BIR: Radiotherapy Errors and Near Misses
Start
Fri, 23 Oct 2015, 09:00
End
Fri, 23 Oct 2015, 17:00
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General Info
Educational aims:
Sponsors
Philips
Siemens Healthcare
Registration Fees:
Non-BIR member | £250 |
BIR Consultant member | £145 |
BIR Non-Consultant member | £110 |
BIR Trainee member | £65 |
BIR Retired/Student member | £55 |
Programme Details
09:00 | Registration and refreshments |
09:30 | Welcome and introduction Dr Hosney Yosef, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre |
09:40 | Overview of major errors in radiotherapy; worldwide Dr Edwin Aird, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Mount vernon Hospital |
10:10 | Why errors happen Dr Sara Erridge, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Western General Hospital |
10:40 | Refreshments |
11:00 | Chairperson’s introduction Ms Maria Murray, UK Radiation Protection Lead, Society and College of Radiographers |
11:10 | Learning from errors Mr Martin Duxbury, Deputy Head of Radiotherapy, St James’s Institute of Oncology |
11:35 | Safe implementation of new techniques and technology Dr Carl Rowbottom, Head of Physics, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre |
12:00 | Safety: a manufacturer’s perspective Nia van Baalen, Varian |
12:20 | Role of industry in preventing errors Simon Collinge, Elekta |
12:40 | Lunch |
13:25 | Chairperson’s introduction Dr David Bloomfield, Clinical Oncology Medical Director, RCR |
13:35 | When disasters happen— crisis management Speaker to be confirmed |
14:00 | How to reduce contour errors Dr Tom Roques, Consultant Oncologist, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital |
14:20 | Errors in verification (IGRT) Dr Helen McNair, Lead Research Radiographer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
14:40 | Radiation incidents—The Beatson experience Dr David Dodds, Clinical Director, and Mr Garry Currie, Head of Radiotherapy Physics, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre |
15:00 | What does the patient want to know about radiotherapy errors Speaker to be confirmed |
15:20 | Refreshments |
15:40 | Chairperson’s introduction Dr Helen McNair, Lead Research Radiographer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
15:45 | National learning from radiotherapy errors and its development Ms Una Findlay, Senior Radiotherapy Clinical Officer, PHE & Chair of PSRT |
16:10 | What might we expect from the new medical exposure regulations Mr Steve Ebdon-Jackson, Medical Exposure Regulatory Infrastructure Team, CRCE, Public Health England |
16:30 | Can all errors be prevented – round table discussion |
17:00 | Close of event |
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