After the excellent success of the IV Forum Conference in 2024, the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) IV Forum are delighted to be hosting it’s 13th Annual one day conference – IV Access: Vascular Access Now and in the Future: Collaboration and Innovation on 21 November 2025 at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre.
Vascular Access Devices are an acknowledged, therapeutic part of modern healthcare provision, however they are not without an extensive range of risks. Our one-day conference is an opportunity to share current strategies and guidelines to reduce these risks. It also aims to consider the importance of sustainability in vascular access practice now and in the future.
This day is aimed at infection prevention and control practitioners, IV nurse specialists, vascular access teams, OPAT teams, critical care nurses, microbiologists, anaesthetists and anyone with an interest in vascular access and current infection prevention practices related to vascular access.
Agenda
08:45 – 09:30
Registration, Networking & Exhibition
09:30 – 09:45
Chair welcome and housekeeping with Lizzie Perry – IV Forum Co-ordinator
09:45 – 10:15
CRBSI – microbiology with Dr Jo Macve, Consultant Microbiologist, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
10:15 – 10:45
Prevention and Management of MARSI, a major complication for VAD with Jan Hitchcock, Vascular Access Lead Nurse, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
10:45 – 11:15
PN Administration with Jane Fletcher, Consultant Nurse for Nutrition and Intestinal Failure,
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
11:15 – 12:00
Refreshments & Networking
12:00 – 12:30
What’s new in vascular access? with Andrew Barton, Nurse Consultant IV Therapy and Vascular Access, Frimley Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
12:30 – 13:00
Company sponsored session
13:00 – 13:15
Sustainable Clinical Practice: Enhancing Safety, IPC and Reducing Waste with Prevantics Swabs at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust with Emelyn Agupitan, Vascular Access Clinical Nurse Specialist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
13:15 – 14:15
Lunch
Afternoon Chair
Jan Hitchcock – Deputy IV Forum Coordinator
14:15 – 14:30
Advancing Vascular Assess safety: Early Antecubital Fossa Re-sites, Education and a Targeted Quality Improvement Plan to Reduce PIVC-related Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection with Viny George, IPC Care Team Lead, St James Hospital, Dublin
14:30 – 15:00
Why vascular access really matters! tbc
15:00 – 15:45
Debate: Sustainability in Vascular Access with Valya Weston, National IPC Nurse Consultant, NHS England and Graham Pike, Lead Nurse and Manager for Infection Prevention & Control, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
15:45 – 16.00
Closing remarks and close of conference
