Hip Fests 2025
Thank you to all who contributed to the Binational Hip Fest 2025 in Melbourne, Australia
The links to the recorded presentations (Day 2, Friday 7th November) are below, along with the slides where available. Sincere thanks to the presenters for their generosity in sharing their expertise.
You can also view the individual videos in the ANZHFR Binational Hip Fest playlist on our YouTube channel.
Nick is the husband and carer of Fleur who sustained a hip fracture in May 2025. He talks about their experience of hip fracture care..
Sophie Scott, OAM, Award Winning International Keynote Speaker, Health Consumer, Author, Medical Journalist, Communications Expert and Adjunct Professor, NSW
Realities and challenges of pre-hospital hip fracture care
Mel Alexander, Extended Care Paramedic, SA Ambulance Service, SA
Urinary catheterisation in hip fracture patients - Avoiding the unavoidable
Dr Hasanka Ratnayake, Geriatrician and Claire Lobb, Nurse Practitioner, The Alfred, VIC
Associate Professor Jennifer Stevens, VMO in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine and Emma Pauley, Senior Orthopaedic Physiotherapist, St Vincent's Public Hospital, NSW
Dr Himali Aickin, Hannah Watkin-Brown, Charlotte Knight, Dr Mack Petrie, Dr Afiqah Ramizi
Presented by:
Professor David Watters AM OBE, Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Deakin University and Barwon Health; Director of Surgery, Safer Care Victoria, VIC
Sophie Scott, OAM
Care and outcomes following hip fracture for older Aboriginal people in NSW, Australia
Leanne (Yiiyaan) McCarthy , MPH/PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, NSW
Cultural considerations of pain and rehabilitation in hip fracture care
Dr Bernadette Brady, Australian centre for Cancer Equity Program Manager / SWSLHD & The Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, NSW
Innocent Tawanda Mudzingwa, Physiotherapist, PHD candidate, University of Tasmania, TAS
The impact of rurality on standards of care for hip fracture patients: An ANZHFR study
Professor Kerin Fielding, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr Kate Hurst, Orthopaedic RMO, Wagga Base Hospital, NSW
Dr Hannah Seymour, Consultant Geriatrician and Dr Carla Davies, Advanced Trainee in Geriatric Medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA
Standard of care and outcomes for Māori patients with NOF fracture: An ANZHFR study
Dr Min Yee Seow, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Te Whatu Ora Waitemata, NZ
Rehabilitation outcomes after hip fracture: insights from AROC
Dr Elizabeth Armstrong, Director, Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC), NSW
Psychosocial impact of hip fracture
Professor Nicholas Taylor, Professor of Allied Health, Director, Eastern Health Academic and Research Collaborative in Health (ARCH), La Trobe University - Eastern Health, VIC
Sharon Allsop, Registered Nurse, PhD Candidate, Monash University, VIC
Physiotherapy treatment for people with Parkinson's Disease in hip fracture care
Kirsten Dous, Senior Physiotherapist, The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD
Allied health assistant rehabilitation of people with hip fracture
Peggy Vincent, Senior Physiotherapist, Frankston Hospital, VIC
Professor Jacqui Close AM, Co-Chair, ANZHFR
New Zealand Hip Fest 2025:: Wellington
Thank you to all who contributed to New Zealand Hip Fest in Wellington on 16 September, 2025.
The Equity Challenge: Can we provide more equitable care in an inequitable society?
Dr Frazer Anderson, ANZFFR National Clinical Lead
Lessons from a landmark audit at Te Toka Tumai Auckland City Hospital
Dr Himali Aickin & Hannah Watkin-Brown
"Sip Til Send" North Shore Hospital
Dr Min Yee Seow, Orthogeriatrician
