Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the British Society of Paediatric Radiology on Friday 14th November 2003 at Alder Hey Liverpool :
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The previous minutes were agreed as correct.
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Matters arising from the previous minutes.
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Constitution Change.
The constitution was changed to allow members of the Association of Paediatric Radiographers to become associate members of BSPR. The constitution change was ratified by a large majority at the AGM. The change to the constitution is as follows: ‘Associate Membership shall be open to all members of the Association of Paediatric Radiographers. No subscription or fees shall apply to associate membership. Associate Members shall not have voting rights at the AGM’. -
Website
The minutes of the AGM are to be posted on the website and the website is to be made more user friendly. The website currently receives 1400 ‘hits’ per month. It was agreed that members’ e-mail addresses would not be put on the website and no e-mail addresses are to be given out without a member’s permission. -
MCQs
Dr K. McHugh reported that the MCQs prepared by the Executive Committee of BSPR and put forward to the RCR were well received. The RCR have asked for more MCQs. Members were asked to contribute 1 or 2 MCQs and send them to Dr S. MacKenzie or Dr K. Duncan.
Details will be posted on the website. -
Sedation.
Dr K. McHugh referred to the recently published RCR Sedation document. Dr McHugh was a member of the RCR Sedation Working Party which prepared the document and asked for any comments or criticism to be sent to him. -
Paediatric Radiology Training in DGHs
Some members of BSPR had expressed concern about paediatric radiology teaching and instruction for Specialist Registrars taking place solely in a DGH. It was agreed that ideally some training should take place in a dedicated paediatric department. In the absence of a specialist paediatric centre, when training occurs only in a DGH a named DGH who has an interest in paediatric radiologymust be identified. This radiologists should be a member of BSPR and/or ESPR and attend regular scientific meetings. Also the training should be structured to ensure that the trainee is exposed only to paediatric imaging and not mainly adult radiology with a small amount of paediatric radiology. Dr McHugh is to write to the RCR expressing BSPR views, and a policy statement. -
NAI Recommendations for CT.
Dr McHugh reported that recent papers have recommended that CT of the head is performed routinely along with a skeletal survey in the investigation of NAI. Members agreed that CT of the head should be included routinely for non-ambulant children and this recommendation will be added to the standard for NAI imaging on the website. -
Radiology Academies.
Dr Steve Chapman gave a presentation describing the proposed Radiology Academies which would be based in 3 centres (Leeds, Norwich and Plymouth) and involve e-learning. BSPR members were asked to contribute to the preparation of topics for e-learning. Anyone who was interested could contact Dr Chapman. -
Treasurer’s Report.
Dr Louise Sweeney reported that the BSPR accounts remain healthy with £6852.36 in the capital reserve account and £7616.83 in the current account. The latter sum was largely due to profits accrued from the past 3 BSPR Scientific Meetings at Sheffield, London and Windsor. -
RCPCH Convenor’s Report.
Dr Alan Sprigg reported that the session on NAI he organised at the RCPCH annual meeting in York in the Spring had been a great success. A session of chest radiology was planned for next years RCPCH annual meeting. -
Forthcoming Meetings
Imaging in Paediatric Oncology – York 06.02.2004
RCR Study Day, Paediatric Trauma, Birmingham – 19.03.2004.
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Date of next meeting.
Friday, 12th November 2004 in Cardiff.
Dr LE Sweeney, Honorary Secretary, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 180 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6BE
Tel: 02890 894963 Fax: 02890 313798
E-mail: louise.sweeney@royalhospitals.n-i.nhs.uk
