In July CORESS held our second annual ‘Safety in Surgery’ symposium, attracting 143 registrations. Lord Ribeiro opened and closed the event, hosted by Professor Frank Smith who introduced a programme of four guest speakers. The symposium was recorded, access the presentations using the following timings.
CORESS
2nd Annual ‘Safety in Surgery’ Symposium
15th July 2022
Speaker Programme:
Watch the full event or click on the time shown in the table below to access the start of each section.
| Timing | Description |
|---|---|
| 0.05 | Introduction to CORESS and Welcome – Lord Ribeiro, CORESS Chairman |
| 0.40 | Introduction to the first presentation – Professor Frank Smith |
| 2.33 | "Learning from litigation claims" - Mr John T Machin MA(Oxf) MBBS FRCS (Tr&Orth) PGC, Clinical Lead for Litigation at GIRFT |
| 28.43 | Introduction to the second presentation – Professor Frank Smith |
| 30.05 | “Preventing avoidable harms: the role of the private medical insurer” – Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, MRCOphth, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, AXA Health |
| 51.00 | Introduction to the third presentation – Professor Frank Smith |
| 52.32 | “NatSSIPs2 (National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures) " - Dr Annie Hunningher MbChB, FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia NatSSIPs2 Clinical Lead Anaesthesia Thrombectomy Lead Royal London Hospital, Barts Health |
| 1.13.47 | Introduction to the fourth presentation – Professor Frank Smith |
| 1.14.48 | "Shared decision making and why it is important for patient safety" - Professor Ashok Handa, FRCS Associate Professor of Surgery and Consultant Vascular Surgeon Director, Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice St Catherine’s College, Oxford |
| 1.29.43 | Summary – Professor Frank Smith |
| 1.30.55 | Symposium Close – Lord Ribeiro |
Speaker Biographies:
Learning from litigation claims
Mr John T Machin MA(Oxf) MBBS FRCS(Tr&Orth) PGC
John is the Clinical Lead for Litigation at GIRFT, working with the GIRFT chair, Prof Tim Briggs at NHS England & Improvement to ensure patient care is improved from reviewing clinical negligence claims in collaboration with NHS
Resolution.
John graduated with honours in Medical Sciences at Magdalen College, Oxford before completing his training at UCL. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and completed Higher Surgical Training in Nottingham. His current clinical role is as a post-CCT fellow In Trauma and Orthopaedics specialising in hip and knee surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. He has recently completed an international fellowship at the Lower Limb Reconstruction & Oncology Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Preventing avoidable harms: the role of the private medical insurer
Dr Pallavi Bradshaw MRCOphth, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, AXA Health
Pallavi read medicine at the University of Cambridge and undertook higher surgical training in Ophthalmology. She has pursued further studies in law and business and worked in various strategic lead roles for the Medical Protection Society. She supported and advised healthcare professionals and organisations across the globe and was responsible for development and delivery of education and risk management training. She is a fellow of the faculty of forensic and legal medicine.
She is currently Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Medicolegal at AXA Health. She supports the business with subject matter expertise and engages with clinicians and organisations to promote an open and learning culture. She has a particular interest in human factors and clinician burnout. She has written and presented extensively on patient safety issues internationally and co-authored the ‘Open Disclosure’ chapter in Oxford Professional Practice:
Handbook of Patient Safety, ed. Lachman et al (OUP, April 2022)
NatSSIPs2 (National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures)
Dr Annie Hunningher MbChB, FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia, NatSSIPs2 Clinical Lead, Anaesthesia Thrombectomy Lead, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health
Annie sits on the steering group as a clinical lead, for the RCOA/CPOC committee, for the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs) and is co-authoring NatSSIPs2. Annie is a regional lead for SALG, the RCOA Safety anaesthesia liaison group. Annie is an IHI QI coach and has recently completed the HSIB silver training. Annie was a UCLP improvement fellow 2017 and ran a UCLP invasive network for safety 2018-2020. In 2017, she and the NatSSIPs team were awarded the Barts Health Hero award for Safety. Annie has developed and delivered educational courses including trust wide NatSSIPs MDT training, a national NatSSIPs implementation course, MATCH (Multidisciplinary action training in crises and human factors) and Gas Again (a return-to-work course for anaesthetists awarded the Humphry Davy Award Royal College of Anaesthetists 2017). Annie is a co-organiser of a number of safety conferences. Annie works clinically as a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal London and specialises in ENT, thrombectomy and emergencies.
Shared decision making and why it is important for patient safety
Professor Ashok Handa, FRCS Associate Professor of Surgery and Consultant Vascular Surgeon Director, Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice St Catherine’s College, Oxford
Ashok Handa is Associate Professor of Surgery at Oxford University and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He is the Director for Surgical Education and responsible for the undergraduate curriculum in surgery for Oxford University.
He is Director of the Collaborating Centre for values-based practice in Health and Social Care based at St Catherine’s College, Oxford and responsible for leading on education and research for the centre. He is Fellow in Clinical Medicine and Tutor for Graduates at St Catherine’s College, responsible for 450 graduates across all disciplines.
He has over 200 publications in vascular surgery, surgical education, patient safety and many on the topic of values-based practice, shared decision making and consent. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of CORESS for 7 years and the Council of the Medical Defence Union for 5 years.