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CLINICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE 2019
A focus on training and advancement
On Tuesday 24 September 2019, NPAG - part of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust – will host the 2019Clinical Engineering Conference at Wolverhampton Racecourse. The Clinical Services Journal provides a glimpse of what’s on offer to delegates.
The NPAG Clinical Engineering North and South Best Value Groups are two expert groups, enabling NHS Clinical Engineers to meet and share new ideas, discuss common problems, measure service providers’ performance, provide cost effective solutions, be creative and innovative in service design, and network with others involved in this complex area.
Both groups are aligned with common meeting agendas, which include standard items such as identifying cost saving initiatives, helping departments to save money – which accounts for the membership fee. Membership consists of three meetings and attendance to the annual NPAG Clinical Engineering Conference, supported and driven by the members. The conference this year will take place on Tuesday 24 September 2019 at the Wolverhampton Racecourse. Manufacturer/supplier presentations and topics are determined by members during the year – and the key agenda items for 2019 are: l Benchmarking of Trust, budget, staffing, real time updating of KPI – Key Performance Indicators
l Apprenticeship updating – MSC and RCT l Collation and review of device policies l New initiatives, good practice and problems l Peer review of policies and procedures l NPAG Network review of questions l Review of information sharing.
Current challenges include: l Ensuring and developing systems that comply with the MHRA document release: “Managing Medical Devices - Guidance for Healthcare and Social Services Organisations. April 2015”
l UKAS BS70000 MPACE Clinical Engineering accreditation scheme
l Operational within a quality assured system with low Risk and high governance compliance
l Best value for money: Maximising resources.
Mark Westby, medical equipment planning manager, Nottingham University Hospitals
SEPTEMBER 2019
NHS Trust, said: “I have found that the NPAG benchmarking group is a fantastic way to network and also to review and discuss issues to make improvements in my own organisation.
“I have also found that the information sharing has ensured that I can make improvements in patients’ safety, compliance to standards and service supply issues. It has also been useful to discuss with suppliers their presentations on new products and services, and to also highlight common issues that we all face, and look to influence suppliers to improve their service provision. I thoroughly recommend being a member.”
Clinical Engineering Conference 2019 agenda
09:10 Chairman’s welcome and introductions Richard Steventon, clinical engineer, NPAG North & South CE Facilitator
09:30 Advancing access to medical technology
Andrew Davies, market access director, Association of British Healthcare Industries. An overview of the MedTech industry, how it interacts with NHS and academia, and how products are brought to market and regulated.
Andrew Davies’ responsibilities include working with national and regional bodies to develop systems and processes that enable the NHS to maximise the benefits of innovative technology and adopt best practices. Key elements of this are ensuring reimbursement, evaluation and adoption mechanisms are aligned and optimised to support access for medical technologies. This is increasingly important for Digital Health technologies, and the ability of the UK health system to support and rapidly adopt new
digitally enabled technologies and services. Andrew also leads on Ethics and Compliance for ABHI with responsibility for the Code of Business Practice as well as broader corporate social responsibility issues such as human rights and the ethical concerns over AI and data.
Andrew has over 25 years’ experience in the medical technology sector, having worked within MedTech divisions of household names such as Thorn EMI, Philips and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has held roles covering UK and international marketing, market access and business development across both capital and consumable equipment. He has a degree in Applied Physics and a post graduate diploma in marketing.
10:10 Medical device training – Improvements and things to share
Paul Lee, medical devices training manager, ABM University Health Board
There are many mandatory and statutory requirements around the provision of training for staff
that use devices in their day-to-day job roles. Paul’s presentation will review previous, current and vision going forward for medical device training, for all staff that use and set up medical devices for healthcare. Paul will look back at his NHS career, spanning over 30 years, and how passing on help, advice and training has become more controlled, streamlined and regulated, and how national standards and shared resources may be a way forward for NHS, industry and employers for the future. Paul T. Lee BA(Hons), Cert Ed. RSci, RCT, MIPEM has worked for the NHS for over 30 years and has a background in electronic engineering, medical device service, repair, management and training. During his career
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