conference will take place in Lecture Theatre 3.

Delegate feedback from the 2023 conference

Enquiries

If you have an informal enquiry, please contact the Organ Utilisation Development Team.