South Thames / KSS Regional Meeting
The South Thames Regional Meeting (KSS and South Thames) is held biannually at various hospitals around the regions of London South and South East Coast. There is a KSS STC meeting in the morning, and then the afternoon academic joint regional meeting. There are presentations of the various audit and research projects from around the region.
If you require any further information regarding the website, e-mail the website co-ordinator, Matt Bultitude, at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital. For ALL enquiries related to the next meeting see information below or contact the meeting organiser.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday 13 November 2025
The latest South Thames Regional & KSS Regional Meeting will be held on Thursday 13 November 2025 at Hartsfield Manor, Betchworth, Surrey, and organised by Miss Tharani Mahesan (Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust).
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Archive of Previous Meetings
The South Thames Regional Meeting is held at 6-monthly intervals in various hospitals from the London South and Kent Surrey & Sussex (KSS, formerly South East Coast) Deaneries. Below is a list of previous meetings with abstract booklets and prize winners:
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MAY 2025 (Epsom and St Helier Hospital)
1st - Meghan Coyle, 2nd - Rustam Karanjia, Unmoderated poster prize - Emily Russell
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NOV 2024 (Eastbourne Hospital)
1st - Youssef Ibrahim, 2nd Ozlem Boztepe (with honorable mention to Sam Folkard)
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DEC 2023 (King's College Hospital)
1st - Kamran Haq, Joint 2nd - Findlay MacAskill, Joint 2nd - Nikki Kerdegari |
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MAR 2023 (Frimley Park Hospital)
1st - Edward Hart, 2nd - Natalie George, 3rd - Leshanth Uthayanan |
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NOV 2022 (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital)
1st - Kelly Ong (awarded the Derek Packham Medal), 2nd - Findlay MacAskill |
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APR 2021 (St George's Hospital - Virtual)
Benign: 1st (and overall winner) - F MacAskill, 2nd - N Tan, 3rd - N Lobo
Cancer: 1st - D Whiting, 2nd - D Sri, 3rd - S Yan |
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OCT 2019 (St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey)
1st - Angela Lam, 2nd - Jade Harrison, 3rd - Tharani Mahesan |
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APR 2019 (Epsom District Hospital)
1st - Arn Sujenthiran, 2nd - Phil Brousil, 3rd - Joseph Santiapillai |
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NOV 2018 (Frimley Park Hospital)
1st - D Akiboye (awarded the Derek Packham Medal),. Joint 2nd - T Stonier & D Toomey
The inaugural Bill Choi Award was presented to M Stanowski |
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APR 2018 (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital)
1st - Michael Ager, 2nd - Niyati Lobo, 3rd - & Ola Blach |
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NOV 2017 (St George's Hospital)
1st - Niyati Lobo, Joint 2nd - Francesca Kum & Meghana Kulkarni |
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APR 2017 (Ashford & St Peter's Hospital)
1st - Sophie Rintoul-Hoad, 2nd - Kamran Haq, 3rd - Amy Burrows |
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NOV 2016 (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital)
1st - Ola Blach, 2nd - Andrea Tay, 3rd - Ian Rudd |
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MAY 2016 (Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford)
1st - Wayne Lam, 2nd - Niyati Lobo |
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NOV 2015 (Tunbridge Wells Hospital)
1st - Wayne Lam, 2nd - Angus Campbell |
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MAY 2015 (Epsom & St Helier Hospital)
1st - Kathie Wong, 2nd - Archie Fernando, 3rd - Helen Teixeira |
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NOV 2014 (Kent & Canterbury Hospital)
1st - Andrew Chetwood, 2nd - Maria Vednayagam |
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MAY 2014 (Kingston Hospital)
Winner - Nick Drinnan |
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OCT 2013 (Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton)
1st - Archie Fernando, 2nd - Aakash Pai, 3rd - Marios Hadjipavlou |
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JAN 2013 (St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey)
1st - Andrew Chetwood, 2nd - R Zakri, 3rd - E Winstanley |
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APR 2012 (Maidstone Hospital)
Winner - Andrew Chetwood |
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NOV 2011 (Frimley Park Hospital)
1st - Pete Acher, 2nd - Mario Bolgeri |
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APR 2011 (St George's Hospital, Tooting)
Winner - Kathie Wong |
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NOV 2010 (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich)
Winner - Susan Willis |
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APR 2010 (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital)
Winner - John Withington |
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Abstracts will not be considered if they are substantially longer than 250 words. Only one abstract is likely to be considered per presenter. Any topic is accepted although preference may be given to high-quality regional audit projects. This meeting is for work carried out at hospitals in London South and Kent, Surrey and Sussex regions only - abstracts from other regions will not be accepted.
Please submit your abstract(s) using the form below. Once submitted, a green box should appear comfirming submission.
Please remember to check the reCAPTCHA box at the bottom of the form before submitting it:
FORM FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Closing date for abstract submissions is Wednesday 1 October 2025.