BIR: Radiotherapy Errors and Near Misses

British Institute of Radiology
This event will provide an overview of the major incidents in radiotherapy including; why errors happen; reporting of errors and learning from errors. How do manufacturers work to prevent errors? What can doctors, physicists and radiographers do to prevent errors? These burning questions will be addressed.

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General Info



Organised by Dr Hosney Yosef and Ms Una Findlay on behalf of the Oncology & Radiotherapy BIR Special Interest Group, this event will provide an overview of the major incidents in radiotherapy including why errors happen, reporting of errors and learning from errors.
It will be of interest to clinical oncologists, physicists, technologists, radiographers and radiotherapy manufacturers.
How do manufacturers work to prevent errors? What can doctors, physicists and radiographers do to prevent errors? These burning questions will be addressed.

Educational aims:
1. To provide a good education of how errors happen
2. Discover how to prevent errors
3. Learn from past incidents and local experience
4. Learn how errors can occur with the rapidly developing technology

Sponsors

Philips
Philips is a diversified health and well-being company and a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting. Our vision is to make the world healthier and more sustainable through meaningful innovation. We develop innovative healthcare solutions across the continuum of care, in partnership with clinicians and our customers to improve patient outcomes, provide better value, and expand access to care. As part of this mission we are committed to fuelling a revolution in imaging solutions, designed to deliver greater collaboration and integration, increased patient focus, and improved economic value. We provide advanced imaging technologies you can count on to make confident and informed clinical decisions, while providing more efficient, more personalised care for patients.

Siemens Healthcare
The Siemens Healthcare sector is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimising clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. For further information please visit: http://www.siemens.co.uk/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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