Acting on your feedback from the President’s member engagement tour, we are pleased to announce we are jointly hosting the 2023 RCPath/IBMS Northern Symposium: Pathology and People with the IBMS.
Please join us for an exciting opportunity to meet, share experiences and network with local colleagues working in pathology in the North of England.
This event will bring together professionals from all backgrounds and specialties to discuss local issues, offer peer support and share learning relevant across our fields.
The symposium will start at 9.30am for registration and end at 3.45pm.
The day's sessions will include:
- Opening plenary: The Future of Pathology – Debra Padgett, President of IBMS and Professor Mike Osborn, President of RCPath
- Sustainability in Healthcare: James Dixon, Head of Sustainability at Newcastle Hospitals
- Workshops on
- Wellbeing – Dr Chris Tiplady, Consultant Haematologist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and author of RCPath’s Professional Development blog series
- Leadership – Dr Ali Robb, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Head of School for Laboratory Medicine for Health Education England North East, and RCPath Regional Representative for the North
- Innovation: Point of Care Testing Strategy – David Wells, Chief Executive of IBMS
- Sustainability – Jennifer Collins and Sheri Scott
- Embracing differences in Pathology – Hebah Ali and Tahmina Hussain
- Training – Rob Shorten, Consultant Clinical Scientist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Quality – John Ringrow
- Pathology networks/workforce – Michelle Payne, Trudy Walker and Gareth Richardson
- Poster presentations – see Call for Digital Abstracts
- Commercial partners and presentations