Speakers
Matthew Dunn
Sophie Donaghue
BOA Session
Radiation exposure: How we ensure orthopaedics is a safe working environment
Co-Chairs: Lynn Hutchings, Professor Deborah Eastwood
Ionising radiation use forms a critical part of surgical practice for most orthopaedic surgeons. Recently, increasing concerns have been expressed about the risks involved and the lack of available data, which has understandably caused some unease within the orthopaedic workforce.
It is imperative that orthopaedics is a safe working environment for all, and this session aims to review the current evidence, outline the work being performed in this area by BOTA and the BOA, and look at future prospects. Most importantly, we need to hear the concerns of the workforce. This session allows time to discuss and encourage working with other agencies to ensure our safety.
Agenda:
10:30 - 10:45 Introduction: Where are we and how have we got here? Lynn Hutchings
Study Updates:
10:45 - 10:55 BOTA - The EXPOSEd survey Sophie Donoghue and Clara Miller
10:55 - 11:05 Current status of radiation PPE - An audit of four UK regions Hannah Sevenoaks
11:05 - 11:20 The BOA/UKHSA monitoring exercise UKHSA representative or LH/DE
11:20 - 11:30 Collaboration: IPEM: How to make best use of your RPAs Matthew Dunn
11:30 - 12:00 Discussion
Deborah Eastwood is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, UCL. She works at Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Deborah works in the generality of paediatric orthopaedic surgery but has a particular interest in children with overgrowth syndromes, metabolic bone diseases and those with neurological problems. She is also the surgeon for the GOSH Ponseti service.
Deborah is the Immediate Past President of the British Orthopaedic Association, a past president of EPOS (European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society) and a past board member of BSCOS (British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery and the Council of Management for the Bone and Joint Journal .