The deadline for feedback on the NAMDET 5 year strategy plan has been extended to 5th January 2015. This will give all members an extra 2 weeks over the Christmas holidays to read through the document 021114-NAMDET strategic plan 2014 _3 and comment on plans for the next 5 years.
The NAMDET board will be holding a one day meeting in the MHRA offices in London on 7th January 2015.All board members and regional chairs are invited to attend….. The agenda will include; 1. National NAMDET 5 year strategy and management arrangements 2. Website design and development 3. Regional reports and updates 3. NAMDET 2015 …
Jayne Blakey has been elected as the new Chair for NAMDET Yorksire for the next 2 years and we wish her all the very best. Beverley Curtis has been elected as the new secretary and we wish them both success going forward. MESSAGE FROM THE NEW CHAIR; Dear all Just a quick hello from …
IPEM are holding a one day meeting in London on 29th January 2015, for those involved in medical device management and training. NAMDET have been invited to talk about our role in contributing to this new MHRA management standard, and it will give an opportunity to network with colleagues across the UK. Follow the link to register …
The NAMDET 2014 conference photos now available to view. Many thanks to Tim Hunt from Yorkshire for being our resident cameraman and collating all the images.
NAMDET Wales established a country wide group in 2014 and a position of Chairperson has become available. The 2 year role will require a NAMDET member who is; 1. Keen, enthusiastic and committed to medical device training 2. Can demonstrate effective leadership and management of meetings 3. Able to attend NAMDET strategy meetings (up to …
Bill Brash, Area Technical Manager, Medical Physics Department NHS Ayrshire & Arran has very kindly offered to start a new NAMDET regional group for Scotland. Bill’s background is in medical devices and hopes to arrange the first ever NAMDET Scotland meeting in early 2015.
This months on-line Webinar hosted by NHS England is now available via the Patient Safety First website. This months short presentations focused on Infusion Devices; How some cleaning wipes have damaged medical devices, plus a round up of incidents and alerts for Dec 2014. All Medical Device Safety Officers are able to join in this webinar, …
The long awaited presentation from Marvin Mapunde: Medical Devices Training Co-ordinator, Leeds Teaching Hospitals (Better Training Compliance: A Systematic Approach to Recording and Monitoring Medical Devices Training) at this year’s conference has been received and posted on the Conference 2014 page. To find the slideshow simply access the link. As soon as Harold Thimbleby’s presentation is received that …
A consultation period has begun for Wales NHS Healthcare Standards and of course ‘Medical Devices’ is key theme (2) NAMDET has been invited to submit comments during this consultation period and need to respond back by 26th January 2015. Please contact your regional chair who will be collating feedback from the NAMDET Wales region. The documents …