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GIRFT Report Update

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Initial Report IMPT Council Author:  Jason Watson            Date Report:  02/07/19 IMPT GIRFT Group; Richard Eggleton, Stefan Edmondson, Edward Malton, Barry Edwards & Mark Cutler, Mathew Pilley, Jason Watson (6 units)   Introduction Getting …

GIRFT Report

Dear Member, The IMPT Council would like to draw your attention to a national review of OMFS services. The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) initiative aims to gather information on our surgical colleagues but also on laboratory services. The …

MDR 2020

The new Medical Device Regulations will affect all Maxillofacial laboratories. You must meet meet all relevant requirements of the regulation and have a quality management system (QMS) in place by the deadline of 26th May 2020. The key note speaker …

Council Nominations 2019

Any members who would like to serve on the council of the IMPT can find a nomination form below. Please ensure this is returned to the Honorary Secretary, Mr Fraser Walker fraser.walker@ggc.scot.nhs.uk by the 30th April for consideration at the AGM. …

Gloucester Band 7 post – re-advertised

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well organised and motivated Maxillofacial Prosthetist & Technologist / Reconstructive Scientist to join the trusts multi-disciplined team in the OMF & Orthodontics Laboratory. The post is based at Gloucester Royal Hospital and provides …

Birmingham – Principal MfP 8a

NHS Jobs link   An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Lead Specialist inFacial Prosthetics who is suitably qualified and experienced to join our specialist and dynamic centre here at QEHB Principal Maxillofacial Prosthetist/Reconstructive Scientist HCS The regional …

STP Expression of Interest

The deadline for expressing an interest in hosting a trainee next year is the 26th September.   Please click HERE to read the letter from Health Education England. The link to register your interest is https://healtheducationyh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/hcs-2019-20-eoi-final-2   Please also let the lead …

Congratulations North-West Consortium

The North-West consortium consisting of St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have achieved accreditation without conditions from the National School of Healthcare Science so will be able to apply …

Whiston – Maxillofacial Prosthetists (x2)

Click here for NHS Jobs website   Maxillofacial Prosthetist  Job Reference: 409-1119908 Whiston Hospital Prosthetics Department Permanent 2 x Full Time Positions – 37.5 hours per week Band 7 £31,696 – £41,787     St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals …

Nottingham star on TV

The team at Nottingham have recently  been featured in the BBC2 documentary “HOSPITAL”   Click the link below to see Jason Watson and Andrew Richmond in action   https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zbf0x