Dear NAMDET colleagues,
We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the upcoming NAMDET National Conference 2026, taking place on Thursday, 12th November, at The Catalyst, Newcastle Upon Tyne. This year’s theme is: “Back to Basics. Education Education Education” We’re looking for the two best abstracts that showcase innovation, best practice, training initiatives, patient safety improvements, or impactful changes in medical device management and education.
Suggested Topics Include:
· Innovative solutions in clinical engineering or medical device training
· Digital tools or technologies improving safety and compliance
· Case studies of service improvements or audit outcomes
· Lessons learned from incidents or device-related investigations
· Collaborations between clinical and technical teams
Awards & Recognition
The best two abstracts will win a prize of £250 for each authoring team, towards attending the conference to present on their project ‘in person’ at the conference. Winning abstracts will also be featured in NAMDET’s website and MDET Journal
In addition, abstracts that meet the judging panel essential scoring criteria will also be invited to present their work as a ‘digital poster ‘(e.g. PDF, JPG etc.). Posters will be on display via electronic notice boards and as a downloadable file. There will be no need to print out any posters for the day. All posters will be entered for the overall best poster competition that will be voted on by those attending conference.
Deadline for abstract submissions is 30th September 2026
Help us showcase the brilliant work happening across the NHS — we strongly encourage every health organisation and commercial partner training lead to support at least one submission!
How to Submit
Please see the files below for more information and template for submissions, also checkout the NAMDET website https://namdet.org/ for abstract submission instructions and more information.