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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the BDA CDS Group

A two-day event covering general anaesthesia for adult special care dental patients and general anaesthesia for paediatric dental patients. You can attend one or both days. 

Monday 7 April 2025   |   08:45-16:45

General anaesthesia for adult special care dental patients

Learning objectives

  • Learn how to plan anaesthesia for adult special care patients, focusing on risk reduction
  • Describe the requirements, considerations and improvements for delivering a high-quality SCD GA service, including staffing, facilities, training, and future developments
  • Understand legal implications of working with the Court of Protection, address challenges in treating patients under GA and coordinate multi-professional care for patients with severe learning disabilities and autism.

Development outcomes

A, B, C and D

How to book

To book to attend Monday only, please use this web page by clicking on the pink 'Book now' button.

To book to attend the Tuesday event only or both days, please use the links below:
Tuesday 8 April 2025 only (paediatric GA) 
Monday 7-Tuesday 8 April 2025 (both days)


Booking via a Trust?

Please complete the booking form here and email it to [email protected] so we can provisionally hold a place for you whilst you wait for approval.

If your Trust requires an invoice to pay for your place please request an invoice request form when you submit your booking form.

Booking more than one place? 

Please note you are only able to book individual places online. To book more than one place please complete the group booking form here and email it to [email protected]

Meet the speakers

Elizabeth Cheales 250X250 Elizabeth Cheales Specialist in Special Care Dentistry, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Blank Speaker Image David Dawson
Blank Speaker Image Caroline Graham Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Tees Community Dental Service
Hamza Hossenally 250X250 Hamza Hossenally Specialist/Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Whittington Health NHS Trust/Barts Health NHS Trust
Kim Soulsby 250X250 Kim Soulsby Clinical Lead for Anaesthetics, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Blank Speaker Image Lucy Taylor Specialty Registrar (StR) in special care dentistry

More information

An allocation of bedrooms has been secured at the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport Hotel.

Sunday 6 April 2025: £95 inc VAT B&B

Monday 7 April 2025: £140 inc VAT B&B

Please note these rates are available until the agreed allocation have been filled and is available on a first-come-first-serve-basis. Please note this rate is only available until Wednesday 19 February 2025.

Too book a hotel room, please contact Mice Concierge on [email protected] or 01438 908 770.

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements

General anaesthesia for adult special care dental patients

08:45   Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:30   Welcome

16:45   Close

 

Further information to follow

If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport NEC
Coventry Road
Birmingham B26 3QW

Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport NEC hotel is two miles from Birmingham Airport (BHX). The hotel is moments from the M42 motorway and close to the M6.

Parking

Holiday Inn has 139 onsite parking spaces including four electric charging points. Parking is charged at £12.00 per vehicle per night. Please note we operate on a first-come, first-served base. Please enter your car's registration at reception on arrival.

  • Controlled access to parking
  • Parking at a charge £12
  • Parking for registered guests only.

Accessible parking

  • Flat terrain between parking and entrance
  • Number of wheelchair accessible parking spaces: 5
  • Disabled or accessible parking
  • Ramp access to property
  • Ramp access to hotel bar lounge
  • Ramp access to hotel restaurant
  • Parking drop-off point adjacent to entrance.

Venue location

Excellent variety of speakers - approachable, knowledgeable and relevant

Great environment for learning with focused talks

Loved the enthusiasm of the speakers and excellent organisation