22nd April 2026, Haydock Park Racecourse
Convened by Mr Peter Glasman, Arrowe Park Hospital
09.00 Registration with tea, coffee and refreshments at the Trade Exhibition
09.45 Welcome by the Society’s President Mrs Yvonne D’Souza, Manchester
09.50 Medico-Legal – Mr Peter Glasman, Arrowe Park Hospital
Chairman’s Introduction to speakers
09.55 Overview of medical negligence – Mrs Cathy McClarnon, Legal Services Manager, Arrowe Park Hospital
10.20 Legal principles in consent – Mr Louis Clearkin, Royal Free Hospital
10.45 Questions and discussion
11.00 Tea, coffee and refreshments at the Trade Exhibition
11.30 NEOS annual free paper competition
Moderated by Mr Steve Winder (Sheffield) & Mrs Phillippa Pennefather (Arrowe Park)
Introductions by the moderators
12.35 PJ Hay Essay Prize-winner – Mr Thomas McNally, Royal Victoria Infirmary
12.45 Lunch at the Trade Exhibition
13.45 NEOS AGM and presentation of prizes
14.00 PJ Hay Lecture
‘Milestones in the treatment of Ocular Infections’
Professor Stephen Kaye, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
15.00 Tea, coffee and refreshments at the Trade Exhibition
15.30 Neuro-ophthalmology – Mr Michael Beech, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Chairman’s Introduction to speakers
15.35 Neuro emergencies – Mr Ali Yagan, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
16.00 Craniofacial and paediatric neuro-ophthalmology – Mr Ankur Raj, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
16.30 Questions and discussion
16.45 Drinks reception and social
17.30 Departure