Canterbury DHB

Hospital/Departmental Meetings

Department meetings

(weekly unless otherwise specified)

The Registrars/House Officer should attend as many of these meetings as possible.

Attendance at the SCT Committee Meetings (Monday 1300) is recommended for the Ward Registrar, and the Radiology Meeting (Wednesday 1330) is mandatory for both the Ward Registrar and the House Officer.

Meeting Descriptions

For meeting Terms of Reference, refer to G:\Division\HAE\COMMON\ADMIN\Meeting Minutes.

Stem Cell Transplant Committee Meeting

Discuss new referrals for acceptance or exclusion. Discuss other transplant issues that arise, e.g. donor ineligibility. Outcomes of the meeting are documented within patient letters and sent to the patient’s referring doctor and the meeting invitation list.

Invitation list:

• Transplant Committee Chair (Programme Director)
• Bone Marrow Collection Facility Medical Director
• Haematology Consultants, Registrars and BMT Coordinators

Dunedin Haematology Consultants are dialled into the conference by phone and Nelson. Invercargill Haematology Consultants are invited to dial in.

Lymphoma Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) Meeting

Discuss patient results and treatment options. As a result of this meeting some patients may be referred to the SCT Committee Meeting. The Lymphoma Chair takes minutes which are circulated to the group.

Multidisciplinary meeting invitation list:

• Lymphoma chair
• Oncologists
• Haematologists
• Radiologist
• Pathologist
• BMT Transplant Coordinator
• Registrars
• Cancer Care Coordinators

Transplant Planning Meeting

Discuss transplant inpatients and outpatients pre- and post-harvest. Weekly transplant lists are generated, showing patients to be discussed.

Multidisciplinary meeting invitation list:

• Programme Director
• Consultants
• Registrars
• BMT Coordinators
• Charge Nurse
• Day Ward Clinical Nurse Specialist
• NZBS apheresis
• NZBS cryopreservation NZBS transfusion staff

Haematology Quality Meeting

Refer to the meeting terms of reference. All Haematology staff and multidisciplinary team members are encouraged to attend where possible.

B6 Ward Round: Multidisciplinary discussion on B6 inpatients.

Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Meeting

Refer to the meeting terms of reference. Discussion on the care of patients within the Haematology service to provide education to staff and opportunities for identifying areas for improvement. All Haematology staff and multi-disciplinary staff members are encouraged to attend.

Journal Club Meeting

Education sessions on a variety of Haematology topics. All Haematology staff invited.

Haematology Lunchtime Meeting

Monthly teaching, clinical, laboratory presentations, or research meetings.

ICU Ward Round: A multidisciplinary in-depth discussion on ICU patients and their care plans. Haematology consultants and/or Registrar attend when required to discuss Haematology inpatients being cared for in ICU.

HSCT Programme Quality Management Group Meeting

Refer to the terms of reference. Transplant programme personnel and NZBS discuss issues relating to the transplant programme, review quarterly and annual reports, and assess the overall HSCT programme quality management system.

Incident Review Meeting

Refer to terms of reference.

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