Managing the clinical challenges of SCI - 10 March 2027
Managing the clinical challenges of SCI - 10 March 2027
Delivered by the Frank Williams Academy
Wednesday 10 March 2027
About this event
Advance your knowledge and understanding of the physical, emotional and social impacts of spinal cord injury (SCI) and helping to improve treatment outcomes and provide more holistic care.
This event is aimed at all healthcare professionals who work with patients with a spinal cord injury or have an interest in this field.
Choose from either Wednesday 10 or Thursday 11 March 2027, and rewatch from Friday 12 March 2027
This event is aimed at all healthcare professionals who work with patients with a spinal cord injury or have an interest in this field.
Registration and cost
- Early Bird single ticket £60+VAT
- Early Bird block booking of 5 or more tickets* £55+VAT per ticket
- Standard single ticket £80+VAT
- Standard block booking of 5 or more tickets* £75+VAT per ticket
* Tickets must be bought in one transaction; discount will not apply to multiple tickets bought in separate transactions.
** Important: The conference is being delivered twice on 10/11 March 2027. The programme is identical on both dates, so you only need to book onto one date. Please choose the date that best suits your schedule.
*After clicking on the button above you will be redirected to our dedicated events page www.spinalevents.co.uk to complete your booking.
Learn from our experts
We’ve gathered spinal cord injury specialists from across the country, to present exciting sessions exploring essential SCI knowledge.
Part of the event will offer concurrent educational sessions, where you will select the topic of your choice to attend, but you will gain access to on-demand viewing of all session after the event. See our agenda below for the range of topics which will be covered:
- Session 1: “An introduction to intimacy and sexual wellbeing as part of SCI recovery, rehabilitation and after discharge” with Stephen Brookes
- Session 2: “Nutrition and Spinal Cord Injury: From acute care to rehabilitation and implications for practice”
with Carolyn Taylor - Session 3: “Ageing and spinal cord injury: what changes, what challenges, what can we do?”
Ageing is a journey of change, but what happens when those changes meet spinal cord injury? - Lived Experience Discussion with Gary Dawson and Kerryn Pratt: Clinical knowledge is most powerful when understood alongside lived experience. In this session, Gary from Spinal Injuries Association will be in conversation with Kerryn, sharing his personal experience of living with a spinal cord injury and reflecting on several key themes from the conference programme.
- Panel Discussion and Q&A moderated by Kerryn Pratt: This session will be an opportunity for our excellent speakers to engage in a lively conversation whereby they can share their insights and explore the day’s topics.
For the full agenda and session descriptions please visit our event website:
AGENDA AND SESSION INFORMATION
** All sessions will be available for on demand viewing after the close of the conference, for all those booked to attend.
Speakers
- Carolyn Taylor, Specialist Dietitian for Spinal Cord Injuries for nearly 30 years.
- Stephen Brookes, Counselling and Wellbeing Coordinator with the Spinal Injuries Association
- Susanna Turnbull, SCI specialist occupational therapist, Spinal Injuries Association
- Gary Dawson, Support Network Manager, Spinal Injuries Association
- Sian Rodger, SCI Nurse Specialist, Spinal Injuries Association
- Kerryn Pratt, Head of the Frank Williams Academy, Spinal Injuries Association
Check out the full bios of our speakers on our dedicated event website:
Our 2025 virtual conference received an average rating of 4.7 ⭐ stars … and in 2026, 92.5% reported that the conference advanced their understanding of the physical, emotional and social impacts of spinal cord injury.
Here’s what our 2025 delegates had to say…
“A thoughtful and thought provoking conference well thought out, composed and presented.”
“An absolutely excellent conference and very well organised.”
“There was lots of information that was new to me, the conference just made me so much more aware of issues & concerns I have potentially missed.
For any questions please contact us at [email protected]
Frank Williams Academy
Through SIA’s Frank Williams Academy we deliver relevant, quality training and education to a range of healthcare professionals and health care settings. Building expertise across the sector helps us to achieve one of our key goals: a health and care system that works for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Click on the logo below to find out more about the academy and our full list of training courses for healthcare professionals:
