Faec Meet 2024 Agenda

Thursday 9th May 2024

  • Collect your name badge and conference folder from the registration desk. Enjoy complementary coffee and light refreshments whilst awaiting the conference start.

  • Welcome and opening remarks.

  • The English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in 2024

    Dr Caroline Chapman Eastern Hub Director, Bowel Cancer Screening Programme


    Improving accessibility in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England

    Shona Auty Equalities, Partnership and Engagement Manager, Vaccinations and Screening directorate, NHS England


    Q&A Panel discussion

  • Hot and cold three course buffet served in the Conference Aston Restaurant

  • Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer in the under 50s

    Sally C Benton Consultant Biochemist and Southern Bowel Cancer Screening Hub Director

    Changing pathways to IBD diagnosis; the rise of FIT and fall of calprotectin?

    Dr Rebecca Smith IBD Research Fellow, Gastroenterology Specialist Registrar, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation trust

    Further risk stratification in symptomatic FIT testing

    Mr David Humes Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Nottingham

    Q&A Panel discussion

  • Complimentary hot and cold drinks and light refreshments

  • Switching to buffered calprotectin testing: A Trust’s collaborative review of acceptability, stability and intra-assay variability.

    Dr Rebecca Smith IBD Research Fellow, Gastroenterology Specialist Registrar, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation trust


    New offerings and directions

    Mr Iain McElarney UK Sales Manager, Mast Group Ltd

    Q&A Panel discussion

  • Closing remarks and conference end.

* Programme contents and times may change prior to the event