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14-August-08 The SCST NI committee has agreed to sponsor 3 standard members and a committee member towards the ICS meeting in Galway to a maximum sum of £200.

The sponsorship form can be found under the documents section.

Please ensure you read the terms and conditions and fill out the relevant sections.

13-August-08 Details for the 2008 Irish Cardiac Society meeting can be found on the ICS/BCS page. With details on the agenda, a call for posters and several possible hotels available for visitors.

19-July-08 An article was published on behalf of the SCST NI Committee on the Scientific meeting held in the Clandeboye Hotel, 2008. This meeting was based on the ECG with the key note speaker being Prof. McFarlane from Glasgow.

19-June-08 Many thanks to Alan Caulfield for passing this very exciting article onto us. Found in the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, June 2008 Vol 3 No 6. It shows that support for state registration is growing for different sectors as all begin to accept the role and need of Cardiac Physiologists.

11-June-08 The 1st meeting of the 2008/09 committee was held in Craigavon on 11-June-08 where the office bearers were elected. The results are as follows;
Chairperson: Noel Black

Vice-Chair: Brian Campbell

ICS Coordinator: Anne-Marie Magee

Treasurer: Barbara McDonald

Secretary: Cathy Ross

Web-site Manager: Gareth Clifford

A big thank you to Gwyneth McClintock who is stepping down as Chairperson and to Stephen Gordon who steps down as Secretary. Two positions which are both time consuming and a lot of hard work.

2-May-08 Mrs. V. Anderson has written an open letter to Mr McGimpsey as the Chair of the Northern Ireland Regional Training Group.

Once again the call has gone out to all Cardiac Physiologists to write to their MP's to further promote the continuing difficulties with State Registration and the constant delays which has brought this about.

Please see the documents section to obtain a copy of this letter and to use it as a template if you so wish to when writing to your MP. You will also find within the documents section the article published in the SCST magazine which discussed the problem of State Registration and it's ideas when writing to your MP.

2-April-08 Any ATO who wishes to attend the SCSTNI meting on the 11th April 2008 will be welcome as a guest of the SCSTNI Committee.

Those wishing to attend should contact Barbara McDonald, Antrim Area Hospital to register their interest by Monday 7th April 2008. This will allow for catering considerations on the night.

29-Feb-08 The Agenda and registration form for the SCSTNI meeting and AGM was released today and can be found in the AGM section of the website.

Please note that to register for the members price you must have been a member for the 2007/08 year or be registered before 1st April 2008.

12-Feb-08 An open letter was written to all Cardiac Physiologists on the 1 year anniversary of the web-site outlining the new features open to Cardiac Physiologists. Also to launch the new members section which includes a forum and will also be expanded to include educational sections for students and student WBA's.

11-Feb-08 As with each year three members of the committee stand for re-election. If you there are any other nominations for the members of the committee please submit the form from the documents section.

Renewals for the SCST NI Branch are now open and should be sent to Barbara McDonald, Antrim Area Hospital before 1st April 2008.

30-Dec-07 Please note that the registration date for members of the SCST N. Ireland branch has been moved from 1st Jan to 1st April 2008 to allow for administration checks.

It is still a requirement of all members who are joining the N. Ireland branch to also be fully paid members of the SCST Main branch. The application to join or renew membership with the N. Ireland branch will only be accepted once you are a member of the SCST Main branch.

14-Dec-07 New look SCSTNI interactive calendar launched. To add events relevant to the Cardiac Physiologist in Northern Ireland into the calendar please Email: events@scstni.org.uk