Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) Conference & Workshops

Part of the BSAC OPAT Initiative

NATIONAL OPAT CONFERENCE 2025

A hybrid event to be 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 will be hosting 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 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 Lothian - 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 Lothian
1345
Mission Possible: Reframing barriers to OPAT self-administration in vulnerable patients
Gianni Acuram, OPAT lead clinical nurse specialist, King's College Hospital - View Bio
1400
OPAT shared care across boundaries
Helena White, Infectious diseases consultant, University Hospitals Leicester - View Bio
1415
10 year experiences of managing OPAT and Dialysis - What have we learnt in implementing the GPR's
Carolyn Hemsley, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1430
Retrospective assessment of OPAT vetting in a large teaching hospital based service
Simon Pybus, NHS Golden Jubilee, Glasgow - View Bio
1445
Can we reduce rates of line-associated thrombosis with routine VTE prophylaxis in OPAT patients?
Grace Barnes, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
1500
Q&A

1515
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
1545
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
1600
Oral antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis: real-world experience from a teaching hospital in Scotland
Nikolas Rae, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee - View Bio
1615
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
1630
Review of a formalised palliative care OPAT service in a London teaching hospital
Elena Ferran, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust
Hannah Kershaw, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1645
Q&A

1700
Closing remarks & next steps
Mark Gilchrist, Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - View Bio

Registration

Registration is now open for this hybrid conference. Please select if you will attend in-person or virtually as part of the registration process.

Registration fees:

BSAC Members (NHS/not for profit) £80
Non-BSAC Members (NHS/not for profit) £100
Commercial £200
Student £25
Please note, registration is free for nurses, please contact Esme Carruthers to register.

Please use the registration link below to register.

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