Satellite Session
10:45-11:45 Working Together, Military-Civilian Cooperation with Radiography
1045-1115 Out of the Business Plan into the Fire
Mr Mark Judge, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich, London
How an Imaging Services Manager made the adjustment from NHS management to being the lead trauma radiographer in the very busy UK military hospital in Afghanistan.
Aims:
1. To show how basic skills in A&E and CT radiography can be quickly brought back up to standard -no matter how long you've been in management.
2. To demonstrate the benefits that the experience can bring to the NHS.
3. To explain the benefits the experience can bring to the individual radiographer.
1115-1145 Working with the Military!
The impact of the arrival of military staff and patients on an NHS Radiology Department.
Ms Helen Fowler, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham
Aims:
1. To explain the impact upon working practices that the recent influxes of military patients have had on the Trust.
2. To discuss the benefits (and challenges?) that come with employing military radiographers within and NHS department.
3. To demonstrate the benefits that the above have brought to the UHB radiology department.
