2024 POPS (Perioperative Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery) Meeting

*An early bird discount of 10% is available until 27 July 2024.

Your organization can register attendees and pay the registration fee by card only they hold on your behalf (A Proxy registration). There isn’t an option for invoice payment for our virtual and hybrid  conferences. The steps for a proxy registration are outlined on https://www.bgs.org.uk/hybrid-event-participants.

We understand that you may not be able to tune-in to a live-streamed event or webinar as a result of clinical pressures. Therefore, if you view an archived version of a Federation-approved live-streamed event or live webinar within four weeks of it being broadcast you can still claim it as an approved external CPD course. BGS won't send certificates if you watch post event.

The live CPD codes will be found in the RCP diary.

After 4 weeks post-broadcast date
This will be classed by the RCP as distance learning and will be assigned a distance learning code and can be added to the diary as usual distance learning activities would be. 

• As long as you are registered you can access the event live, or for up to 12 months post-broadcast via the platform 
• The videos are instantly available
• You can rewatch content for 12 months if you can’t join them all live.  
• The RCP will allow you to claim CPD for up to 12 months after the delivery of a meeting where the archives are accessible.
• If you watch you will need to record this in your CPD diary using the event code and hours but we won’t send a certificate for people who only watch post event. 
• Further information about CPD can be found here https://www.federationcpd.org/covid-19.

Distance Learning

For the 2022/23 CPD year there will be no limit to the number of external credits that can be claimed for distance learning. In addition to the maximum of 10 approved distance learning credits you may add under the ‘Add Approved Entry’ tab, you may also add unlisted distance learning under the ‘Add Self-Certified Entry’ tab under the ‘Distance Learning’ sub-section. You will need to add them as an ‘External Self-Certified Distance Learning, Clinical or Non-Clinical’. Reading articles in online journals and e-libraries that are not approved should still be recorded as personal self-certified distance learning. Online mandatory training required by your employer should still be recorded as internal CPD.

Royal College of Physicians, The Spine, Liverpool, L7 3FA

The Spine was built to be a beacon of excellence, bringing together local communities, improving the wellbeing of its occupants and operating in a sustainable way.

Wellbeing and sustainability are at the core of the building's design.

In fact, The Spine has been built according to the ethos and principles constituting the WELL Building Standard, making it the healthiest building in the North West and one of the healthiest in the UK. The WELL Building Standard is the premier standard for building, interior spaces and communities seeking to implement, validate and measure features that support health and wellness. Its ten concepts - Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind and Community - have all been embedded in The Spine at design stage and are core to both the building's architecture and operations going on within.

In April 2024, Spaces at The Spine and the floors belonging to the Royal College of Physicians became WELL Certified™ at the Platinum level through the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), becoming the only building in the city to hold the prestigious title. 

Find out more about this wonderful venue

By train
Nearest train station: Liverpool Lime Street – 19 minute walk – £5-6 taxi

By car
From M6 on to M57, M62 or M58
Motorway connections put the majority of UK cities within a four-hour drive time.

Car parking near Spaces at The Spine
Paddington Village Multi-Storey
Standard day tariff: £12.00
Address: Elm Grove, Grove St, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool L7 3FA

BGS have identified some good value rates at hotels in close proximity to the conference venue.

Click here to see available options and rates

Other sites and booking directly with the hotels may be cheaper - please do shop around.