Scottish Society of Physicians 68th Annual Meeting 2026

Thursday 17 & Friday 18 September 2026

We are delighted to inform you that the next SSP event will be taking place on Thursday 17 & Friday 18 September 2026. This year's event will be held in person at the Kingsmill Hotel, Inverness. The 2026 event will be organised by Dr Nicola Joss.

The full programme and how to register will be released very soon.

Call for Abstracts:

Scientific & Quality Improvement Abstracts:

Abstracts are invited for this meeting for poster or podium presentation. SSP welcomes work on any clinical, scientific or service topic from the breadth of general medicine and its subspecialties, as well as on topics such as patient safety, quality improvement and clinical audit. Abstracts will be scored and the top 8 will be selected for oral presentation.

The best presenter will be awarded the prestigious Fitzgerald Peel Prize. There are also prizes available for the best poster and best student poster.

Case presentations:

Case presentations are invited for poster or podium presentation. We are looking for a 10 minute case presentation, 8 minutes for presentation of the case and 2 minutes for questions from the audience.

It is acceptable (with any permissions if relevant) to re-use case presentations that you may have done at grand rounds / meetings in your hospital in recent past. Cases can come from any medical specialty.

General Information:

  • The deadline for all submissions is 9am, Wednesday 13 May 2026
  • For your submission, please follow the online link to submit your abstract: https://forms.office.com/e/e1gSfxrSTG
  • The word count for an abstract is 300 words in total
  • No figures, tables or images can be submitted to this form but they can be used in any presentation on the day.
  • For case reports, ensure that you cover an introduction, case summary, learning points, conclusion.
  • For scientific abstracts, please include an introduction, patients and methods, results and conclusions.
  • For QI submissions please include introduction, results and conclusions.
  • SSP will contact select and notify presenters of selection in June.
  • This event is in person only and therefore accepted abstract authors will be invited to present in person at the venue.