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Introduction

Join us for the first of our Special Interest Group discussions for 2026/2027. We're pleased to welcome back Sue Greenwood MBE who will be delivering our July SIG.

Community Assessment and Treatment Units in Cornwall began as a pandemic response. What they have become is something rather more significant. Cornwall's teams have pushed the boundaries of traditional same day emergency care well beyond the acute setting, developing new skills, practices and pathways that bring urgent care closer to the people who need it.

Sue Greenwood MBE has presented this work at both the 2024 and 2026 CHA National Conferences, where her sessions proved among the most popular of the programme. She joins us now to continue that conversation with an account of how the service has evolved and what the team has learned along the way.

This session goes beyond describing what Cornwall has achieved. The discussion will focus on how Sue and her colleagues developed the service - the thinking behind key decisions, the challenges of establishing new ways of working and what others in community hospitals might take away and apply in their own settings.

Speaker Details 
Sue is a Modern Matron and Clinical lead at Cornwall Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust. Sue has long been an active supporter of the CHA, and has contributed to our forum and discussions. Sue has been key to successfully establishing CATU (Community Assessment and Treatment Units) in community hospitals for frail elderly patients. For their CATU initiative, Sue and her team attracted a commendation in CHA Innovations and Best Practice programme. Sue Greenwood is a Queen's Nurse and has received an MBE for her services. Most recently Sue was awarded one of five QICN NGS Elsie Wagg Innovation Scholarships for 2026.

Booking link

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Event Details

• Community Healthcare Settings
• Digital Health
• Coroners workshop
• Rheumatology, Immunology and Osteoarthritis
• Advanced therapies - GLP1, Cardiovascular therapies for Amyloidosis, Diastolic Heart Failure
• Updates in Anaemia, Haematology
• Geriatrics for Trainees (G4T)
• Clinical challenges in urgent care
• Clinical challenges in the ward/acute environment
• Clinical Challenges in the Community

Who Should Attend

All healthcare professionals with an interest in the healthcare of older people

Abstracts

Abstract submissions are open until 24 July 2026 (17:00 UK). Find out more: https://www.bgs.org.uk/abstracts

Early bird registration

Register by 12th August 2026 to receive a 10% early bird discount

CPD

Applied for 12 CPD Credits (RCP London)

Register here  https://www.bgs.org.uk/26Autumn