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Radiotherapy Errors and Near Misses: How Errors Happen and Ways of Prevention
Friday 31 October 2008 - London
This meeting, jointly organised by the BIR and the RCR, will discuss the definition and classification of radiotherapy errors and the history of major mishaps in the UK and the rest of the world. The meeting will also look at the reporting of errors and dealing with their consequences, machine and equipment safety and will provide recommendations for ways of prevention and safer radiotherapy. The meeting will be of interest to Clinical Oncologists, Physicists, Technologists, Radiographers and Radiotherapy Manufacturers.
Programme
| 09:10 | Registration and coffee |
| 09:40 |
Chairman's welcome and introduction |
| Dr Michael Williams, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge | |
| 10:00 | Why errors happen |
| Dr Sara Erridge, Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Edinburgh | |
| 10:30 | An overview of the major errors in radiotherapy - UK and worldwide |
| Dr Alan McKenzie, Bristol Haemotology and Oncology Centre, Bristol | |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 | Chairman's introduction |
| Dr Hosney Yosef, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow | |
| 11:25 | Can teamwork training prevent errors? |
| Mr Trevor Dale and Mr Guy Hirst, ATrainability, Guildford | |
| 11:55 | Learning from radiotherapy errors |
| Ms Carol Scott, Health Protection Agency, London | |
| 12:20 | Reporting of errors - the role of the proposed classification system |
| Ms Geri Briggs, Berkshire Cancer Centre, Reading | |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:40 | Chairman's introduction |
| Dr Frances Calman, Guys & St Thomas' Cancer Centre, London | |
| 13:45 | When disasters happen - crisis management |
| Ken Gibbs, Virgin Trains, London | |
| 14:10 | Built to fail-safe. How industry works to prevent errors |
| Mr Colin Winfield and Ms Alison Metcalfe, Elekta Ltd, Crawley Industrial speaker TBC | |
| 14:40 | Chairman's introduction |
| Dr Stuart Green, The British Institute of Radiology, London | |
| 14:45 | Does the NPSA make us work safer? |
| Dr Ben Thomas, National Patient Safety Agency, London (TBC) | |
| 15:10 | Patient perspective |
| Mr Stephen Hood, RCR Clinical Oncology Patient's Liaison Group, London | |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:50 | Can all errors be prevented? A roundtable discussion |
| Chairman- Mr Steve Ebdon-Jackson | |
| Members - Dr Michael Williams, Dr Sara Erridge, Ms Geri Briggs, Dr Alan McKenzie, Ms Carol Scott and Prof Alan Rodger | |
| 16:45 | Close |
For more information or to book for this meeting tel: +44 (0)207 307 1411
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President: Dr Julie Olliff
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