Programme: Friday 21 November 2025
Updated 23 July 2025
Time |
Format |
Title |
| 8.00 | Registration, refreshments, exhibition, networking, wellbeing, poster viewing | |
| 8.00-9.00 | Surgical session | FOPS Fellows breakfast meeting Chair: Ewan Kannegieter, Consultant |
| 9.00-10.00 | Workshops | |
| B1 | Workshop/Concurrent | Patient journey from diagnosis to complete management of midfoot pathology Chair: Tom Walton Zoe Wilson, Dr Jill Halstead, George Flanagan and Polly Lim PhD student (Foot orthoses for Midfoot OA) La Trobe University from Australia (integrated video) |
| B2 | Workshop/Concurrent | Podiatry futures: bringing prevention to schools and inspiring the next generation Chair: Claire O'Kane, Royal College of Podiatry Council member Stephen Coombs, Podiatry Professional Lead, Podiatry Futures Dr Charlotte Holley, Highly Specialist Podiatrist-Podopaediatrics Jonathan Jaimangal, Programme Director, Podiatry Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| B3 | Workshop/Concurrent | Developing a diagnostic framework for patients presenting with exercise induced leg pain (EILP) in sports: Scoping review and Delphi consensus |
| B4 | Workshop/Concurrent | Practical workshop on musculoskeletal ultrasound for podiatrists |
| B5 | Workshop/Concurrent | Assessing the limb of concern: For suspected chronic limb threatening ischaemia in ten minutes or less |
| B6 | Workshop/Concurrent | How to use technology to make you and your practice more efficient Pete Williams, Director of Eclipse Podiatry Liam McManus, Director of SW Podiatry Katie Harwood, Professional Support Officer, Royal College of Podiatry |
| B7 | Workshop/Concurrent | ANCLE (Allied Health and Nursing Collaborative Leg Engagement) Café case study Chair: Keri Hutchinson, Royal College of Podiatry Council member, Dr Joanne Fawcett and Joanne Tozer, Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| B8 | Workshop/Concurrent | Short papers session |
| B9 | Surgical workshop/ Concurrent | Diabetic management in the complicated diabetic patient Professor Ketan Dhatariya, Consultant Diabetologist |
| 10.00-10.45 | Refreshments, exhibition, networking, poster viewing | |
| 10.00-10.20 | Trade session | Trade theatre session |
| 10.00-10.30 | Practical pop-up | Practical pop-up: Locally delivered antibiotics presentation, practical demo and Q&A |
| 10.25-10.45 | Trade session | Trade theatre session |
| 10.00-10.45 | Wellbeing | EDI café Led by Sally Gates, Chair, Royal College of Podiatry EDI Group |
| 10.10-10.40 | Sofa session | The power of podiatry volunteering Panel Chair: Michelle Reynolds |
| 10.45-12.00 | Plenary sessions | |
| 10.45 | Plenary 1 | Plenary Session Chair Emma Stoneman, Conference Chair |
| 10.45 | Plenary 1 | Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones Jayne Robbie, Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, and Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Nurse Consultant Tissue Viability, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust |
| 11.10 | Plenary 1 | Why glycaemic control is everyone's responsibility Professor Ketan Dhatariya, Consultant Diabetologist |
| 11.35 | Plenary 1 | Antibiotic prescribing - making the most out of exemptions and IP Stephen Hughes, Consultant Pharmacist, and Jim Pickard, Chair, Royal College of Podiatry's Medicines Committee |
| 12.00-13.00: | Lunch, exhibition, networking, wellbeing, poster-viewing | |
| 12.00-12.20 | Trade session | Trade theatre session |
| 12.00-12.30 | Practical pop-up | Practical pop up: Hallux rigidus What you need to know and practical demonstration with Q&A Mr Ryan McCallum, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon |
| 12.00-12.50 | Student session | Student lunch: Career roundtable/networking session |
| 12.00-12.25 | Sofa session | Whatever happened to Barbie's feet? Dr Helen Banwell (PhD), Program Director for Podiatry, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, and Professor Cylie Williams, Deputy Head, School of Primary and Allied Health, Monash University |
| 12.15-13.00 | Wellbeing | Menopause café session Led by Dr Veronica Newton, Lecturer at Salford University |
| 12.30-12.50 | Trade session | Trade theatre session |
| 12.15-12.55 | Trade session | Trade learning lab |
| 12.30-12.55 | Sofa session | Sofa session: mental health |
| 12.30-12.55 | Wellbeing | Wellbeing: Yoga Simple seated exercises to reduce stress, mobilise joints and stretch muscles (no bare feet or sportwear needed) Led by Sally Gates, Yoga Teacher and Podiatric Research Assistant |
| 13.00-14.00 | Workshops | |
| C1 | Workshop/Concurrent | Managing the patient with midfoot pathology: a practical workshop Chair: Tom Walton Dr Richard Wilkins, Dr Jill Halstead, Alaa Razak, Alastair Oxberry and Patricia Taylor |
| C2 | Workshop/Concurrent | HCPC talk Fiona Campbell, HCPC Professional Liaison Consultant |
| C3 | Workshop/Concurrent | Epidemolysis bullosa update five years on from publication of the first clinical practice guideline for podiatrists Chair: Steve Kriss, Royal College of Podiatry Council member Dr Tariq Khan, GOSH NHS Foundation Trust, London |
| C4 | Workshop/Concurrent | Cutaneous manifestations in diabetes Chair: Martin Fox, Royal College of Podiatry Council member Dr Kasif Bhatti, Dermatologist |
| C5 | Workshop/Concurrent | Practical workshop on musculoskeletal ultrasound for podiatrists |
| C6 | Workshop/Concurrent | Working interprofessional in forensic gait analysis Chair: Keri Hutchinson, The Royal College of Podiatry Council Member, Nadia Asgeirsdottir, Forensic Gait Analyst, and Rachel Vernon, Advanced Specialist Podiatrist, Forensic Gait Analyst |
| C7 | Workshop/Concurrent | Setting boundaries: know when to say "no" Chair: Adele Holmes, Royal College of Podiatry Council member Katie Harwood, Royal College of Podiatry Professional Officer, Anwar Ali, Royal College of Podiatry Employment Relations Officer, Emma Noe, Head of Podiatry Services at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust |
| C8 | Workshop/Concurrent | Student workshop: Wellbeing |
| C9 | Surgical workshop/ Concurrent | Surgical update presentations:
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| 14.00-14.45 | Refreshments, exhibition, networking, wellbeing, poster-viewing | |
| 14.00-14.20 | Trade session | Trade theatre session |
| 14.00-14.20 | Practical pop-up | Practical pop-up session: Therapeutic injections presentation and Q&A Ms Lesley Posmyk, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon |
| 14.00-14.40 | Sofa session | NHS managers and podiatric surgery service development |
| 14.00-14.40 | Networking | Ideas incubators Facilitated by Jennifer Andrews and Mike Blackhouse |
| 14.15-14.45 | Wellbeing | Wellbeing: Yoga Simple seated exercises to reduce stress, mobilise joints and stretch muscles (no bare feet or sportwear needed) Dr Anne Monaghan, Yoga teacher and Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Royal College of Podiatry |
| 14.25-14.45 | Trade session | Trade theatre session |
| 14.45-15.45 | Workshops | |
| D1 | Workshop/Concurrent | Panel discussion: Ask the experts what to do on managing the patient with midfoot pathology Chair: Tom Walton Dr Richards Wilkins, Dr Jill Halstead, Nick Night and George Flanagan |
| D2 | Workshop/Concurrent | Practical workshop on musculoskeletal ultrasound for podiatrists |
| D3 | Workshop/Concurrent | Implementing the new British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) guideline for the management of foot health in inflammatory arthritis Robert Field, Lead Podiatrist, Rheumatology Services, Pan Dorset Community Services Directorate, Christopher Joyce, Extended Scope Podiatrist, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| D4 | Workshop/Concurrent | The vascular podiatry journey. A service user perspective |
| D5 | Workshop/Concurrent | The effect of anti-psychotic drugs on gait |
| D6 | Workshop/Concurrent | Mental capacity and consent Chairs: Sharon Gray and Katie Harwood, Professional Support Officers, Royal College of Podiatry |
| D7 | Workshop/Concurrent | Forget marketing: What you need is success GPS Chair: Liam McManus, Royal College of Podiatry Council member Jill Woods, Healthcare Marketing Specialist and author of Elevate Mindset, Marketing, and Happiness Strategies for Health Practice Owners |
| D8 | Workshop/Concurrent | Recruit, retain, redesign: Practical strategies for the future workforce |
| D9 | Workshop/Concurrent | Business cases, service expansion and growth of podiatric surgery: Getting them across the line |
| 15.45 | Plenary session | |
| 15.45 | Plenary 1 | Plenary Session Chair Emma Stoneman, Conference Chair |
| 15.45 | Plenary 1 | HCPC on behaviour Fiona Campbell, HCPC Professional Liaison Consultant |
| 16.10 | Plenary 1 | What difference does it make? What does quality look like? Mr James Cowden, Faculty of Podiatric Surgery, and Dr Helen Branthwaite, Royal College of Podiatry Clinical Adviser |
| 16.30 | Plenary 1 | Clinical pitfalls and legal consequences: learning from common failings in practice |
| 16.55 | Plenary 1 | Jewel in the Crown: short paper presentation and presentation of award |
| 17.15 | Plenary 1 | Close Emma Stoneman, Conference Chair |
| 16.00 | Close of exhibition | |