Spring Newsletter 2024

Created - 01.08.2024

Welcome to the Spring 2024 edition of the BSIR newsletter. The complete newsletter can be accessed here:

BSIR SPRING NEWSLETTER

The primary theme of this edition is around wellbeing.

• Mohamad Hamady and Raman Uberoi set the scene by presenting the UK survey on IR burnout conducted by al Rekaby et al.
• Then Bella Hausen and colleagues share invaluable advice on how they approach wellbeing in Preston. Who knew goat yoga was a thing?!
• Kunal Khanna (Guildford) continues the theme of physical wellbeing sharing some of his exercise tips to maintain his top IR and (alleged) golf game!
• Conrad von Stempel (London) also shares with us an aspect of his everyday work that he finds super rewarding.
• The second, and somewhat related, theme several IR departments face is the growth in activity and lack of adequate capacity. Tariq Ali (Norwich) and Neil Gupta (Coventry) share insights from their recent successful experiences in installing impressive IR facilities.
• We also hear from Raghuram Lakshminarayan (Hull) and Alex Barnacle (London) about the upcoming IR Getting It Right First Time (GiRFT) initiative.
• Kayleigh Hizzett (Bradford) reports on the very successful SIRNR Spring CPD event.
• Nazia Khan (London) writes a very thought-provoking article on pre-assessment and consent.
• Nike Alesbury gives us a summary of BSIR activity and upcoming events to look forward to.