MRI SAFETY UPDATE & INNOVATIONS DAY 2025
The Royal College of Physicians of London
This event was held on Saturday, 1st November 2025
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The conference brochure is available to download further down this page, and you will find the agenda for the day in the brochure
The Presenters
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Professor Martin Graves
Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine. Co-author of the award-winning book MRI From Picture to Proton and over 200 publications.
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Clare Simcock
Lead Radiographer, Operations and Images, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
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Kevin Strachan
Cardiac MRI specialist
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Yvonne Kinsella
Specialist Clinical Officer and diagnostic team leader in the Medical Exposures Group at the UK Health Security Agency
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Philip Gregory
Clinical Director Radiography, London Imaging Academy and Practice Educator (Radiographers), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Hannah Barnsley
MRI Radiographer at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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David Grainger (virtual presentation)
Technical lead AI software and MRI at Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
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Dr Paul M. Upton
CEO / Co-Founder of Ultramed. Former NHS anaesthetist and Medical Director.
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Geoff Charles-Edwards
Head of MRI physics at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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Declan McGregor
Convener of the Service & Operations Special Focus Group for AXREM
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Tobias Gilk (virtual presentation)
Architect, author and MRI safety expert
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Dr Matthew Clemence
Senior scientist with Philips healthcare, based in the UK
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Barbara Nugent
Host and Author of The MRI Practitioner’s Handbook: Essential Safety and Scanning Information
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THE EVENT IN LONDON AND THE CONFERENCE BROCHURE
The agenda for the day is in the conference brochure - just click the button below to download it.
Our full day of MRI Safety Updates and Innovations brought together experts from across the world of MRI in the wonderful Royal College of Physicians of London venue.
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THE PRESENTERS
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David Grainger (virtual presentation)
Tobias Gilk (virtual presentation) with live Q&A afterwards with Isaac Kim
Dr Matthew Clemence
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THE TOPICS
A rich variety of topics were explored:
MRI: Past, Present and Future (Professor Martin Graves)
Paediatric MRI: Scanning, Safety and Innovations (Clare Simcock)
The Changing Landscape of Cardiac MRI (Kevin Strachan)
The Launch of the UK Health Security Agency National Coding Taxonomy Specifically Intended for Incident Learning in MRI (Yvonne Kinsella)
Learning from a UK Remote MRI Scanning Trial (Philip Gregory)
Progress Update on Online Learning Modules - How to Identify Internal Implants on X-rays (Hannah Barnsley)
Exploring MHRA MRI Safety Guidance (David Grainger, a virtual presentation)
Digitalising Patient Safety Assessments (Dr Paul M. Upton)
Update on the National eLearning MRI Safety Programme, which is now available globally. (Dr Geoff Charles-Edwards)
Development of an AXREM General Equipment Handover Form for MRI (Declan McGregor)
Voice-Activated, Hands-Free MRI Room Alert System (Tobias Gilk, a virtual presentation)
Meeting the Helium Challenge – Sealed and “Helium-free” MR systems’ (Dr Matthew Clemence)
CPD Now Endorsed
The learning outcomes of the MRI Safety Update and Innovations Day 2025 have been endorsed by the College of Radiographers for their CPD Now scheme, as listed on the CPD Certificate of Endorsement.
CPD for radiographers and other allied health professions regulated by the HCPC is learning outcomes based, rather than points/credits/hours accumulating.
This course provides a minimum of six CPD hours/credits in accordance with the CPD scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists.
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