On Tuesday 12 May 2015, At The Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre, Glasgow Free of charge event for NHS, Local Authority & Govt staff(£25 for individuals from private companies) Mobile devices are being increasingly used in health and social care and there is a rapidly expanding availability of medical software applications (Apps) to use on them. …
This year’s annual NAMDET conference will now be held back at the Manchester Conference Centre on 17th November 2015. As a result of our success in 2014 our chosen venue in Birmingham proved to be too small and we were unable to secure a new venue in time. We still continue to look at other venues …
The provision of instructions for use in an electronic form can be beneficial for certain professional users and the purpose of the Regulation is to reduce the environmental burden and improve competitiveness by reducing costs whilst at the same time maintaining safety. There is even a suggestion that electronic instructions for use could improve levels …
Robert Matthews from Cwm Taf Health Board has been elected as Chairman of the newly formed NAMDET:Wales regional group. Robert’s background in medical device maintenance, management and training gives him an insight into the challenges facing the profession over the next few years. Robert plans to arrange his first meeting as Chair in early spring …
NAMDET are pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Law to the post of Chair of the North West Region. Marie ?(Medical Device Governance Manager at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust) has taken the region from strength to strength over the past 2 years, and we are pleased that she has agreed to take on …
Dear Colleagues, Invitation to join the new NICE Indicators Advisory Committee The NICE Indicators Advisory Committee prioritises, reviews and develops indicators for a range of purposes including for potential use in the Primary Care Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicators Set (CCG OIS). Recruitment for membership of the Indicators …
How can we build better understandings of human factors into the design, regulation and use of medical devices to promote patient safety? Stakeholder event; Friday 27 February 2015, MHRA 151 Buckingham Palace Road; 9.30-15:30 The MHRA is seeking to begin a conversation with a wide cross section of stakeholders including industry, academics, notified bodies, healthcare professionals …
The latest update re: changes to the ISO standard is available via the NHS England website. It relates to the up and coming changes around small bore connectors used in healthcare. IV therapy Blood Pressure Neuraxial Connectors Enteral connectors
The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the area of patient safety and interactive medical devices. The event is planned partly as a celebration and dissemination of outcomes from the CHI+MED project and other related initiatives, and partly looking forward to the future: identifying needs and opportunities for …
The organising committee have started planning for our conference in 2015,and although the date has been agreed (17th Nov) the venue and location is still being reviewed due to the success of 2014. We are asking all members to help contribute to the content, find new inspirational speakers and address some of the current issues …