Join us at the Royal College of Pathologists 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.  The day will focus on troponin and acute chest pain, monoclonal gammopathy and myeloma. Scroll down to see how the day is structured and click the 'Book now' button to secure your place!

Bookings close at midday on 3 November

Programme

9.30am  Welcome and Introduction - W Wassif, National Audit Lead

9.35am  Accelerated diagnostic pathways for acute chest pain: guidelines into practice - Nick Mills, Chair of Cardiology/Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh  

10.05am  National Audit on Troponin Assay - Helen Jerina, Principal Clinical Scientist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10.45am  Tea Break

11.00am  Accelerated diagnostic pathways for acute chest pain: what does the laboratory need to do (and what the guidelines don’t tell you) - Paul Collinson, St George's Hospital, London

11.40am  Discussion

11.50am  Regional audit presentations, top 2 abstracts tbd

12.20am  Lunch and poster session

2.00pm  Louise Ward - National Audit Deputy Lead

2.05pm  International audit of laboratory practice for the provision of monoclonal gammopathy service - Ross Sadler Consultant Scientist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

2.45pm  Assessment of and management of patient with monoclonal gammopathies - Fenella Willis, Consultant Haematologist, St George's Hospital, London 

3.30pm  Minimal Residual Disease on blood using targeted mass spectrometry - Hans Jacobs, Consultant Immunologist, The Netherlands

4.00pm  Myeloma: A Life Worth Living - Mairi Whiston, Myeloma UK

4.30pm  Discussion

4.40pm Feedback and closing remarks - W Wassif, National Audit Lead

5 CPD credits are awarded for participation at this event.

Abstract Submission Now Closed

Submitted abstracts are scored anonymously by the members of the ACB National Audit committee. Two abstracts will be chosen by the National Audit Group for oral presentation. If you do not wish your abstract to be considered for oral presentation, please indicate in the form below. 

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.