As part of its role in providing support for laser safety regionally, NMPCE has produced a short video for health care professionals with any involvement in high power lasers. It does not replace existing training but shows how laser safety could be enhanced and may be useful as CPD.
Staff within NMPCE have set up an assembly line to make face shields, a part of the enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE) needed by NHS front-line staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the help of colleagues from other Directorates in Newcastle Hospitals, Newcastle University, Northumbria University and industry, more than 8000 face shields have been delivered to clinical staff to date.