Abstract submission is open for the BADS Annual Conference 2026 Back
We have arranged an interesting and varied programme of topics related to day surgery practice, including sessions on frailty, special patient circumstances, thromboembolism prophylaxis, day case robotics, ambulatory urgent surgery, and day surgery and the digital age.
Workshop sessions will be held on post-operative pathways / criteria-led discharge, awake shoulder surgery and procedure room operating.
Accepted abstracts will be presented in free paper oral presentation sessions and a poster exhibition. The conference offers you the chance to hear from a number of expert speakers and to present your work to a national audience.
Abstracts are invited on any aspect of surgery or peri-operative care relevant to day-case surgery including case-reports, audits, original research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Abstracts in the fields of ambulatory emergency surgery and planned (elective) surgery are welcomed.
Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by a minimum of three reviewers. The highest scoring abstracts will be selected for oral free paper presentation with the top six scoring abstracts completing for a cash prize. Remaining accepted abstracts will be presented in poster format (printed A1 size).
Key Dates
- Abstract submission opens: Monday 15th December 2025
- Abstract submission closes: Friday 28th March 2026
- Notification of results: Friday 11th April 2026
- Conference dates: 4th-5th June 2026