We have had a fantastic year in 2024. A few of the highlights include attending medical exhibitions around the world, including trips to Italy, United Arab Emirates, USA, Austria, Germany and South Africa.
Events Attended
Weqas Annual Conference
This years annual conference was a great success, taking place at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December. We had two full days of fantastic internal and external speakers, educational workshops and some insightful EQA discussions.
Attendees
Sponsors
Presentations
Weqas Connect
A total of 31 programmes have now been migrated to the Weqas Connect website. This year saw the migration of Glucose & Ketones, by far the largest programme in terms of data points and participant numbers. This programme was key to moving forward with the retirement of the CueSee portal.
Programmes
Participants registered
Active users
Careers EventsDuring the summer we visited career events at Cardiff Metropolitan University and the Bishop of Llandaff CiW High School, which was an opportunity to provide information about Biomedical Science careers and the paths taken to obtain the qualifications required to become a certified Biomedical scientist. We had a great time engaging with the students and we hope to have inspired a few to pursue a future career in Biomedical Science. |
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Visitors from MalawiAs part of an initiative to share our expertise with organisations from other countries, this year we had the pleasure of hosting two colleagues from Malawi. During their three week visit to our Cardiff offices they were able to tour our facilities, shadow Weqas colleagues during various laboratory tasks, and gain valuable insight on how we run our EQA programmes. |
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Visit to MalaysiaIn September our EQA Client Manager, Nicola Blount, travelled to Malaysia as part of a trip to visit several distributors in the country. Nicola was also invited to speak at the Mindray Urinalysis Workshop in Port Dickson. |
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FundraisingWe are very proud of our Weqas team who have been raising money for various charities throughout the year, including Comic Relief, Children In Need and Save The Children. In total our staff have raised over £370 this year! |
+£370 Raised for charities |
Christmas & New YearWe would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from everyone here at Weqas. The new year promises to be just as busy for us with several events already lined up, and plans for more of our own events in progress. Keep an eye on our events page to find out where you can expect to see us next year. |
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