Following publication of the Patient Safety Alert, National Back Exchange contacted the MHRA to clarify the terms “qualified person” and “competent person”, and what evidence organisations should retain when compatibility cannot be confirmed from the manufacturer’s instructions for use.
We are very sorry to share the sad news that Pam Simpson has lost her brave fight with cancer. Pam was a long-standing and highly respected member of the moving and handling community.
We are delighted to announce that NBE has now been added to the list of HMRC-approved organisations! This means individual members of National Back Exchange can claim tax relief on their membership fee.
NBE Chair, Sarah Thornton, is delighted to be joining a webinar hosted by Health Integration Partners (the national development and scaling partner) to discuss the positive impact the new High Impact Change Model (HICM) focused on Moving & Handling will have on Wednesday, 22nd April at 12.30pm.
We are delighted to open registration for our first 2026 webinar open to both members and non-members.
Sponsored by A1 Momentum, Avoidable Harm: How failure to provide 24-hour postural care increases patient harm and staff injury risk will be presented by Norma Jane Findlay of Tierco on Tuesday 21st April at 1:00pm.
Registration is open for the next NBE webinar ‘Guidance on leaving slings in place during transportation’ Taking place on Tuesday 31st March at 2:00pm, the webinar will last for around 1 hour with Q&A's. Vicky Henderson will discuss a project which led to a small working party looking at the rationale, evidence and subsequent guidance for leaving slings in place during transportation.
