We are delighted to announce our updated event programme for our annual conference, which will be held on Tuesday 12th December and Wednesday 13th December 2023 at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff. The conference this year will focus on Point of care testing and the future of diagnostics. With a blend of
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This month marks 1 year since we launched the Weqas Connect website to our participants with the release of the ED Toxicology distribution – SP0622. Over the last 12 months we have successfully migrated a number of programmes from the Weqas Interactive and CueSee websites, resulting in over 900 participants
Along with hospitals and laboratories across the country, on 8th June, we will be celebrating Biomedical Science Day 2023. This event is all about raising awareness of the work of Biomedical Science. Our Training and Quality Control Coordinator, Suzanne Hughes, organised a week of activities including a Biomedical themed Bake
For BMS day this week, we thought it was a great opportunity to introduce you to Suzanne Hughes our new Training and Quality Control Coordinator. With 10 years of experience and memberships in HCPC and IBMS, Suzanne is bringing a wealth of experience to her new role in the Weqas
We want to support the International Day of the Midwife, which celebrates and honours the achievements of midwives and their associations on the 5th May, every year. In our ‘Development of an External Quality Assessment (EQA) Programme for Pre-Eclampsia Markers’ project, to enhance patient safety, we emphasise the importance of
Thank you to everyone that attended our Weqas Annual Conference this year in London. The event at the Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 had two days of thought provoking talks and some excellent interactive Q&A sessions where we were able to hear directly from our participants. We look forward
Weqas Annual Conference Location: Hilton London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4 Dates: Tuesday 6th – Wednesday 7th December 2022 Day 1 Theme: Weqas Connect Day 2 Theme: Right patient, right results, right time We are pleased to announce that the 2022 Weqas Annual Conference will be held at the Hilton London
Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, recently wrote an opinion piece discussing how the technologies used in EQA have changed over the years through to today. The article, entitled ‘EQA – past, present and future?’, was published in the September 2022 issue of Pathology In Practice magazine. You can read the full
Last December, we were delighted to be able to return to host our Weqas Annual Conference. The event at the Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa saw two days of interesting and engaging talks, and it was also great to once again engage with our participants face to face.
Weqas organisers regularly meet with a Steering Committee which consists of members who are renowned within their fields with medical, scientific or technical experience. For the last 9 years, Professor Garry John has been the Chairman of this committee and provided his excellent advice and guidance helping to shape the
