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Thursday 5th November 2026
08:30: Registration & Coffee
09:00: Welcome – NPFS Chair Julie Cornish
Session 1: Potions and Powders: the Truth about Supplements
09:05–10:30
Chairs: Kim Gorissen, Emily Hoile
- Fibre: psyllium, myota, inulin and more – Hannah Nahorniak
- Pre, -probiotics and ‘natural’ wonders – Eirini Dimidi
- Masterclass on laxatives – Anton Emmanuel
- Q&A and dscussion
10:30: Coffee & Networking
Keynote Lecture
11:00–12:00
Chair: Kim Gorissen
Human Colonic Motility: from the organ bath to the whole person – Phil Dinning
Session 2: Abdominal Distension: a practical view
11:30–12:30
Chair: Tatenda Marunda and Kim Gorissen
- New understanding in distension: abdominophrenic dyssynergia – Elizabeth Barba
- How to differentiate between STC, IBS, abdominophrenic dyssynergia and ED/body dysmorphia – Gehanjali Amarasinghe
- Practical treatment of bloating – Diane Brundrett
- Discussion
12:30: Lunch & Networking, with symposium hosted by Qufora – Setting the Case for Modernising
Treatment in Bowel Dysfunction – Brigitte Collins
Session 3: Surgery for Constipation
13:30–15:00
Chairs: Wesley Lai, Jennie Grainger
- ACE – James Barry
- Ileostomy for constipation – Carolynne Vaizey
- Colectomies for constipation – Greg Thomas
- Functional outcomes of resection rectopexy – John Bunni and Ed
Courtney
- Q&A and Discussion
Session 4: The Defecation Reflex, ODS and Constipation
15:00–16:00
Chairs: Emma Carrington, Deepa Solanki
- Going potty: rise of problematic potty training in children and their long term consequences – Davina Richardson
- Abnormal perception of urge and constipation – Pam Chaichanavichkij
- Practical treatment of rectal areflexia – Tatenda Marunda
- Q&A and Discussion
16.00: Coffee & Networking
Session 5: The Middle Compartment Big Debate
16.45–17.45
Chairs: Jon Randall, Cat Boereboom
- Reinventing Pessaries – Kate Lough
- The Big Debate:
- This House believes transanal repair of rectocele is Ace – Jon Lacy-Colson
- This House believes transvaginal repair of rectocele is Queen – Ash Monga
- Discussion
19:30: Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner
Friday 6th November 2026
08:00: Registration
08.00–9.00: Poster Presentations and Judging for All
Session 6: Urgent Matters
09:00–10:00
Chairs: Rachael McBride, Tom Dudding
- Urgency in patients with IBD – Jimmy Limdi
- Mouthwash as cure for FI – James Kinross
- New Scoring System for LARS – Julie Cornish
- Q&A and Discussion
AGM & Research
10:00–10:40
Chairs: Tom Dudding, Julie Cornish
- AGM for all TPFS members
- Update on research – Emma Carrington
Best 6 Abstracts PF Research
10:40–11:40
Chairs: Emma Carrington, Sandeep Singh, Sarah Biggs
- Assessment of segmental anal canal distensibility in incontinent patients with and without recto-anal rectal intussusception using EndoFLIP – Matthew Davenport
- Gluteus maximus muscle transposition for severe faecal incontinence: a prospective study of functional and electrophysiological outcomes – Ahmed Moustafa
- Prevalence of disordered eating and eating disorders in faecal incontinence and constipation: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Zirong Song
- Quality of online information for patients with obstructed defaecation – Sabina Wallace-King
- Surgical choice and regret in older adults: a comparison of Delorme’s procedure and ventral mesh rectopexy for full-thickness rectal prolapse repair – Wai Miu Emma Liu
- Faecal incontinence and working life – James Barry
11:40: Coffee & Networking
Keynote Lectures
12:15–13:00
Chairs: Carmen Hoh, Natalie Woodward
- Psychological trauma and pelvic pain: a compassion-focused approach to clinical care – Lisa Reynolds
- Factitious disorder – Alin Mascas
- Q&A
Consultant Corner
13:00–14:00
Chair: Cat Boereboom, Greg Thomas
Panel: Alison Hainsworth, Emily Hoile, Ash Monga, Jon Lacy-Colson
- Case 1: Recurrent prolapse after Altemeier's Procedure – Sandeep Singh and Mohamed Mansour
- Case 2 – Emma Carrington
- Case 3 – Alistair Myers
14:00: Closing and Take-Away Lunch