CloserStill Media, organiser of Respiratory Professional Care exhibition and conference today announced online delegate registration for this year's event is now open.

Celebrating its fifth year and taking place 9-10 October 2024 at NEC Birmingham, Respiratory Professional Care, remains a free education, networking, and sourcing event for UK-registered healthcare professionals in the field of respiratory medicine.

Consisting of three theatres and a brand-new poster zone, the programme will explore everything to support the sustainable recovery of respiratory services, from early and accurate diagnosis, service innovation and tackling health inequalities, to long Covid, severe asthma, COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), and pulmonary rehabilitation.

The exhibition floor at Respiratory Professional Care presents the UK's largest showcase of products, innovations, and solutions for elevating the provision of respiratory medicine within secondary care, with more than 75 companies on hand to demonstrate how your department can increase efficiencies and improve patient outcomes.

Commenting on today's announcement, Liam Richardson, Content Director at CloserStill Media said, "in recognition of the absolute stellar line up as part of this year's programme, plus the depth and breadth of content on offer, we've taken the positive step to open delegate registrations earlier than ever before to ensure everyone can get their free delegate ticket and book their study leave. "Whilst we're not quite ready to release the full programme, we're happy to tease you with a snapshot of keynote speakers already confirmed," he added.

 

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

Jonathan Fuld, National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease and Consultant Respiratory Physician, NHS England. Jonathan's keynote will address the correlation between healthcare inequalities and respiratory disease and how to provide systems with tools to deliver change.

Professor Jonathan Grigg, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, Queen Mary University of London. As the UK's leading expert on air pollution, Jonathan will draw upon his latest research to highlight the impact of air pollution on children.

Professor Matthew Evison, Consultant Chest Physician, Specialty Lead, Lung Cancer & Thoracic Surgery Directorate, Associate Medical Director, Clinical Lead, Manchester University Trust, Greater Manchester Cancer, Make Smoking History. Hot on the heels of BTS's clinical statement on inpatient tobacco dependency, Matthew will discuss a new national framework for diagnosing and treating tobacco dependence during acute hospital admissions.

More topics to look out for at this year's Respiratory Professional Care:

The programme will provide more than 30 hours of free educational content tailored to respiratory professionals, with updates on the latest research, clinical guidelines, and best practices in respiratory care, including:

• New BTS guidance on tobacco dependency, including vapes.
• Children's respiratory illness, in particular air pollution and paediatric asthma.
• New therapies for Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), including anti-fibrotics and immunosuppressants.
• COPD management and use of new biologic treatments.

Register for free