Join us on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th September 2025, The Queens Hotel, Leeds.

We are excited to present the second annual Leeds Acute & Intensive Care Conference. Aimed at intensive care, acute medicine and emergency medicine clinicians, this exceptional programme is designed to deliver high quality education on managing acutely unwell patients.

Following the resounding success of LACTIC2 2024, this year promises another outstanding array of experts in their field, providing specialist knowledge tailored into useful, pragmatic and practical information.

Through a combination of lectures and small group workshops, delegates can expect to boost their knowledge and practical skills relevant to the management of the acutely unwell patient.

Day 1 will be followed by drinks and canapés at served on the terrace at The Green Room, you can find more information about the venue here: https://www.green-room.com/

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Meeting Highlights

  • Advanced management of cardiogenic shock
  • The haematologist’s approach to thrombocytopenia
  • High Consequence Infectious Disease
  • Approach to empyema from both thoracic medicine and surgery specialists
  • Practical skills relating to CT chest interpretation, advanced vascular access, CVVHDF and BIS

Convenors

James Sira

James Sira is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and the Clinical Lead at…

… Leeds General Infirmary. He is passionate about improving the medical and surgical knowledge of critical care practitioners. His areas of clinical specialism include care of the traumatically injured patient, neuro critical care & advanced echocardiography.

Matt Bromley

Matt Bromley is a consultant in intensive care medicineat Leeds Teaching ….

…Hospitals NHS Trust. Having completed undergraduate training at Leeds University, he continued to work in the region before undertaking 2 years of acute and critical care training in Western Australia. Working in cardiovascular, neuro, and trauma intensive care, he has an interest in point-of-care ultrasound and teaches heart, lung, and abdominal ultrasound in his role as a FUSIC mentor. He has an interest in education and in his role with the FICM education sub-committee he developed the FICM learning podcast.

Sachini Dharmaratne

Sachini Dharmaratne is a Consultant in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine at Leeds…

…Teaching Hospitals. She has an interest in promoting cross-speciality learning, particularly across the resus room. Previously she has been a Yorkshire Regional Trainee Representative for Organ Donation and the West Yorkshire Regional Trainee Representative for Intensivists in Training. Through these opportunities and across her training career she has developed a passion for developing pragmatic, accessible and engaging educational opportunities.

Rick Faulkner

Rick has been an ACCP for 10 years training and continuing to work in a large inner…

…city trust over two main sites with all major subspecialties represented. Currently Lead ACCP for a team of 34 trainee and qualified ACCP’s who provide support to three 24/7 integrated medical/ACCP rotas at various levels. Keen interest in training, supervision, decision making, governance, quality, POCUS and standards. Completed FUSIC supervisor.

Richard Gould

Richard Gould is a consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Lead at Leeds…

…Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. After graduating from University of Manchester, Richard completed his specialist training across Yorkshire and served as the FICM National Trainee Representative. He remains heavily involved in ICU education for the whole multi-professional team. His areas of clinical interest include the non-surgical management of complex polytrauma patient, interventions for cardiogenic shock plus the conduct of clinical trials on the ICU.

Thomas Heather

Thomas Heather is a registrar in Respiratory Medicine working in West Yorkshire. After graduating..

…from the University of Warwick, he moved to North Yorkshire where he commenced his speciality training. Tom has also developed a keen interest in acute medicine and medical education leading to his role as an ALS instructor and involvement with the visiting lecturer scheme at Leeds Medical School.

Bex Lathey

Bex Lathey is a consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia…

…at leeds teaching hospitals. She has specific interests in maternal critical care and medical education; with roles including course director for a national FRCA final preparation course and co-creator of the Yorkshire FFICM preparation course. She is currently leading region-wide education for intensive care staff caring for the critically ill peripartum patient.

Joanna Shak

Jo Shak is a Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics at the Leicester …

… Royal Infirmary, having previously completed a fruitful Clinical Fellowship at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. She strives to improve quality and delivery of postgraduate training, and has an evolving interest in point of care ultrasound in intensive care. In her spare time, she is a below-amateur above-novice level runner, crocheter and coffee drinker.

Registrations are now closed. For any queries please email bookings@clockwork-uk.com​

Day 1 - Thursday 18th September

08:30

Registration & Coffee

08:55

Welcome & Introduction
James Sira

Session 1
09:00 – 11:00

09:00

Updates in fever management and oxygen therapy
Paul Young, Intensive care consultant

10:00

Stroke: Thrombectomy and decompressive craniectomy
Ian Anderson, Consultant neurosurgeon

11:00

Coffee Break

Session 2
11:30 – 12:45

11:30

Pleural empyema – Two perspectives
– Medical: Kathryn Gracie, Respiratory medicine consultant
– Surgical: Marco Nardini, Consultant thoracic surgeon

12:45

Lunch Break

Session 3
14:00 – 16:30
Delegates attend 2 out of 4 workshops, these will be available to pre-book

14:00

Workshops round 1
– Decompensated chronic liver disease: Laura Burke, Gastroenterology Consultant
– Processed EEG masterclass: Tom Lawrence, Consultant anaesthetist
– Manipulating renal replacement therapy: Andy Taylor, Intensive care and renal medicine consultant
– Arrhythmia masterclass: Tom Slater, Cardiology specialty registrar

15:00

Frailty matters
Sean Ninan, Consultant Geriatrician

15:45

Create a world where healthcare has no limits
GE Healthcare

15:55

Coffee Break

16:05

Workshops round 2
– Decompensated chronic liver disease: Laura Burke, Gastroenterology Consultant
– Processed EEG masterclass: Tom Lawrence, Consultant anaesthetist
– Manipulating renal replacement therapy: Andy Taylor, Intensive care and renal medicine consultant
– Arrhythmia masterclass: Tom Slater, Cardiology specialty registrar

17:00

Drinks reception and dinner at the Green Room

Day 2 - Friday 19th September

08:00

Morning coffee

Session 4
08:30 – 10:30

08:30

Acute thrombocytopaenia
Mary Owen, Consultant haematologist

09:30

Toxicity of cardiovascular drugs: Beta- blockers, calcium channel blockers, digoxin
Stephen Waring, Consultant in acute medicine and toxicology

10:30

Coffee Break

Session 5
11:00 – 12:45
Delegates attend 2 out of 4 workshops, these will be available to pre-book

11:00

Workshops round 1
– POCUS masterclass: James Sen & Max Ridley, Anaesthetist and intensive care medicine consultants
– CT Chest – Anatomy and cases: Anette Johnstone & Boshra Edhayr, Consultant radiologists
– Updates in diabetic medications: Sam Pearson, Consultant diabetologist
– Advanced venous access masterclass: Rick Faulkner (Lead ACCP) Mike Carrick (Consultant anaesthetist)& John Summers (Anaesthetist registrar)

11:45

Workshops round 2
– POCUS masterclass: James Sen & Max Ridley, Anaesthetist and intensive care medicine consultants
– CT Chest – Anatomy and cases: Anette Johnstone & Boshra Edhayr, Consultant radiologists
– Updates in diabetic medications: Sam Pearson, Consultant diabetologist
– Advanced venous access masterclass: Rick Faulkner (Lead ACCP) Mike Carrick (Consultant anaesthetist)& John Summers (Anaesthetist registrar)

12:30

Lunch Break

Session 6
13:45 – 16:30

13:45

High consequence infectious diseases
Joanna Allen, Consultant in infection and travel medicine

14:45

Coffee Break

15:00

Cardiogenic shock – Tertiary care and beyond
Myocarditis: James O’Neill, Consultant cardiologist
Bridging to mechanical support: Rachel Wong, Consultant in cardiothoracic anaesthesia, intensive care and ECMO

16:30

Summary and close
James Sira

Joanna Allen

Joanna Allen is a Consultant in Infection and Travel Medicine at Leeds…

…Teaching Hospitals. She trained in Yorkshire, with time out working or teaching at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, Royal Free and Sierra Leone.  Joanna leads the High-Consequence Infectious Diseases preparedness for LTHT as Deputy Medical IPC lead and teaches on the National HCID PPE faculty.  She also leads the OutPatient Antimicrobial Therapy Service in  Leeds and is co-chair of the Drug and Alcohol Steering Group.

Ian Anderson

Mr Anderson is a Consultant Neurosurgeon, working in Leeds, specialising in…

…the whole spectrum of neurovascular neurosurgery, including: open neurovascular neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology and stereotactic radiosurgery. He is one of only a handful of hybrid, dual-trained neurovascular neurosurgeons in the UK and is the only neurosurgeon offering all three available modalities (surgery, embolisation and radiosurgery) for AVM management. He also specialises in skull base surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, meningioma and spinal tumours.

Kathryn Gracie

Kathryn Gracie is a Consultant respiratory physician with a specialist interest in pleural…

…disease and lung cancer. She completed her specialty training in West Yorkshire, before taking on a post-CCT fellowship in New Zealand. Kathryn returned to the UK in 2021 for a consultant post at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.

Tom Lawrence

Dr Lawrence is a Neuro-anaesthetist working at Leeds General Infirmary with interests in Awareness…

…, pEEG and education

Marco Nardini

I am Thoracic Surgeon with a special interest in minimally invasive and robotic chest surgery…

Sean Ninan

I am a consultant geriatrician working in acute, long stay and community clinical…

…areas. I am clinical lead for Dementia and Delirium at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. I am currently leading a trustwide project to improve assessment, management and prevention of delirium across the trust. I have also set up and lead on a Frailty Education programme for a multi-professional audience designed to cover tier 2 of the Frailty Framework and accredited for 12 CPD points.

I was previously a clinical leadership fellow and set up projects like the Junior Doctor Body at Leeds which still runs today. I also led the creation our trust’s quality improvement training. I led a review of all our mortality meetings and rewrote our trust’s mortality process to bring it up to speed with national guidance.

I have several pubmed publications including a review article in the British Medical Journal on Investigation of suspected urinary tract infection in older people. i have spoken at several national conferences including at the Royal College of Physicians and British Geriatrics Society.

I have a social media account @LeedsFrailtyEd on tiktok and youtube where I am developing a range of short educational videos on frailty. https://www.tiktok.com/@leedsfrailtyed. https://www.youtube.com/@LeedsFrailtyEd/videos

James O’Neill

James O’Neill is a Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in Valvular…

…Heart Disease and Echocardiography at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Having completed undergraduate training at Newcastle University in 2008, James undertook junior doctor training in Northumbria and West Yorkshire before going on to complete his cardiology training in the West Yorkshire Deanery. During this time, he undertook a two year clinical research fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at the Yorkshire Heart Centre and this resulted in an MD awarded by the University of Leeds. He is the Cardiology Clinical Lead for Infective Endocarditis across West Yorkshire.

Mary Owen

Mary gained her medical degree from Leicester University and moved to…

…Yorkshire to start her postgraduate training. Since taking up her consultant post in Leeds in 2019, Mary has developed her interest in medical education, obtaining a PGCert and devising teaching programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate doctors, as well as setting up a training pathway for Advanced Clinical Practitioners. She was the Haematology Training Programme Director for East and West Yorkshire from 2021 – 2025. Her main clinical interests are in lymphoproliferative disease as part of the Leeds Lymphoma service, encompassing in-patient and out-patient management, clinical trials work and the delivery of stem cell transplant and CAR-T services.

Sam Pearson

I am a consultant diabetologist at St James hospital in Leeds and completed…

…my clinical and academic training in Birmingham and West Yorkshire. My special clinical interests are helping younger adults living with diabetes, the use of technology to aid management of all forms of diabetes but particularly T1D, helping women manage diabetes during pregnancy and investigating and treating diabetes caused by single gene changes. Research interests are similar to clinical ones. Personal interests include being an enthusiastic but low performing golfer and taxi driver to my children

Max Ridley

Max is a consultant intensivist & anaesthetist working in St James University Hospital Leeds….

Max is a consultant intensivist & anaesthetist working in St James University Hospital Leeds. His sub-specialty interests are in liver transplant anaesthesia and haemodynamic monitoring utilising advanced critical care trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography. He has attained the European Diploma of Echo in Critical Care (EDEC), is the course director of the Leeds Advanced Critical Care Echo (LACE) course and is a recent addition to the fTOE national committee.

James Sen

Dr Sen is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals…

…Trust, where he is the co-lead on adult critical care for Ultrasound. Dr Sen also works as a prehospital doctor for The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) and Yorkshire Air Ambulance and is the lead at both organisations for prehospital ultrasound use. Dr Sen has completed a MSc in medical ultrasound and has published a systematic review in the Emergency Medicine Journal on the use of prehospital ultrasound for lung injury. He led the development of a FPHC Consensus Statement on the use of prehospital ultrasound and is also an examiner for the Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care, delivered by the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).

Tom Slater

Tom is a Cardiology ST7 trainee specialising in electrophysiology and devices…

..He has trained across South and West Yorkshire, and completed a PhD at University of Leeds. In January he will be commencing a fellowship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

John Summers

John Summers is an anaesthetic registrar at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He completed his anaesthetic…

…training in West Yorkshire and has developed interests in Neuroanaesthesia, Vascular access and Transfer medicine. Through his neuro-transfer work he works closely with the West Yorkshire critical care network at improving the quality and training in transfer medicine across the region.

Andy Taylor

Having started specialist training in Nephrology, Andy was lured to a career in Critical Care by…

…the chance to wear scrubs to work and drink large amounts of coffee. With a dual CCT in Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine he now works in both specialities at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. He can frequently be found filling up the cafetiere, lecturing the staff on the ward round about furosemide or dabbling in point of care ultrasound. He is however happiest spending time with his family and the type 2 fun that is winter mountaineering.

Stephen Waring

Dr Waring completed his medical degree at the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1995, having attained…

…a 1st class honours intercalated degree in Therapeutics and Pharmacology. He trained in medicine in South East Scotland and completed his MRCP diploma before being appointed as a clinical lecturer in medicine for the University of Edinburgh where he completed a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. He was appointed as a consultant physician in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 2004, and moved to York Hospital in 2009 where he continues to work in acute medicine. He held an appointment as consultant for the National Poisons Information Service between 2004 and 2024. Dr Waring is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Fellow of the British Pharmacology Society, and has published more than 100 scientific papers in the field of pharmacology and toxicology

Rachel Wong

Rachel Wong is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia at…

…the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. Her specialist interests include cardiothoracic anaesthesia, ECMO, cardiogenic shock and perioperative echocardiography.

She has held senior clinical positions at renowned centres including Glenfield Hospital, and the Royal Papworth Hospital, delivering care to complex cardiothoracic cases including heart and lung transplantation.

Passionate about education, she has directed the Royal Papworth’s Heart and Lung Ultrasound programme, and has faculty roles on national ultrasound and TOE courses. She is a certified fTOE examiner and FUSIC supervisor, with a strong commitment to promoting accessibility, consistency, and excellence in point-of-care ultrasound training. She is particularly passionate about expanding the use of transoesophageal echocardiography in resuscitation and emergency settings.

Outside of work, Rachel enjoys travelling and rarely misses the opportunity to combine her adventures with an international conference or two.

Paul Young

Paul Young is an intensive care specialist and clinical researcher from Wellington…

…New Zealand.  He is the Co-clinical Leader at Wellington Hospital ICU and a Deputy Director at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand.  His research interests include everything related to intensive care medicine.  He has >300 publications in peer-reviewed journals including more than 20 in the worlds’ highest impact medical journals (the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the Lancet).  He is the Chief Investigator for the Mega-ROX trial, a 40,000-participant randomised clinical trial evaluating oxygen therapy regimens in ICU patients who require unplanned life support.  The Mega-ROX trial will finish recruitment in the 2nd half of 2025 and is currently enrolling around 1000 patients per month in 130 ICUs in 14 countries.  Paul’s research is supported by funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand.

The Queen’s Hotel, Leeds

The Leeds acute and intensive care conference and accommodation will take place at the Queens Hotel, Leeds please see the address below:

New station street city square, Leeds, LS1 1PJ

There is no car park available at the hotel however the hotel is connected to Leeds train station and offers a 20% discount for hotel guests who park at Leeds Rail Station (LS1 4HT). The main meeting will be held in the Palm Suite whilst the exhibition and catering will be in the Ballroom, delegates will be able to use the private entrance on New Station Street for easy access to the conference space.

The Green Room

At the end of day 1 we will move over to the Green Room Bar which is less than a 5 minute walk from the Queens Hotel. We have hired the rooftop terrace as a private space where there will be a light buffet and drinks served. There is a link to their website here and some images below.

Venue Highlights

Situated in the beating heart of Leeds, the Queens Hotel has been operating since 1937. guests choose The Queens Hotel for its independent spirit, heartfelt service and incredible transport connections – complete with our own private entrance to Leeds Train station.

Venue Location

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Postcode for the venue is LS1 1PJ

There is parking available at Leeds Rail Station and the Q-Park Sovereign Square (LS1 4AG)

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The hotel is located directly adjacent to Leeds Rail Station and there is a direct access between the station and the hotel. We would recommend rail transport to this venue where possible.

The closest airport is Leeds Airport, this is 10 miles away. Taxi’s and Uber’s are available from the airport and are the best way to travel into the city centre.

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