The Annual SCST National Update Meeting 2020

Friday 27th November 2020

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

It is a great pleasure for me to tell you about the Annual SCST National Update meeting which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic will now be delivered virtually.

The unique situation we find ourselves in means that unfortunately we will not all be able to meet up and network in person as we would have planned. A virtual meeting will be a new experience for some of us but we hope that it will also make it more accessible to those that haven’t perhaps been able to join us in person in previous years.

We have some essential sessions designed to ensure that you are keeping abreast of national issues, as well as helping you to develop your own personal practice to the maximum potential.

Sessions include the Advanced Clinical Practice, Equivalence, Community Diagnostic Hubs and lessons that we can learn from other branches of healthcare science.

The event is FREE to all this year, although registration is required. CPD certificates will be available to all who register and attend.

On behalf SCST Council, I look forward to offering a warm virtual welcome to all cardiac scientists across the UK. It promises to be an exciting and unique National Update Meeting.

Very kind regards

Joanne Ashton

President of SCST - The Professional Body for Cardiac Scientists.

PROGRAMME

14:00 Introduction Joanne Ashton -President SCST

14:05 Advanced Clinical Practice - Mark Squirrell Joint Trust Lead Scientist, GSTT

14:15 Accreditation and equivalence for cardiac scientists- Dr Elaine Jenkins Head of Standards, The Academy for Healthcare Science

14:35 What can we learn from healthcare scientists outside of cardiology? - Dr Emma Rees, Deputy Director of Innovation & Engagement,Swansea University

14:55 Collaborative working and the role of the Healthcare Scientist in Critical Care - Stefanie Curry, Critical Care Scientist, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT

15:15 Post doctoral study and the Cardiac Scientist - Dr John Gierula, NIHR Post-Doctoral Research Fellow / University of Leeds Academic Fellow

15:35 Covid-19: Recovery plans and the establishment of diagnostic hubs - Louise Dark, Diagnostic Programme Manager & Simon Bampfylde, Covid Response – Diagnostic Recovery Programme, NHSE&I

15:55 The role of the NHS National Speciality Adviser for Physiological Measurements - Dr Martin Allen, NHS National Specialty Adviser for Physiological Measurements

16:15 Update from the CSO team - Angela Douglas Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England

16:35 Questions on current issues within cardiac Physiology - Panel

16:45 Close Joanne Ashton - President SCST

For more information please visit www.scst.org.uk