Episode Details

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Louise Fraser as part of leadership series (part 27).

Discussion about Louise’s career, her role in improving patient safety in Nuclear Medicine (Imaging and Therapies) across the UK and being the UK UKHSA lead for developing a national voluntary patient safety event learning system for the Nuclear Medicine community.

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) reflect on Louise’s career pathway to date.

2) consider when patient safety has been effected within your practice.

3) consider the challenges faced by the nuclear medicine community around patient safety.

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Links from podcast:

Further information on the work of the Medical Exposures Group:

• https://www.ukhsa-protectionservices.org.uk/meg

Safer Radiotherapy publications:

• Triannual report
• e-Bulletin
• Webpage
• eSubscribe

Incident learning in clinical imaging, MRI and nuclear medicine:

• User guidance and application of the national taxonomy for incident learning in clinical imaging, MRI and nuclear medicine
• National coding taxonomy for incident learning in clinical imaging, MRI and nuclear medicine

Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R):

• https://www.ukhsa-protectionservices.org.uk/meg/irmer

Read more about the work of the Medical Exposures Group:

https://www.ukhsa-protectionservices.org.uk/meg

Incident learning in clinical imaging, MRI and nuclear medicine:

• User guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guidance-and-application-of-the-national-taxonomy-for-incident-learning-in-clinical-imaging-mri-and-nuclear-medicine
• National coding taxonomy: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-coding-taxonomy-for-incident-learning-in-clinical-imaging-mri-and-nuclear-medicine
• Presentation on how implement to coding system in practice: https://www.ukhsa-protectionservices.org.uk/meg/IncidentLearning/UKIOpresentation 

Nuclear Medicine:

• Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/administration-of-radioactive-substances-advisory-committee
• Guidance on nuclear medicine clin