A LabMed hosted conference exploring patient needs, policy/governance issues around alternatives to routine clinical sample collection, procurement challenges within the NHS and successful clinical pathways employing patient centred sample collection.
The day aims to bring together key opinion formers in the area of microsampling / patient centric sampling, the patient need, businesses providing technologies and regulatory bodies. We invite stimulating discussion about how we can shape this rapidly developing pre-analytical field and integrate it into our future laboratory practices. A great day for networking with microsampling colleagues across the country.
Preferential rates have been booked at Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village, at £85 per night B&B. These rates are available until 17 January 2025. To book please call the hotel directly on 0151 245 6694 / 6697 quoting code 777969.
9.00 Registration
9.30 The Patient
Neil Spooner (PCSIG) - Introduction and Chair
Making blood sampling accessible to all - why it is so important - perspectives from the Learning Disability community, carers and health professionals
Julia Smith (GP Partner, Carnforth & Milnthorpe PCN) and Sarah Duffin (Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Morecambe Bay All Age Learning Disability Service)
Putting patients at the centre
Jenny Royal (Strategic Lead & Director, MediPaCe)
Sample Acquisition: Shaping the National Approach – Our Work Thus Far
Divine Azange (National Pathology Transformation Implementation Lead, NHS England)
10.40 Coffee break and networking
11.10 Regulatory Issues
Katharine Hayden (President LabMed) - Chair
A paradigm shift on patient centred sample collection in the UK and how future regulations will enable it
Joseph Burt (Head of Diagnostics & General Medical Devices, MHRA)
Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Direct to Consumer Tests
Alyson Bryant (Accreditation Specialist, UKAS)
Regulations, Risks, and Results: Navigating Clinical Pathways with Patient-Centric Sampling
Debra Padgett (Clinical Pathology Lead, Past-President IBMS, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
12.10 Lunch, exhibition and networking
13.40 Patient Centric Sampling in Practice
Alex Yates (Chair SACP, Countess of Chester Hospital) - Chair
PRIVATE SECTOR
Capillary blood testing - automatic for the people
Tim Woolley (Chief Scientific Officer, Inuvi)
Unlocking the promise of decentralised diagnostics - Deliver great experiences to patients without sacrificing quality or safety
Hamish Grierson (CEO and Co-Founder, Thriva Solutions)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Applications and challenges of remote patient led blood collection in the NHS
Tim McDonald (Clinical Director Blood Sciences, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust)
Involving and Engaging Myeloma Patients in Remote Monitoring Research
Nithya Paranthaman (Senior Scientific Officer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust)
Immunosuppressant Drug Monitoring Using Finger Prick Blood Collection
Brian Keevil (Consultant Clinical Scientist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust)
15.30 Tea Break
15.45 Interactive panel discussion
Development of working group and best practice guidelines for clinical laboratories
16.45 Close
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