Programme

DAY ONE

9.30      Registration, Refreshments and Networking

10.00    Chair's Welcome
             Dr Ruth Hamilton, Consultant Clinical Scientist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

10.10    Welcome Address
             Karen Stewart, Healthcare Science Officer, Scottish Government

10.25    Human Factors
             Professor Paul Bowie, Programme Director, NHS Education for Scotland

10.55    UKAS Accreditation Delivering Confidence in Medical Physics & Clinical
             Engineering Services (MPACE)
             Dr David Compton, Development Project Manager, UKAS

11.25    Q & A Panel Discussion

11.40    Healthcare Science Innovation Funding Poster Presentations
             Julia Faerber, Clinical Engineer, NHS Tayside
             Louise Gilroy, Clinical Scientist, NHS Lothian
             Selas Jennings, Cardiac Physiologist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
            

12.10    Networking Lunch, Exhibitor and Poster Viewing  

Afternoon Session Theme:  Innovation / Transformation

1.15       Presentations from the Advancing Health Awards
              Dr Catriona Clarke, Principal Clinical Scientist, NHS Lothian
              Sarah Smith, Healthcare Science Professional Lead, NHS Lothian
              Dr Sandi Deans, Director, UK NEQAS for Molecular Genetics, NHS England

2.00       Innovating in the NHS with SHIL - Bringing Good Ideas to Life
              Dr Fiona Schaefer, Innovation Manager, Scottish Health Innovations Ltd

2.30       Clinical Photography Apps in the NHS
              Kathy McFall, Head of Medical Illustration Services, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

2.50       Community Audiology
              Adrian Carragher, Head of Audiology, NHS Ayrshire & Arran

3.10       MPNET
              Professor David Sutton, Head of Medical Physics, NHS Tayside
              Clinical Engineering Programme
              Dr Stuart Parks, Head of Clinical Engineering, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

3.40       Keynote Address
              Professor Jason Leitch, Clinical Director, Scottish Government

4.15       Poster Awards and Chair's Closing Remarks

4.30       Close and Networking Refreshments

DAY TWO

9.30       Registration, Refreshments and Networking

10.00     Chair's Welcome
              Jessica Henderson, Health Portfolio Director, NHS National Services Scotland

10.05     Keynote Address: Update on NHS England
              David Wells, Head of the Pathology Service Consolidation Programme,
              NHS Improvement (England)

10.35     Scottish Laboratories Programme - Values
              David Stirling, Director of Healthcare Science, NHS National Services Scotland

11.00     A Practical Experience in England
              Branko Perunovic, Clinical Director of Laboratory Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

11.30     NLIIP - National Labs Business Intelligence Tool
              Fiona Webster, Information Consultant, Information Services Division,
              NHS National Services Scotland

12.00     Demand Optimisation Group - Atlas of Variation
              Claire Lawrie, Programme Manager - Information Management Service,
              NHS National Services Scotland
              Dr Bernard Croal, Unit Clinical Director - Laboratory Medicine / Consultant Chemical
              Pathologist, NHS Grampian

12.30     Networking Lunch, Exhibitor and Poster Viewing

1.30       Q & A Panel Discussion:  Transformation Labs UK

2.15       Genetics Consortium
              Lorna Crawford, Training Officer / Principal Scientist
              West of Scotland Centre for Genomic Medicine
              Principal Healthcare Science Lead, NHS Education for Scotland

2.45       Making a Difference: Networks in Action
              Session led by Liz Blackman, Senior Programme Manager, NHS National Services Scotland

Managed Diagnostic Networks are defined as co-ordinated groups of health professionals that support diagnostic services to continuously improve service delivery in order to ensure equitable provision of high quality, clinically effective services. In this session, you will find out about their five-year vision for the main laboratory disciplines and the difference they have made through collaborating across NHS Boards. This will be delivered as an interactive session so we are looking for your suggestions on future priorities.

       Scottish Pathology Network (SPAN)
       Jackie Walker, Head of Technical Services, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

               Scottish Clinical Biochemistry Managed Network (SCBMN)
               Ian Godber, Clinical Lead, NHS Lanarkshire

               Scottish Microbiology and Virology Network (SMVN)
               David Ashburn, Department Manager, NHS Highland

               Haematology and Transfusion Scotland (HaTS)
               Sonja Wright, Clinical Scientist, NHS Grampian

               followed by Q & A Session

3.45       Chair's Closing Remarks

4.00       Close and Networking Refreshments