Events on 28 September 2023

To introduce a discovery community Point of Care Testing project that is working collaboratively with primary and secondary care.

By working in wider partnerships, the project aims are to scope and work towards recommendations and collaboration to deliver effective and measurable benefits for safer patient care and a governance led service, aligned to national NHS strategy plans.

National Point-of-Care Strategy

The presentation gives an overview of the NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, it’s principles and requirements. There is also a brief summary of the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) and how this is different to previous models of investigation. The presentation then focusses on how PSIRF has been implemented at Northumbria Healthcare, an acute and community provider in the North East of England, with a focus on the phased implementation approach used by the PSIRF leads. The speaker will also cover the challenges in the implementation to date and the successes experienced so far.

Many reports have demonstrated the correlation between good team working and better outcomes. This talk explores the value of civility and the cost to our patients of rudeness in the workplace.

ISO15189:2022 has undergone a major revision and was release in December 2022. David was one of the core drafting team responsible for the latest version and will discuss how the document was developed and agreed by the international community, why the changes were made and the purpose of the new standard.

Areas covered in this lecture will include the change in the format of the standard, why Point of Care testing is now part of the main assessment, if applicable and the increased empathies on risk and patient welfare.ISO15189 was revised and released in December.

The IBMS's view of ISO 15189:2022

This session provides an overview of the key changes to the ISO 15189 standard and explains the UKAS transition process including deadlines and actions to be taken by accredited organisations.

The same session is being run on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday to ensure as many delegates as possible are able to attend.

ISO 15189:2022 Q&A (Thursday)

Validation and Verification Workshop

Competences for Managers