NJR Events
The NJR will have a presence during 2026 at the following events:
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preoperative Association Annual National Conference | Manchester | 9 March |
| BHS Annual Meeting | London | 18 March – 20 March |
| BASK Annual Meeting | Harrogate | 14 – 15 April |
| Welsh Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting | Swansea | 4 – 5 June |
| BESS Annual Scientific Meeting | Brighton | 24 – 26 June |
| BOA Annual Congress | Olympia, London | 22 – 24 September |
| BOTA UK Congress | Edinburgh, Scotland | 24 – 27 November |
Click here for NJR Session presentations at BOA Congress – September 2025
Other sector-related events hosted by external organisations:
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) Day Case Orthopaedic Trauma | Royal Society of Medicine, London | 4 – 5 June |
| BOFAS Annual Meeting | Newport, Wales | 4 – 6 November |
NJR regional events
We are always pleased to invite all staff in both NHS and independent sector hospitals to attend the NJR annual programme of free-to-attend regional events.
All staff involved with the NJR process in your hospitals are welcome including: data entry, pre-assessment, theatre, clinical governance staff, surgeons, managers and nurses. By attending an NJR event, delegates will take away skills to demonstrate the highest possible standards of clinical governance that all hospitals strive to achieve.
Because the NJR is a national mandatory audit, time to attend can be requested from your line manager to support your attendance, as part of ongoing continuing professional development training. We provide formal attendance certificates for all delegates. The programme presents a unique networking opportunity for all those engaged with the NJR and involved in assuring data quality and patient safety.
Our next event will be held on Thursday 15 October in Wrightington, Lancashire.
Limited tickets are available to book through the Eventbrite page.
We are planning an event to take place in the South of England, early next year, further details to follow. For any queries please contact us on communication@njr.org.uk
Conferences organised by Healthcare UK
See below for future events organised by HC UK. You can find more details about each of these events here
Day Case Knee Surgery – BADS conference (virtual conference)
Tuesday 6 October 2026
A joint British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) & HCUK
Elective recovery still remains a significant focus of the NHS. Although progress has been made on long waits, waiting list numbers remain at record highs and in response, the Elective Recovery Taskforce has been set up to help tackle this further.
Join this event to see how hospitals across the UK have been leading the journey to successful day case knee surgery. Learn how to embark on your day case journey and also see how elective hubs can increase day case numbers further and how digital technology can also support this and move us towards a more virtual way of working.
You can also follow the conference on X #BADSknee
Day Case Total Hip Replacement – BADS conference (virtual conference)
Thursday 22 October 2026
A Joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK
The Government’s Elective Recovery Plan and Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, suggests we must work differently to reduce variation and respond to unprecedented waiting times. With continued pressure on in-patient beds, Day Case Total Hip Replacement Surgery presents an opportunity to explore and expand the possibilities to increase day surgery activity.
This one day virtual conference will highlight key aspects of the Day Case Total Hip Replacement surgery, the importance of the multidisciplinary team, regional anaesthesia and using data in delivering successful Day Case Total Hip Replacement surgery. You will hear from several exemplar hospitals from around the UK. National experts from the British Association of Day Surgery and leading orthopaedic practices will share their experience.
You can also follow the conference on X #HipReplacement
Hip Fracture Summit 2026: Improving Care, Outcomes & Patient Experiences (virtual conference)
Wednesday 25 November 2026
This conference will focus on improving care for hip fracture patients – learning from the September 2025 NHFD findings and improving progress against the Key Performance Indicators and the NICE quality standard for hip fracture. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will highlight best practice in hip fracture care, improving the care pathway, patient experience and outcomes, and will also focus on improving assessment, minimised delays to theatre, improving the pathway from falls to theatre, changing the role of the emergency department, ensuring hip fracture patients are prioritised for surgery, improve patient experience of hip fracture care, overcome contraindications, improving the anaesthetic and surgical pathway, and ensuring prompt mobilisation after surgery.
There will be a further focus on improving practice against the Key Performance Indicators and using a Quality Improvement (QI) approach at each stage in the hip fracture pathway.
You can also follow the conference on X #HipFracture2026
Prehabilitation: Principles & Practice for supporting patients to get fit for surgery/treatment
(virtual conference)
Thursday 3 December 2026
Prehabilitation is a proactive approach to optimising patient health before undergoing a procedure or treatment. Prehabilitation comprises multidisciplinary healthcare interventions, including exercise, nutritional optimisation, and psychological preparation, which aim to improve outcomes and readiness for surgery, with the aim being to shorten the period of recovery, reduce complications, and improve the quality of recovery and quality of life.
This conference focuses on Prehabilitation – Principles and Practice and offers a comprehensive and practical guide to delivering an effective prehabilitation programme, ensuring patients are fit and optimised for surgery. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the latest trends, latest evidence-based practice including the recently updated guidelines and strategies to optimise patient outcomes within the NHS.
The conference will look at preoperative optimisation of patients’ fitness and wellbeing through exercise, nutrition and psychological support, integrating prehabilitation into the care pathway, the relationship between prehabilitation and sleep, as well as behaviour change, and also how to measure the outcomes of prehabilitation. Throughout the day, there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.
The programme will also examine the latest national developments including NHS England’s work on early screening, risk assessment and health optimisation in perioperative pathways, the role of prehabilitation in elective recovery and surgical optimisation, the National Cancer Plan for England, the planned national digital-first prehabilitation offer from 2028, and the updated October 2025 Prehabilitation for People with Cancer clinical and implementation guidelines.
Follow the conference on X #Prehabilitation