A showcase of the best research, quality improvement, service evaluation and audit projects from RNOH Therapies across the last year.
Date: Wednesday 4 February 2026
Time: 12:00 - 17:00
Location: Village Hotel, Centennial Park, Centennial Avenue, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3SL
Cost: free for RNOH staff and invited guests (collaborators and students)
Lunch/refreshments: Buffet lunch will be provided for all attendees. Refreshments provided throughout the day.
For full programme: 12th RNOH Therapies Research and Audit Conference brochure
Keynote speakers: Ms Deborah M Eastwood FRCS, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
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Thank you to everyone for attending and making our 11th RNOH Therapies Research & Audit conference a success!
We heard from Professor Anne-Maree Keenan OBE from University of Leeds/NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre about research career opportunities from the NIHR and we had an incredible talk from Dr Lauren McAllister, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Northampton about the importance of giving a voice to patients with learning disabilities.
2024 Awards:
Best Poster - Johnson Gbayike: Proximal Tibial Replacements at RNOH: A retrospective analysis (2019-2023)
Best oral presentation (audience vote) - Mihika Jasani: Prevalence of the dual diagnosis of TBI alongside SCI population and its impact on rehabilitation outcomes: A retrospective Case Note review.
Best oral presentation (judge's vote) - Hazel Brown: Establishing the top 10 Priorities for future research in Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries – A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership.
Emerging Researcher award - Rebecca O’Keeffe: Development of best practice guidelines for the follow up of non-invasive growing implants in paediatric patients: a modified Delphi Study.
10th RNOH Therapies Research and Audit Conference
Thank you to everyone for making the 10th RNOH Therapies Research and Audit Conference a huge success!
10th RNOH Therapies Research and Audit Conference brochure
We welcomed Dr Brendon Stubbs, Kings College London, as our keynote speaker. Brendon discussed the links between pain and mental health and highlighted the importance of the physiotherapy role in supporting people with mental health conditions, and co-existing pain and mental health conditions.
2023 Awards:
Best poster – Nikee Parekh: Impact of calibration positions on sagittal and coronal kinematics of the foot during gait – evaluation of the new RNOH model
Best oral presentation (audience vote) – Claire Kelly: A service evaluation: wheelchair requirements and wheelchair provision for those completing rehabilitation at the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre
Best oral presentation (judge’s vote) – Lucy Fraser: New presentations of functional neurological disorder following orthopaedic surgery: a case series
Emerging Researcher award – Kate Kennard and Roz Tyreman: Return to work following brachial plexus injury – a cross-sectional study
Therapies Research and Audit Forum brochure 2022
In 2022 we welcomed Dr Jenny Lewis, Associate Professor at UWE and Senior Occupational Therapist at the National Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Service at Royal United Hospitals, Bath as our keynote speaker, who delivered an inspiring talk on her clinical and research journey in CRPS.
Podium presentations:
Anju Jaggi - Arthroscopic capsular shift surgery in patients with atraumatic shoulder instability: a randomised placebo-controlled trial
Anthony Gilbert - Realising the benefits from a new musculoskeletal hub: protocol for a pragmatic, real-world evaluation
Poster presentations:
Claire Kelly - Using Tension Adjustable Backrests to Improve Clinical Outcomes for People with Spinal Cord Injury
RNOH Therapies Abstract Submission
RNOH Annual Therapies Clinical Audit and Research Forum 2021 brochure
Therapies Research, Evaluation & Improvement Festival - Forum programme
Therapies Research, Evaluation & Improvement Festival - Poster programme
Patient Reported Outcomes: Brachial plexus Birth Injury - Hazel Brown
Video: weight loss in young people following multistage scoliosis procedures - Suzanne Capel
Sophie Barlow - What are the perceived therapy needs of adults living with Osteogenesis Imperfecta? A focus group study.
Hazel brown - Patient Reported Outcomes in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: Results from the iPLUTO worldâwide consensus survey
Poster Winner: Suzane Capel – Weight loss in young people following multiple stage scoliosis correction procedures.
Presentation winner: Izzy MacCallum with: A review of functional milestones and use of tilt table following sacretomy surgery within the orthopaedic oncology service: a service evaluation: Tilt Table presentation
Poster winner: Sophie Barlow with: What are the musculoskeletal problems in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta: a cross-sectional analysis - Osteogenesis Imperfecta poster
