AGENDA
08:45 Registration
09:30 Chairman’s Welcome & Introductions
09:45 Keynote Session Introduction into the Importance of a Collaborative Day - Professor Tim Briggs
10:00 'Effectiveness of a Digital vs Face-to-Face Preoperative Assessment within PAH NHS Trust' - Ajay Sooknah, Head of Operations, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
10.30 Refreshment Break, exhibition & networking
11:00 '3D Printing - developing bespoke implantable 3D-printed medical devices' - Martin Kirk, LaserLines
11:30 'Robotics in Practice: Building a Collaborative Program for Today and Tomorrow' - Lee Clark Intuitive
12:00 Lunch Break, exhibition & networking
13:30 'Decontamination and Sterilisation - The Future and the Role of NHS Supply Chain' - Andew Mitchel, Ian Dodd and Sarah Duff, NHS Supply Chain
14:00 Panel Session: Design for Life, Innovation, and NHS Supply Chain Implications. Discussion Topics include:
- Shared Operational Challenges - exploring common issues across services, including kit management, inventory control, and identifying cost‑saving opportunities.
- Theatre and Decontamination Collaboration - strengthening collaboration and communication between theatres and decontamination units to improve efficiency and patient safety.
- Purchasing New Medical Devices - key considerations when procuring new instruments and devices, including governance, standardisation, clinical need, and whole‑life costs
- Instrument Coordinators – Role and Responsibilities - discussion on the introduction of instrument coordinators, including their scope of duties such as issue checklists, managing changes, resolving missing instruments, and supporting governance (excluding fast‑track processes).
- Optimising Existing Instruments and Trays - use and repurposing of older instruments, creating new trays with track‑and‑trace in mind, compliance with HTM 01‑01 (future standards), supporting the green agenda, and achieving cost efficiencies.
15:00 Chairs' Summary
15:15 Conference Close
