Join us on Thursday 27 November 2025 at the Royal College of Pathologists, London for a free, in-person collaborative day from the LabMed Trainees’ Committee and RCPath.

The programme runs all day for trainees (STP to pre-Consultant) and includes the Freddie Flynn Award Lecture.

You can also register just for the Freddie Flynn lecture in the afternoon — it’s suitable for all colleagues, not only trainees.

Format - In-person only | Lunch included for all attendees (both all day and those attending Freddie Flynn lecture only

Freddie Flynn Lecture

This year's lecture, Insights into immunoassays and their pitfalls, is being given by Gwen Wark, Consultant clinical Scientist (Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services).

Learning outcomes

By attending, you will:

• Gain examiner-level insight into FRCPath expectations, common pitfalls and preparation tips.
• Refresh your knowledge of sample interferences and their impact on results.
• Deepen your grasp of immunoassays — strengths, limitations and real-world pitfalls.
• Hear concise trainee-led case presentations spanning rare disease services, LC-MS/MS method development, and myeloma care under novel protocols.
• Update your understanding of metabolic medicine and current practice considerations.
• Build your network with peers, trainers and senior colleagues across disciplines.

Full agenda

9:30am Registration

10:00am Welcome and LabMed Trainees’ Committee updates
Emma Miler

10:10am Opening address – Vision for LabMed & NHS 10-Year Plan
Dr Ian Godber

10:30am Ice-breaker quiz: Sample Interferences
Emma Miler

11:00am Tea break

11:15am FRCPath exams: an examiner’s perspective
Dr Kate Shipman

12:00am Trainee presentations and cases (3–4 cases, 15 mins each)
A rare disease service review for Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Laura Stephens
Challenges in the development of an LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous measurement of vitamin D metabolites
Megan Souness
Advancing myeloma care: A patient case of high-risk disease under a novel treatment protocol
Ewan Jones

1:00pm Lunch and networking (lunch included)

2:00pm Freddie Flynn Award Lecture - Insights into immunoassays and their pitfalls
Dr Gwen Wark

2:45pm Title TBC
Amy Read

3:30pm Tea break

3:50pm Metabolic Medicine
Ralph Wigley

4:30pm Closing remarks