Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) Conference & Workshops
Part of the BSAC OPAT Initiative
OPAT Regional Workshops 2025
June-September 2025
Our 2025 in-person OPAT Regional Workshops will be held in the following locations
6 June, Austin Court, Birmingham
27 June, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
4 September, *new for 2025* Paediatric OPAT, 20 Cavendish Square, London
5 September, 20 Cavendish Square, London
12 September, Hilton Hotel, Belfast
24 September, Aerospace Bristol, Bristol
The core programme and registration details can be found below. Please note that programmes will be different for each location to reflect local priorities.
Presentation slide sets and recordings from our previous workshops are available in the workshop archives.
OPAT Service Directory
Is your Trust / Board listed in the OPAT Service Directory? Click here to check, and if not please enter your service https://e-opat.com/service-directory-list/
For any questions regarding this workshop series, please contact Esme Carruthers.
This workshop series is RCPath CPD accredited.
Registration
Registration is open for this series of in-person workshops.
Registration fees:
BSAC Members (NHS/not for profit) £50
Non-BSAC Members (NHS/not for profit) £75
Commercial £200
Student £30
Please note, registration is free for nurses, please contact Esme Carruthers to register.
Please use the registration links below to register.
For any queries regarding registration, please contact Esme Carruthers.
Abstracts
Please submit your abstract(s) using the online submission form for consideration for POSTER presentation at the OPAT Workshops.
All accepted abstracts will be published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
The deadline for abstract submission for the Glasgow workshop is 1700hrs BST on Friday 13 June 2025
The deadline for abstract submission for the London, Belfast, London (paediatric) and Bristol workshops is 1700hrs BST on Friday 8 August 2025.
Please note our Conditions of Submission:
- Abstracts must be submitted by the deadlines stated above. Submissions received after this time may not be considered.
- The first author should ideally be the presenting author. The presenting author must register for the conference and can attend either in-person or virtually.
- PLEASE NOTE: It is the responsibility of the author(s) to provide printed poster(s) in A0 portrait for abstracts accepted for presentation.
- All abstracts are to be submitted using the online submission form. Please use the Supporting documents button to upload your full abstract in a Word file that includes the complete abstract formatted as specified below.
- Please do not include figures, tables or references in your abstract (these can be presented in your poster, or slides for an oral presentation, but the abstract should be text only).
By submitting the abstract you confirm, and on behalf of any co-contributors, the following:
a) to publish the final version of the conference abstract in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, and to distribute it and/or to communicate it to the public, either within the Journal, on its own, or with other related material throughout the world, in printed, electronic or any other format or medium whether now known or hereafter devised;
b) to make translations of the abstract and to distribute them to the public; to authorise or grant licenses to third parties to do any of the above;
c) to deposit copies of the abstract in online archives maintained by OUP or by third parties authorised by OUP; and
d) to administer subsidiary rights agreements with third parties for the full period of copyright and all renewals, extensions, revisions and revivals.
Format of Abstracts:
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and contain:
- a title;
- the full list of authors (in the order they should appear on the published abstract);
- all author affiliations (including institution, city and country for each);
- an initial statement of specific objectives of the study, unless this is given in the title;
- a brief statement of methods;
- a summary of the results obtained;
- specific conclusions.
For example, standard headings are Background (optional), Objectives, Patients and methods (or Methods), Results, and Conclusions.
For any queries regarding abstract submissions, please contact Esme Carruthers.