At this year’s AfPP Annual National Conference 2026, Dave James will lead two sessions exploring wellbeing, resilience, authenticity and team culture in healthcare. Dave, a speaker coach, former healthcare professional and two-time TEDx speaker, helps people communicate authentically without losing…
Karen Pask’s career in theatre nursing has been shaped by a single guiding principle: putting patients at the heart of everything she does. She began as a scrub nurse, quickly recognising the vulnerability of patients entering the operating theatre. “Patients…
A powerful simulation exploring a time-critical perioperative emergency has earned top recognition at the AfPP Emergencies and Trauma Symposium at The Royal Society of Medicine in London, with a team from Liverpool John Moores University taking home the winning poster…
For Sarah Cole, Speciality Manager for Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology and Colorectal Surgery at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, Wales, a career in perioperative practice wasn’t always part of the plan. But today, she leads a busy theatre team with passion, purpose…