Congratulations to the winners of the oral presentations:

1st . The impact of NICE guidelines on the time to diagnosis of colorectal cancer patients who present with iron-deficiency anaemia

Pinkney T¹, Mak T¹, Pandey S¹, Wilson S², Ryan R², McManus R², Holder R², Lawrence G³, Hobbs R², Ismail T¹

1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, 2. Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, 3. WM Cancer Intelligence Unit, University of Birmingham

2ndMRSA Screening in Day-case Vascular Surgery Patients

Dr Yousif Ahmad, Dr Stephen Khandelwal, Miss Anna Nicolson, Mr Malcolm Simms Department of Vascular Surgery, Selly Oak Hospital

3rd Surgical Patient Management System:  Avoiding errors in handover

Ward ST, Robertson CS, Downing R Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester

Best posters were:

1st The Role of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in dectecting Occult Colonic pathology: S Randhwaw, T Mak, T Ismail. QE Birmingham

2nd Improvement in Laparoscopic Skills After Training on a Proficiency based simulation Trainng Curriculum SV Kamat, S Badiani, E Rahman, B Patel. Queen \Mary's University, St. Barts and The Royal London Medicibne and Dentistry