Join us for the LabMed TNY regional audit meeting, an engaging day bringing together professionals from across the region and beyond taking place via MS Teams, on Tuesday 21st April 2026 from 10:00 am.

The TNY regional audit meeting provides an excellent opportunity to share learning and good practice from across the North of England.

Agenda

  1. 10:00am

    Welcome address

  2. 10:10am

    An audit of Hospital Point Of Care (POC) INR testing in the age of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs)

    • Maria De Ferrars, principal clinical scientist
  3. 10:35am

    Is metabolic testing indicated in the first-line investigation of paediatric fatty liver?
    A literature review, workload analysis and cost estimation following the publication of the BSPGHAN fatty liver guideline

    • Ann Bowron, consultant clinical scientist
  4. 11:00am

    Are our urate reference intervals fit for the paediatric population?

    • Rankiri Pathirana, chemical pathlogist
  5. 11:15am

    Break

  6. 11:30am

    LabMed TNY Annual General Meeting

    • All TNY Region members welcome
  7. 12:30pm

    Lunch

  8. Afternoon session

    Audits from trainees

  9. 1:15pm

    Prevalence of Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in vulnerable patient groups in Hull and East Yorkshire 2022-2026

    • Phillipa Burns, consultant clinical scientist
    • Alexander Richards, MD student
  10. 1:40pm

    Exploring local epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile: an audit incorporating UKHSA sentinel surveillance data

    • Kerry-Anne Revie, trainee clinical scientist
  11. 1:55pm

    Ambient ammonia analysis - Does it matter?

    • Ailsa Ralph, senior clinical scientist
  12. 2:10pm

    Clinical audit assessing the utility of urine electrophoresis (“Bence Jones Protein” testing) in laboratory screening for Multiple Myeloma

    • Stephanie Laba, clinical scientist
  13. 2:35pm

    Break

  14. 2:50pm

    Award presentation and closing remarks

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