Wales scientific meeting April 2026

The Wales online meeting took place online on 23 April 2026.

 

Agenda

  1. 2:00pm

    Developments in weight management: what the clinical biochemist needs to know

    • Helen Cordy, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, CVUHB

  2. LabMed members awards presentations

  3. 2:30pm

    Performance assessment of three point-of-care ketone meters across a range of β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations

    • Ceri Parfitt, WEQAS
  4. 2:50pm

    True or false (positive)?

    • Holly Hughes, CTMUHB
  5. 3:10pm

    Streamlining and quality improvement of 17OHP blood spot assay for monitoring congenital adrenal hyperplasia

    • Katie Barnett, CVUHB
  6. 3:30pm

    Establishing lower limits of detection and quantification for drugs of abuse in urine with the aim of reducing thresholds and improving patient safety

    • Manjot Gill, CVUHB
  7. 3:50pm

    Auditing communication of critical pathology results at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

    • Rhys Lynch, CVUHB
  8. 4:10pm

    Short break for judges to discuss

  9. 4:20pm

    LabMed members award announcement and meeting close