NAMDET Conference 2014

19th November 2014

Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester

Speaker Feedback - 1 = Poor, 5 = Good

Morning Session / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Keynote Address: “National Medical Device Safety Network” / 4 / 14 / 20
Dagmar Luettel, Patient Safety Lead (medical devices), NHS England
Medical Devices and Human Factors: / 9 / 30
Professor Harold Thimbleby, Professor of Computer Science,
SwanseaUniversity
How Clinical Skills and Medical Device Training Compliment / 3 / 5 / 16 / 14
Each Other from a Strategic Aspect
Tracy Latham and Jane Nicklin, Yorkshire and Humberside
Clinical Skills Group Members
“Moving and Handling” Parallels in Training Techniques, / 5 / 13 / 20
a Quality Approach
Nicky Sharpe, Moving and Handling Co-ordinator,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Afternoon Session
CQC Inspection and Compliance / 1 / 13 / 12 / 13
Dr Alex Zarneh, Head of Medical Physics/Radiation Protection Services,
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Transition from Hospital to Community Care through Training / 1 / 2 / 18 / 11 / 7
Teresa Dykes, Sidhill Ltd
Better Training Compliance – / 3 / 9 / 27
A Systematic Approach to Recording and Monitoring
Medical Devices Training
Marvin Mapunde, Medical Devices Training Co-ordinator,
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
NAMDET and the Future / 9 / 22
Including “Website Switch On”
Paul Lee, Chair, NAMDET
Administration / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Overall administration of the conference / 4 / 31

What went well for you?

  • Good for networking
  • All apart from lunch
  • Networking
  • Networking, very good speakers and evening event!
  • Well structured and good range of content
  • Varied programme, well structured
  • The presentations were informative and relevant
  • Excellent coverage of topics and organisation
  • Good networking opportunity, gained advice from more experienced device managers
  • All of the conference. It would be useful to have a copy of the presentations from the day to possibly share with relevant colleagues
  • Very interesting speakers pertinent to my clinical area
  • The interaction and questions and content of the morning session
  • Everything
  • Good sessions which were timed well. Accessible venue
  • All of the programme was relevant and useful document from all presentation and exhibition
  • All of the day
  • Networking
  • All went well
  • The whole organisation and location! Relevant topics
  • Very well organised and coordinated
  • The morning sessions good quality
  • It was really good to hear about CQC experiences and of the ‘MELVIS’ session
  • Informative. Topics that I didn’t feel initially were relevant to me, gave me ‘food for thought’
  • Everything
  • Organisation
  • All of it
  • Better training Compliance presentation – Marvin Mapunde
  • Welcoming, well organised, interesting, useful and relevant talks providing new information. Good Venue
  • Very interesting topics in presentations. Good food
  • Well organised, enough comfort breaks

What could have gone better?

  • More time for discussion
  • Lunch – food was hard to eat with nowhere to sit
  • Lectures notes in package
  • List of delegates with contact details
  • Sitting down to eat dinner
  • I should have brought cards with my details on to give to others
  • Nothing
  • The first two sessions in the afternoon – CQC too basic – Transition to Community – more like a sales pitch and basic
  • Better comfort (chairs)
  • Nothing, unless you can change seats of leg room
  • All went well
  • Seating for lunch
  • Venue – lack of parking
  • Temperature of room, no seating to eat lunch, comfort of seating
  • Most presentations were similar and repeated
  • Room temperature – quite cold even when heating turned up
  • Venue could have more accommodation availability
  • No handouts given

Which topics would you like to see included in next year’s NAMDET conference?

  • Workshops like the earlier conferences
  • What is a medical device!!!
  • A patient journey experience
  • Hoist competency training – and whether other MH equipment are counted as medical devices
  • Pros & cons of standardising medical devices
  • How to make safe purchases of medical devices
  • CQC attendance re: outcome 11
  • Medical device procurement
  • Human interface error
  • CQC compliance from the CQC
  • Medical devices safety network / incidents etc
  • NAMDET process and progress
  • CQC inspector
  • Standardisation of procedures
  • Self Certification
  • Further information on training/ competency/ recording
  • Problems faced by community trusts due to diversity of service and geography
  • Competencies for beds and hoists
  • Melvin
  • CQC again
  • What about job role / description of Medical Devices Trainers
  • Presentation from CQC assessor, NHSLA, MHRA
  • How do other organisations manage time differences on devices that are not updated via radio or wifi signal
  • Further detail re: NHSLA requirements and how this will affect medical device trainers / managers
  • Would like guidance on how often we should be providing training on high risk devices – although I realise this is very broad.
  • Training records management, devices competencies, device coding national standards
  • HSE – Statutory requirements for medical devices training
  • CQC inspector and medical devices training
  • National Statutory requirements
  • Medical Device Training & compliance
  • Breakdown of what other trusts do and set up the roles and responsibilities of Medical Device Trainers

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