BAPRAS Nurses Day 2025

Date: 5 December 2025
Location: ICC Belfast 

We are delighted for the Nurses Education Day to be returning at BAPRAS Congress 2025. 
We hope you will be joining us on Friday, 5 December in Belfast for a day dedicated to the plastic surgery nursing community. 

Topics covered will include: 
  • Role development and leadership
  • Skin cancer
  • Hand surgery
  • Burns
  • Breast reconstruction

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The registration rate for the day is £50. 
BAPRAS Nurse Members attend for free. 

If you would like to attend BAPRAS Congress on Wednesday 3rd or Thursday 4th December price per day is £50, please email christy.kowalewski@bapras.org


Programme outline: 

08:30

Registration

Riverside foyer

9.00 – 9.05

 

Reena Agarwal

Claire Porter

Welcome- from the chairs

9.05 – 9.10

 

 

Open the meeting

Paul McArthur

9.10 – 9.20

 

Introduction

Claire Porter

9.20 – 9.35

 

Speaker

Plastics Trauma Clinic Journey- Northern Ireland

Linda Symington

9.35 – 10.00

 

Speaker

Skin Cancer team – change in ways of working- Northern Ireland

Sheena Stothers

10.00-10.10

 

Abstract

From Wales to Zimbabwe: Building a Hypospadias Surgery Service at CURE International Children’s Hospital funded by BFIRST

Louise Scannell

10.10-10.20

 

Abstract

“BOB” the Burns Outreach Bus – From vision to reality

Sue Boasman

10:20- 10:50

Break

 

 

Chair Claire Porter and Michelle McCarten

 

10.50 – 11.00

 

Abstract

New ways of working /service improvement- Skin cancer

Pauline Doran- Williams

11.00 – 11.15

 

Speaker

PADS

Louise Scannell

11.15– 11.30

 

Speaker

Facial Palsy

Penny Graville

11.30 – 11.40

 

Abstract

Lower limb pathway and plastics

Stephanie Brown

11.50 – 12.05

 

Speaker

Medical tattooing- THE PIXEL NURSE

Laura Jane Powell

12.05 – 12.15

 

 

Talk TBC

12.15 – 12.30

 

Abstract

Effects of Scar Massage following radiotherapy and breast reconstructive surgery

Daniel Gregson

12.40 – 12.50

 

Adult Safeguarding

Jennifer Knightingale

12.50 – 13.00

 

Talk TBC

13:00-14:00

Lunch

 

14.00 – 14.20

 

Chairs – Claire

Louise Scannell

BFIRST Talk TBC

Clare Kelsy & Jasmine Carney

14.20 – 14.35

 

 

Research and Innovation

Jason Wong

14.50 – 15.00

Abstract

Childrens burns trust

Jo Myers

15.00 – 15.10

 

A day in the life of a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Ireland

Jordan O'Brien

15.10 – 15.20

 

Talk TBC

15:21

 

Speaker

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