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Delegates will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the delivery of NIV in the UK, both in the acute and community setting. Practical aspects such as indications, treatment approaches, monitoring, troubleshooting, optimising patient comfort and tolerability, ethical aspects, organisational and performance review will also be included.
The course will appeal to a wide audience: doctors in training, consultants with a responsibility for NIV provision and nursing and therapy staff involved in acute or chronic NIV provision.
Course speakers are all experts in the field and are involved in the delivery of this specialist care.
The course will be delivered entirely online to support as wide an attendance as possible and will be interactive and informal. Some background knowledge will be required but this could be achieved with some pre-course reading for those with limited experience.
We are also providing a hands-on half day practical course in Manchester on 8 July 2026, the day before the BTS Summer Meeting. The practical session is designed to consolidate and build on the learning from this online course. We recommend attending both to get the most out of your training.
Find out more about the practical NIV & HMV course
Speakers and Contributors
- Sara Parsons, Chief Respiratory Physiologist, St George’s Hospital, London
- Becky Hall, Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS FT, Bristol
- Verity Ford, Consultant Physiotherapist, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston
- Nicholas Lane, Consultant Respiratory and Home Ventilation Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Catrin Emery, Specialist physiotherapist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- Rachael Arries, Specialist Physiotherapist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT, Northumberland
- Karen Brewin, Principal Physiotherapist, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
- Hilary Tedd, Consultant, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Jane Rodger, Senior Nurse Specialist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Michelle Ramsay, Consultant, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
- Dr Swapna Mandal, Consultant, Royal Free Hospital, London
- Anna Hanak, Respiratory Physiotherapist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- Kathy George, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Liam Campbell, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Long Term Ventilation and Weaning, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool
- Melanie Taylor, Speech & Language Therapist, The Walton Centre, Liverpool
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DAY 1: THURSDAY 7 MAY 09:00am – 09:05am Welcome & Introduction SESSION 1 – GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT: physiology of NIV & anatomy of a ventilator 09:05am – 09:40am Physiology of ventilation
Sara Parsons, London09:40am – 10:20am Making sense of the ventilators
Becky Hall, Bristol10:20am – 10:40am SCREEN BREAK SESSION 2 – DELIVERING ACUTE NIV: what and when 10:40am – 11:20am Waveforms and optimising ventilation
Verity Ford11:20am – 11:50am Patient selection
Nicholas Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne11:50am – 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK SESSION 3 – WHAT’S NEXT?: monitoring progress; stopping NIV & follow up 12:30pm – 1:20pm How do you start and monitor NIV
Catrin Emery, London1:20pm – 2:20pm Acute NIV on the ward – case studies and troubleshooting
Rachael Arries, Northumberland2:20pm – 2:40pm SCREEN BREAK 2:40pm – 3:20pm Weaning from acute NIV
Karen Brewin, Northumbria3:20pm – 4:10pm Escalation and what do you do when treatment fails?
Hilary Tedd, Newcastle upon Tyne4:10pm – 4:30pm Final Q&A Session & End of day 1
Faculty panelDAY 2: FRIDAY 8 MAY 09:00am – 09:05am Welcome, Introduction to day 2 SESSION 4 – HMV SERVICE DELIVERY 09:05am – 09:45am Starting long term NIV: why, when, where?
Jane Rodger, Newcastle upon TyneSESSION 5 – ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT Within the 3 disease groups the presentations will cover:
• Making an assessment – criteria for commencing HMV
• How to set this up for that condition
• How do you follow them up – assessment, outcome measures
• Including evidence / national guidance to support above09:45am – 10:25am HMV in NMD (incl. MND)
Michelle Ramsay, London10:25pm – 11:05am HMV in COPD
Nicholas Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne11:05am – 11:25am SCREEN BREAK 11:25am – 12:05pm HMV for Obesity & scoliosis-related respiratory failure
Swapna Mandal, London12:05pm – 12:45pm Case studies of HMV in other respiratory conditions
Anna Hanak, London12.45pm – 1.15pm LUNCH BREAK SESSION 6 - SECRETIONS: COUGH ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 1.15pm – 1.40pm Cough assessment
Kathy George, Newcastle1.40pm – 2.20pm Mechanical strategies to manage airway secretions
Liam Campbell, Liverpool2.20pm – 2.45pm Management of oral secretions and aspiration
Melanie Taylor, WaltonSESSION 7 - FOLLOW UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING 2.45pm – 3.25pm Monitoring and troubleshooting in HMV
Verity Ford, Lancashire3.25pm – 3.40pm Patient perspective of NIV – what makes a difference to them
‘Maureen’s Story’3.40pm – 4.10pm Q&A Session
Faculty panel4.10pm – 4.15pm Closing summary
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BTS Member: £330
Non-member: £600
Payment options
We accept payment by credit/debit card or invoice. If your employer is paying on your behalf, you can book online and choose the ‘Pay by invoice’ payment option.
To issue an invoice, which we only do to Finance Departments, not individuals, we will require a Purchase Order Form sent to us at least two weeks prior to the event. If this is not received, we will have to cancel your place.
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