Join us at the Royal College of Pathologists, London, on 15 November 2024 for an excellent opportunity to hear about both national and local audits carried out by Clinical Scientists and Medical staff working in laboratory medicine and forthcoming audits. Scroll down to see how the day is structured and click the 'Book now' button to secure your place!

Bookings close at midday on 8 November

Programme

9.30am  Welcome and introduction
W Wassif, National Audit Lead

9.35am  National audit on diabetes mellitus
Fumni Akinlade, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

10.05am  Current treatment updates and future therapies in diabetes
Phil Newland-Jones, Southampton General Hospital

10.45am  Tea Break

11.00am  C-Peptide testing in diabetes
Mark Strachan, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

11.40am  Hybrid closed loop
Speaker TBC

12.10am  Regional audit presentations, top 2 abstracts tbd

12.50am  Lunch and poster session

2.00pm Welcome to afternoon session
Louise Ward, National Audit Deputy Lead

2.05pm  Wilson Disease national audit
Nicola Barlow, Black Country Pathology Services and Chris Harrington, Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services

2.35pm  Clinical aspects, assesment of and management of Wilson Disease
Aftab Ala, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

3.05pm  National audit on iron overload and HFE mutation
Dimitris Grammatopoulos, Warwick Medical School

3.35pm  Tea break

3.50pm  Hyperferritinaemia and haemochromatosis - the clinical perspective
Jeremy Shearman, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

4.20pm  Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
Kevin Fernando, North Berwick Health Centre

4.50pm  Discussion

5.00pm  Feedback and closing remarks
W Wassif, National Audit Lead

Abstracts now open

Abstracts are now open to be considered for both oral and/or poster presentation at the forthcoming National Audit Meeting. Submission can be made via the form below. Deadline for submission is 5pm Friday 13 September.

Submitted abstracts are scored anonymously by the members of the LabMed National Audit committee.

• Two abstracts will be chosen by the National Audit Group for oral presentation. However, if you do not wish for your abstract to be considered for oral presentation, this can be indicated on the form. 
• The top 10 abstracts will be published on the Annals website.

The posters at the meeting are judged on the day by the delegates of the meeting. Presenters must be registered delegates at the meeting and should normally be the lead author of the audit.

Submitting your abstract
Abstracts (300 words maximum, excluding author(s) and title) should be submitted in Word format and cover the followings areas:

• Title:
• Authors:
• Aim:
• Standards / Guidelines:
• Audit Method:
• Summary of Results:
• Outcome: Audit Recommendations