MediWales: Accessing the NHS & Research Expertise

Free for MediWales members to attend.

£125 + VAT for non-members.

This MediWales seminar will showcase the clinical trials and research capabilities of our NHS Health Board and clinical research members.

Access to clinical expertise is always a popular topic within the health technology and life science community. It will provide networking opportunities and key insight into the NHS.

The draft programme:

9.30 – 10.00 Arrival and Coffee

10.00 – 10.10 Welcome and Introduction – Gwyn Tudor, MediWales

10.10 – 10.25 The Implementation of Telehealth – The Welsh Experience – Daniel Warm, Hywel Dda UHB

10.25 – 10.45 Translational research projects with Cardiff University Medical School students and MediWales’ SME members – Steven Backhouse, ABM ULHB-ENT

10.45 – 11.00 The Bill Mapleson Centre (and sundry other ventures!) – Judith Hall, Cardiff University – Anaesthesia Innovation

11.00 – 11.20 Getting the Point; Our journey so far with peripheral intravenous cannulation. A review of practice, products and new developments – Paul Lee/Raju Panesar, ABMU LHB – Medical Physics/Rocialle

11.20 – 11.50 Break

11.50 – 12 05 Cedar – a healthcare technology research centre – Sue Peirce, Cedar

12.05- 12.20 Health Technology Challenge Wales – Corinne Squire, Academic Health Science Partnership SE WALES

12.20 -12.35 Think About Me – Tanya Strange and Arleen Testa, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

12.35 – 12.50 Making Routinely Collected Health Data Available for Research – Kevin Mawdesley, NWORTH

12.50 – 1.00 Research Support Service – Julian Breeze, NWORTH

1.00 – 1.55 Lunch

1.55 – 2.10 A strategy for clinical innovation from a medical school perspective – Ian Weeks, Cardiff University – School of Medicine

2.10 – 2.25 The Role of Health Research Wales – David Powell, Health Research Wales

2.25 – 2.40 Smart Integrated Solutions For Improved Efficiency – Ritu Yadav, Syml Connect

2.40 – 2.55 New tools for clinical management of COPD – Berwyn Clarke, Glyconics

2.55 – 3.15 Health and Wealth for Wales : the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre – Mike Clark, WWIC

3.15 – 3.25 IP ownership – getting it sorted – Simon Haslam, Abel & Imray

3.25 – 4.00 Network and close.

MediWales – Creating opportunities for our members.