GOSH Conference 2024: Driving Change for Our Patients, People, and Practice

The conference began with an opening address from Dr Kiki Syrad, Director of Research & Innovation, who shared her excitement for the day ahead and future hopes for innovation at GOSH.

Professor Andrew Taylor, Director of Innovation, then kicked off with five major innovations at GOSH over the past year. From AI technologies to how we’re using data analytics to enhance efficiencies, the session got everyone buzzing for a day of inspiring talks.

As the day progressed, sessions delved into important thought-provoking topics such as building sustainable leadership, tackling health inequalities and GOSH’s Climate and Health Emergency Declaration. Each session sparked considered follow-up questions and stimulating discussion from attendees.

Transformative treatments, processes and partnerships were also featured in the line-up. On top of ground-breaking gene therapies and quality improvement projects, an afternoon session celebrated collaboration, with a talk on our pioneering partnership with Roche which is helping us to advance our data science capabilities to move towards more personalised care.

Young people played an important role on the day, bringing unique perspectives and powerful contributions to the discussions. A morning breakout session which explored ‘empowering young voices in healthcare co-production', left attendees inspired by the drive of GOSH’s young advocates.

A Q&A session later in the day further emphasised the importance of involving young people in new developments that might impact their care, sharing results from a recent national study that asked young people for their thoughts on the use of AI for detecting bone fractures.

The talks concluded with a moving presentation from Charlotte Fairall on Sophie’s Legacy, a charity advocating for national change for parents whose children are being cared for in hospitals.

An on-site engagement hub saw almost 200 attendees getting stuck in with interactive in-person activities such as demos of Ambient AI technology, as well a visit from the GOSH therapy dogs.

A poster and abstract competition saw a huge number of incredible entries from staff groups across the hospital, including Allied Health Professionals, Nurses, Researchers and Data Scientists, making it an incredibly tough decision for the judging panel and attendees to choose winners. Staff were also given a chance to choose their favourites by voting online or adding a gold star sticker to their favourite abstract or poster.

The conference closed with a prize-giving ceremony, celebrating the winning abstracts and posters of the conference, as well as everyone who contributed to making the day such as success.

Printed Poster Competition

• Runners up: Abi Warren & Eva Zizkova for their poster Evaluation of the Foundations in Paediatric Palliative Care Programme.
• Winner: Dr Carolina Bebi for her group’s poster Nephron-sparing surgery in paediatric renal tumours: a single centre prospective cohort study evaluating the impact of intraoperative ultrasound on margin positivity.
• Winner – People’s Choice Award: Poster 42 - Working in partnership - Improving research outcomes through PPIE, authored by Klaudia Kupiec and Dr Polly Livermore.
• Best new author: Cillian Gray & Aleena Usman for their group’s poster Enhancing Patient Flow in a Cardiac Adolescent Clinic: The Impact of a Dedicated Outpatient Coordinator.

Oral Competition

• Runner up: Cillian Gray and Aleena Usman for their group’s abstract Transforming Transition: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Adolescent Patient Education on Endocarditis Prevention in Congenital Heart Disease
• Winner: Lauren Porter for her group’s abstract Developing a mandatory undergraduate nurse teaching curriculum to help bridge the theory-practice gap.

Digital Poster

• Winner – People’s Choice Award: Poster 150 - Successfully integrating HPO terminology into EPR, authored by Moiz Uddin and colleagues.