When and Where
Saturday, 17th May 2025 – The Leonardo, Hinckley Island Hotel, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Rooms
We have the following rooms reserved for our use:
Paris Suite – The main area for the conference and the evening social event. It will host all attendees during the morning sessions and again in the evening. From midday until the closing remarks, you can attend sessions here or in the London Suite.
London Suite – subdivided into three rooms:
- Mayfair – Conference
- Piccadilly – Registration and exhibition
- Westminster – Health Care Professional track
Conference Room 4 – Heartwize CPR/AED training takes place away from the main space. Please book at registration.
Conference Room 13 – We have set aside a quiet space for anyone who needs to escape the day’s hustle and bustle.
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Pre-Conference Gathering
Since many attendees often arrive the night before, we will host an informal gathering in the hotel bar area. Please note that we do not have exclusive use of this space, but we will make our presence clear and ensure a warm welcome for everyone.
Registration – London 2 Piccadilly
From 09:00 – Tea, coffee, mingling, exhibition
When you register, you will be given a name tag with a coloured lanyard:
- Purple – Survivor
- Pink – Co-survivors
- Green – Medical Professionals
- Black – Everyone else
Event Support
Once again, we have outstanding volunteers from the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre who will provide support and be around during the day to answer any questions. They will be easily identifiable by their yellow T-shirts.
If you wish to show your support for what we do, limited supplies of SCA UK merchandise will be available for purchase on the day.
Don’t forget your cash! 💰 We’re hosting a raffle with all proceeds going to our cause. Please come prepared to participate and potentially win fantastic prizes while contributing to our vital work! If you’d like to donate items for our raffle prizes, we’d be incredibly grateful – please let us know if you can contribute!
Paris Schedule
| Start | End | Session |
| 10:00 | 10:08 | Welcome With Professor William Toff |
| 10:10 | 10:50 | We Are SCA UK – Past, Present, Future Join the Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK trustees as they celebrate 10 years of empowering survivorship and building a supportive community. This session will reflect on the charity’s journey from its beginnings to its current impact, highlighting key milestones, stories, and achievements. The trustees will also share their vision for the future — exploring how SCA UK plans to continue supporting survivors, co-survivors, and families through advocacy, education, and connection. With Paul Swindell, Joanna Balgarnie, Gareth Cole, Stuart Menzies and Dr Tom Keeble |
| 10:55 | 11:30 | Survivorship Quality Standards and Aftercare The recently published Survivorship Quality Standards from the Resuscitation Council UK aim to improve aftercare for cardiac arrest survivors and their co-survivors. We will discuss the significance of these standards and hear from doctors about implementing them from hospital discharge to ongoing care to ensure effective support during recovery. With Michael Bradfield, Dr Vicky Joshi, Dr Tom Keeble and Dr Marco Mion |
| 11:30 | 11:55 | Morning Break |
| 12:00 | 12:50 | Family First: Delivering Holistic Post-SCA Care Delivering cardiac arrest aftercare for survivors and their families With Claudine Keelan – Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist – Cardiology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Jean Davies – Care after Resuscitation Clinical Nurse Specialist | Essex CTC Cardiology, Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group Alice Mandrini – Psychologist, psychotherapist – leading on the REVIVE project – IRCCS San Matteo, Cardiology, Pavia, Italy |
| 12:55 | 13:55 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | 14:35 | EMS: Supporting Those Who Help First Emergency Medical Services support for survivors and their families With Stuart Plumbley – Patient & Family Aftercare Lead. Critical Care & Emeritus HEMS Paramedic – KSS (Kent, Surrey, and Sussex) Air Ambulance Charity Adam Crosby – Head of Aftercare & Safeguarding – Thames Valley Air Ambulance |
| 14:40 | 15:15 | Global Aftercare: Innovation & Research How cardiac arrest aftercare is being delivered internationally, clinical services and research projects Dr Vicky Joshi. TBC |
| 15:20 | 15:50 | Afternoon Break |
| 15:55 | 16:55 | Post-Arrest Care: Navigating the Future Challenges and opportunities to providing cardiac arrest aftercare Dr Vicky Joshi and Dr Marco Mion |
| Return to Paris |
Evening – Paris
A chilled social gathering, for some food, drinks, magic and a light-hearted look at how we got here.
| Start | End | Session |
| 19:00 | 19:30 | Gather for pre-dinner drinks |
| 19:00 | Close-up magic from Trevor Cline | |
| 19:30 | 20:25 | Three course buffet |
| 20:30 | 21:00 | How did we get here Dr Rohin Francis |
| 23:00 | Bar closes |
Please see here for more information on the speakers
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