Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) Conference & Workshops

Part of the BSAC OPAT Initiative

NATIONAL OPAT CONFERENCE 2025

A hybrid event held on 14 November 2025
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LIVERPOOL & ONLINE

A GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVE USE THROUGH DIAGNOSTICS, STEWARDSHIP AND SHARED LEARNING

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) allows for medically stable patients to be discharged (or avoid admission completely) who require a course of intravenous antimicrobial agents. OPAT is a vital scheme that can prevent hospital admissions, reduce a patient’s length of stay in hospital through early discharge, plus reduce the risk of hospital acquired infections.

If you are thinking about setting up, or currently run an OPAT service, the BSAC hosted a National OPAT Conference online and in-person at the Royal College of Physicians, Liverpool, on 14 November 2025.

For all queries, please contact Esme Carruthers.

Registration to access the on demand recorded content is open, details below.

This conference is RCPath CPD approved (6 credits).

Programme

0830
Registration & coffee
0925
Welcome & opening remarks
Andrew Seaton, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and President, BSAC - View Bio
SESSION ONE: OPAT in 2025 - Integrating OPAT in the NHS vision
Chair: Mark Gilchrist, Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
0930
The time is right for OPAT - the question is how?
Devon Elliott, National Antimicrobial Resistance Lead, NHS England - View Bio
1000
Getting AMS right at the primary / secondary care interface?
Andrew Seaton, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - View Bio
1030
pAMS network vision – empowering District General Hospitals
Charlotte Fuller, Leeds Children’s Hospital - View Bio
1100
Q&A
1115
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & POSTERS
SESSION TWO: Getting the governance right in OPAT?
Chair: Claire Vallance, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
1145
New Adult & Paediatric Good Practice Recommendations – a brief overview
Ann Noble, NHS Lanarkshire - View Bio
1200
Visualising your data - Initial results from BSAC PPS OPAT survey
Shay Khan, Specialist Infection Pharmacist, Whittington Health NHS Trust - View Bio
1215
Drug Stability - What next?
Mark Gilchrist, Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - View Bio
1230
Q&A
1245
LUNCH BREAK, EXHBITION & POSTERS
SESSION THREE: OPAT in Practice
Chair: Ann Noble, NHS Lanarkshire
1330
Mission Possible: Reframing barriers to OPAT self-administration in vulnerable patients
Gianni Acuram, OPAT lead clinical nurse specialist, King's College Hospital - View Bio
1345
OPAT shared care across boundaries
Helena White, Infectious diseases consultant, University Hospitals Leicester - View Bio
1400
OPAT delivery through Haemodialysis - still OPAT?
Carolyn Hemsley, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1415
Retrospective assessment of OPAT vetting in a large teaching hospital based service
Simon Pybus, NHS Golden Jubilee, Glasgow - View Bio
1430
Can we reduce rates of line-associated thrombosis with routine VTE prophylaxis in OPAT patients?
Grace Barnes, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
1445
Q&A
1500
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & POSTERS
SESSION FOUR: Evidence & Innovation within OPAT
Chair: Carolyn Hemsley, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
1520
Oral antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis: real-world experience from a teaching hospital in Scotland
Nikolas Rae, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee - View Bio
1535
Early use of Rezafungin: a case series at St George's
Tihana Bicanic, City St George’s, University of London & St George’s Hospital - View Bio
1550
How equitable are OPAT and cOPAT services at caring for patients who inject drugs? Initial results of a national questionnaire based stocktake
Daisy Woolham, Worthing Hospital - View Bio
1605
Review of a formalised palliative care OPAT service in a London teaching hospital
Elena Ferran, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
Hannah Kershaw, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1620
Q&A
1635
Closing remarks & next steps
Mark Gilchrist, Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - View Bio

Registration

If you missed the live event, you can still register to watch the recorded content from this hybrid conference which was held in Liverpool and online.

This conference is RCPath CPD accredited (6 credits).

For all enquiries, please contact Esme Carruthers

Please use the registration link below to register.

On demand registration (recorded content)   £40  -  Register >

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