Med+ 2026

Med+ 2026 takes place on 23–24 November 2026 at Royal College of Physicians, London. It is organised by Royal College of Physicians, and B2DB lists 112 speakers and 56 sessions announced so far.

Med+ 2026 is the Royal College of Physicians' largest specialty conference, held on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November 2026 at the RCP at Regent's Park, London, and online. Over two days, physicians, clinical specialists and healthcare professionals attend clinical updates, expert-led sessions, panel discussions and interactive workshops covering more than 15 specialties. All tickets include access to the online event platform to watch sessions live and on demand, and the conference is CPD-accredited.

Key facts

Speakers (112)

Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

• Professor Mumtaz Patel PRCP President, Royal College of Physicians
• Professor Tom Solomon FRCP Academic vice president, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Anshoo Sahota FRCP
• Dr Arani Nitkunan FRCP Consultant neurologist, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
• Dr Ashni Khetarpal
• Dr Ben Thomas FRCP Joint vice president for Wales, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Bhavna Pandya FRCP Consultant nephrologist and physician, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Cara Saxon FRCP President, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)
• Dr Cate Goldwater Breheny FY1 doctor, Student and Trainee Association of Sexual Health and HIV
• Dr Coral Hollywood Consultant hepatologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Elaine Hui FRCP
• Dr Eleanor Chandler Clinical fellow in obstetric medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Hilary Williams FRCP Clinical vice president, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Huw Ellis Consultant in respiratory medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Iain Wilkinson FRCP Clinical director for frailty, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Josephine Mansell Clinical research fellow, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Kay Roy FRCP Respiratory consultant physician, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Louise Buchanan FRCP Consultant cardiologist, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Lucy Mackillop FRCP Consultant obstetric physician, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Max Thoburn Resident Doctor Committee deputy chair and West Midlands representative, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Natalya Ellis Specialty registrar in allergy, clinical and laboratory immunology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Patrick Yong FRCP Consultant immunologist, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Rebecca McCarthy Academic clinical fellow in dermatology ST4, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Dr Rizwan Rajak FRCP Consultant rheumatologist, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
• Dr Ruth Casey
• Dr Vicky Price FRCP Consultant, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Anna Olsson-Brown Consultant medical oncologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor David Sanders FRCP Professor of gastroenterology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Ketan Dhatariya FRCP Professor of translational and clinical medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Emma Vaux FRCP Global vice president, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Joanna Corrado Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Professor Ganesh Subramanian FRCP Consultant in stroke medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Alun Jenkins Clinical educator, Philips Health Systems Ltd
• Norman Taylor Clinical and professional specialist, Philips Health Systems Ltd
• Dr Andrew Duncombe FRCP Editor in chief, Future Healthcare Journal
• Claudia Cowap-Whiskin Senior educationalist, Royal College of Physicians
• Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
• Dr Aaisha Saqib FRCP Consultant physician in diabetes, endocrine and internal medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Alan Bagnall FRCP Consultant interventional cardiologist, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Alasdair Sinclair Inflammatory bowel disease clinical trials fellow, Queen Mary University of London
• Dr Alessandro Prete Clinical associate professor in endocrinology and diabetes, University of Birmingham
• Dr Amr Salam Consultant dermatologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Andrew Workman Consultant in acute and intensive care medicine, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
• Dr Aravinth Sivagnanaratnam FRCP Consultant stroke physician, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Ariane Herrick FRCP Professor of rheumatology, The University of Manchester
• Dr Ben Chadwick FRCP Deputy registrar, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Biba Stanton Consultant neurologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Catherine Bryant FRCP Honorary consultant in geriatric and general medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Charles Pearman Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Charlotte Frise FRCP Consultant obstetric physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Charlotte Patient Consultant obstetrician, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Charly Annesley FRCP Consultant learning disability physician and geriatrician, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Clifford Lisk FRCP Consultant physician in acute medicine and geriatric medicine, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Dan Furmedge FRCP Consultant physician in geriatric and internal medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trustt
• Dr Dan Wootton FRCP Senior clinical lecturer, University of Liverpool
• Dr Dorinda Chandrabose Clinical fellow, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Esther Park Medical registrar, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Gareth Lock Consultant obstetrician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
• Dr Heather Shaw
• Dr Indira Natarajan FRCP Clinical director neurosciences and consultant stroke physician, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
• Dr Jozef Shaw GUM/HIV and internal medicine ST7, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Dr Judith Bubbear FRCP Consultant in metabolic bone disease, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Jun Yu Chen Specialty registrar in cardiology, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Laura Bannon Respiratory ST5, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Lavanya Athithan Consultant cardiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Dr Lennard Lee FRCP Consultant medical oncologist, University of Oxford
• Dr Lindsay Henderson Consultant in genitourinary and internal medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Muhammad Awais CCT gastroenterology and GIM advanced endoscopy fellow, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Muhammad Khurram Nisar FRCP Consultant rheumatologist and physician, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Paarul Prinja FRCP Consultant obstetric physician, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
• Dr Peter Hill FRCP
• Dr Ramani Moonesinghe FRCP Deputy national medical director, NHS England
• Dr Ravishankar Sargur Consultant immunologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Richard John Davenport Consultant neurologist, NHS Lothian
• Dr Safwaan Adam
• Dr Sarah Bowers ST7 palliative medicine, NHS Forth Valley
• Dr Sarah Walsh Consultant dermatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Shivani Misra FRCP Clinical associate professor in diabetes, Faculty of Medicine Imperial College London
• Dr Simeng Lin Post-CCT gastroenterologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Soonita Oomeer Consultant in genitourinary medicine, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Sophie James Consultant gastroenterologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Stefan Sepamalai Foundation year 2 doctor, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Stephen Joseph Resident Doctor Committee co-chair, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Tanya Basu FRCP Consultant dermatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Tom Bartlett Geriatrician and vice president, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and British Geriatrics Society
• Dr Tom Bewick Consultant respiratory physician, University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Zack Ferguson Consultant acute physician, Frimley Health NHS Trust
• Dr Zuzanna Sawicka FRCP Clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, Royal College of Physicians
• Frances Blunden Patient and Carer Network member, Royal College of Physicians
• Mrs Luci Buxton Lead midwife for maternal medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Debasish Banerjee FRCP Head of department of medicine and consultant nephrologist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Debbie Shawcross FRCP
• Professor James Galloway FRCP Professor of rheumatology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Jim Burton FRCP Professor of renal medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Professor Michael Fertleman FRCP Professor of geriatric practice, Imperial College London
• Professor Neil Gittoes FRCP Consultant and honorary professor of endocrinology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Nick Hopkinson FRCP
• Professor Sinisa Savic Professor of clinical immunology, University of Leeds
• Sophie Kempsford Physiotherapist and clinical therapy lead for stroke, neurology and stroke early supported discharge, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Alastair O’Brien FRCP Clinical professor of hepatology, Queen Mary University of London
• Dr Apostolos Koffas Consultant hepatologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Dr Dominic Parker Rehabilitation specialty registrar, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Eleni Lester Palliative care clinical fellow, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Dr Felicity Dewhurst Consultant in palliative medicine, St Oswald's Hospice
• Dr Hari Iyer FRCP Associate global director for the Americas, Royal College of Physicians
• Dr Ismail Ibrahim Abdulfattah Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Mohamed Bakhit FRCP Consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
• Dr Preetham Boddana FRCP Consultant nephrologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Soma Banerjee Consultant in stroke medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Professor David Werring FRCP Professor of clinical neurology, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology
• Professor Margaret O’Connor FRCP Consultant in geriatric and general internal medicine, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
• Professor Mark Taubert FRCP Consultant and clinical director palliative medicine, Velindre University NHS Trust

Most represented companies

• Royal College of Physicians — 12 speakers
• King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust — 6 speakers
• Barts Health NHS Trust — 4 speakers
• Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust — 4 speakers
• London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust — 3 speakers
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust — 3 speakers
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust — 3 speakers
• Croydon Health Services NHS Trust — 2 speakers
• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust — 2 speakers
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust — 2 speakers

Agenda (56 sessions)

Day 1 — Monday 23 November 2026

• Opening remarks and welcome 09:30–09:40 · Main programme — Professor Mumtaz Patel PRCP, Professor Tom Solomon FRCP
• Open poster viewing 09:40–10:15 · Poster presentations
• Goulstonian lecture: what is a doctor in the age of artificial intelligence? 09:40–10:15 · Main programme — Professor Tom Solomon FRCP, Dr Lennard Lee FRCP
• Open poster viewing 10:15–11:00 · Poster presentations
• In conversation with Dame Elizabeth Anionwu 10:15–11:00 · Main programme — Professor Mumtaz Patel PRCP, Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
• Diabetes and endocrinology: emerging challenges in clinical practice 11:30–13:00 · Main programme — Dr Ruth Casey, Professor Ketan Dhatariya FRCP, Dr Aaisha Saqib FRCP, Dr Alessandro Prete +2 more
• Open poster viewing 11:30–13:00 · Poster presentations
• Sexual health and HIV: from diagnosis to elimination 11:30–13:00 · Main programme — Dr Cara Saxon FRCP, Dr Cate Goldwater Breheny, Dr Jozef Shaw, Dr Lindsay Henderson +1 more
• Reading between the lines: practical approaches to common cardiac findings 11:30–13:00 · Main programme — Dr Josephine Mansell, Dr Louise Buchanan FRCP, Dr Alan Bagnall FRCP, Dr Charles Pearman +1 more
• How to win an Excellence in Patient Care Award 12:15–13:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Dr Zuzanna Sawicka FRCP
• Philips: practical CPAP and NIV training 12:15–13:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• GE: handheld ultrasound echo 12:15–13:00 · Workshops & hands-on
• Sponsored symposium 13:45–14:15 · Sponsored symposium
• GE: lung ultrasound 14:15–15:00 · Workshops & hands-on
• How to work with patients as partners 14:15–15:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Dr Aravinth Sivagnanaratnam FRCP, Frances Blunden, Sophie Kempsford
• Poster presentations 14:15–15:45 · Poster presentations
• Philips: practical CPAP and NIV training 14:15–15:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• Acute medicine, beyond the stereotype 14:45–16:15 · Main programme — Dr Vicky Price FRCP, Dr Andrew Workman, Dr Esther Park, Dr Zack Ferguson
• Medicine in pregnancy: managing risk through multidisciplinary care 14:45–16:15 · Main programme — Dr Eleanor Chandler, Dr Lucy Mackillop FRCP, Dr Charlotte Frise FRCP, Dr Charlotte Patient +3 more
• Recognising neurological red flags and making confident referral decisions 14:45–16:15 · Main programme — Dr Arani Nitkunan FRCP, Dr Ashni Khetarpal, Dr Biba Stanton, Dr Richard John Davenport
• Philips: practical CPAP and NIV training 15:15–16:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• GE: handheld ultrasound echo 15:15–16:00 · Workshops & hands-on
• How to get more involved in postgraduation education 15:15–16:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Dr Catherine Bryant FRCP, Dr Clifford Lisk FRCP, Dr Dan Furmedge FRCP
• Philips: CPAP and NIV training 16:45–17:30 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• How to get your paper published 16:45–17:30 · Workshops & hands-on — Dr Andrew Duncombe FRCP
• Immunology and allergy: evolving pathways, emerging advances 16:45–18:15 · Main programme — Dr Natalya Ellis, Dr Patrick Yong FRCP, Dr Ravishankar Sargur, Professor Sinisa Savic
• Beyond the joints: recognising systemic rheumatic disease 16:45–18:15 · Main programme — Dr Rizwan Rajak FRCP, Dr Ariane Herrick FRCP, Dr Judith Bubbear FRCP, Dr Muhammad Khurram Nisar FRCP +1 more
• Managing complexity: kidney disease and beyond 16:45–18:15 · Main programme — Professor Mumtaz Patel PRCP, Dr Bhavna Pandya FRCP, Dr Peter Hill FRCP, Professor Debasish Banerjee FRCP +1 more
• GE: lung ultrasound 16:45–17:30 · Workshops & hands-on
• Poster presentations 16:45–18:15 · Poster presentations

Day 2 — Tuesday 24 November 2026

• The NHS workforce of the future: who will deliver care, and how do we get there? 08:15–09:00 · Main programme — Professor Mumtaz Patel PRCP
• How to get your paper published 09:00–09:45 · Workshops & hands-on — Dr Andrew Duncombe FRCP
• GE: handheld ultrasound echo 09:00–09:45 · Workshops & hands-on
• Philips: practical CPAP and NIV training 09:00–09:45 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• Acute care of the older patient: what not to miss 09:15–10:45 · Main programme — Dr Iain Wilkinson FRCP, Dr Indira Natarajan FRCP, Dr Tom Bartlett, Professor Michael Fertleman FRCP
• Acute considerations in oncology in the context of the widening therapeutic landscape 09:15–10:45 · Main programme — Dr Hilary Williams FRCP, Professor Anna Olsson-Brown, Dr Heather Shaw, Dr Safwaan Adam
• Skin signs that matter: what every physician should know 09:15–10:45 · Main programme — Dr Anshoo Sahota FRCP, Dr Rebecca McCarthy, Dr Amr Salam, Dr Sarah Walsh +1 more
• Poster presentations 10:00–11:30 · Poster presentations
• How to become a fellow of the RCP: a guide for candidates and sponsors 10:00–10:45 · Workshops & hands-on — Dr Ben Chadwick FRCP
• GE: lung ultrasound 10:00–10:45 · Workshops & hands-on
• Philips: practical CPAP and NIV training 10:00–10:45 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• Teale essay prize, Turner-Warwick lecture and Milroy lecture 11:15–12:25 · Main programme — Dr Ben Thomas FRCP, Dr Dorinda Chandrabose, Dr Jun Yu Chen, Professor Nick Hopkinson FRCP
• GE: lung ultrasound 11:15–12:00 · Workshops & hands-on
• How to successfully manage and navigate conflict 11:15–12:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Claudia Cowap-Whiskin, Dr Charly Annesley FRCP
• Philips: practical CPAP and NIV training 11:15–12:00 · Workshops & hands-on — Alun Jenkins, Norman Taylor
• Prize presentation, Turner-Warwick lecture and Croonian lecture 11:15–12:25 · Main programme — Dr Elaine Hui FRCP, Dr Sarah Bowers, Dr Stefan Sepamalai, Professor Debbie Shawcross FRCP
• Open poster viewing 14:00–14:50 · Poster presentations
• From surgery to screen: making lifestyle medicine and prevention work for real patients 14:00–14:50 · Main programme — Professor Tom Solomon FRCP
• Navigating pneumonia 15:00–16:30 · Main programme — Dr Huw Ellis, Dr Kay Roy FRCP, Dr Dan Wootton FRCP, Dr Ramani Moonesinghe FRCP +1 more
• The Medical Education and Training Review - what should be the key reforms? 15:00–16:30 · Main programme — Dr Max Thoburn, Dr Laura Bannon, Dr Stephen Joseph
• Gut decisions: managing common abdominal presentations 15:00–16:30 · Main programme — Dr Coral Hollywood, Professor David Sanders FRCP, Dr Alasdair Sinclair, Dr Muhammad Awais +2 more

Date not listed

• Stroke medicine Early release — Professor Ganesh Subramanian FRCP, Dr Soma Banerjee, Professor David Werring FRCP, Professor Margaret O’Connor FRCP
• Clinical medicine through a global health lens Early release — Dr Emma Vaux FRCP, Dr Hari Iyer FRCP, Dr Mohamed Bakhit FRCP, Dr Preetham Boddana FRCP
• End of life care Early release — Dr Eleni Lester, Dr Felicity Dewhurst, Professor Mark Taubert FRCP
• Optimising function following limb loss: the role of the rehabilitation medicine physician Early release — Dr Joanna Corrado, Dr Dominic Parker, Dr Ismail Ibrahim Abdulfattah
• Hepatology Early release — Dr Alastair O’Brien FRCP, Dr Apostolos Koffas

Organisers, sponsors and partners

Organiser (1)

Royal College of Physicians

Exhibitors (2)

Wesleyan · GSK

Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.