The Northern Training Consortium is holding a virtual open day to provide information to prospective NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP) trainees in; Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering, Ophthalmic and Vision Sciences, and Clinical Scientific Computing.
What is RPS training? Under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 20171 employers have a duty to provide appropriate training for all employees working with ionising radiation. These regulations also require radiation… Read more »
Two NMPCE scientists, Dr Jae Tong and Dr Barry Ward, have been awarded a bursary by the National Breast Imaging Academy to develop a short series of educational videos for… Read more »
In an Innovate UK funded project, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTH) are working in collaboration with local SME, Kromek, to undertake care pathway analysis and qualitative research to explore the perceptions of MBI among UK stakeholders.
the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Team (NMPCE), working as part of the NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (NIHR Newcastle MIC), have been concentrating their efforts on the evaluation of COVID-19 diagnostics within multiple settings.
Congratulations to Lisa Moore and Asima Riaz from Imaging Physics and Radiation Safety (IPRS) who out of a national cohort of 17 other clinical technologist have successfully completed the IPEM’s latest Clinical Technologist training scheme. Lisa and Asima are now eligible to achieve registration on the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT).
We are seeking two trainee Healthcare Scientists to train in Clinical Engineering (specialising in clinical measurement and development) in the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering (NMPCE) Directorate of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Northern Training Consortium (NTC) ran their first ever virtual Open Day on Friday 15th January via Zoom to explain what it is like to be an STP Trainee within NTC.
The recently published analysis (doi:10.1111/coa.13707) of Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is the largest study of paediatric tonsillectomy in England: including 318,453 procedures conducted over 11 years, with a median per-patient follow-up of 6 years. It reports that 98.7% of children experienced no in‐hospital complications but that rates of readmission for bleeding within 28 days are increasing; with significant differences in safety outcomes (bleeding, pain and return to theatre) identified between coblation and dissection tonsillectomy across the study period.
Matt Birkbeck’s presentation on “Non invasive imaging of single human motor units” at the recent conference of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) received two separate awards:… Read more »