We have had one of our busiest years in 2025, both attending and hosting events. A few of the highlights include hosting our first separate Laboratory and POCT Conferences, as well as trips to United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Belgium, USA, Netherlands, Kenya and France.
Events Attended
Weqas Annual Conferences
This years Laboratory Conference in June and POCT Conference in December were a great success, with both events taking place in Cardiff. In total there were three full days of fantastic internal and external speakers, educational workshops and some insightful EQA discussions.
Conferences
Attendees
Presentations
Weqas Connect
A total of 37 programmes have now been migrated to the Weqas Connect website. During 2025 we migrated the Bilirubin, TDM, Urinalysis (including re-designed reports) and HbA1c programmes. The HbA1c programme design was revised; HbA1c for Diagnosis and HbA1c for Monitoring programmes now available. 2026 starts with the migration of the Serum Chemistry programme in January.
Programmes
Participants registered
Active users
Weqas Team BuildingAll the staff here at Weqas took part in a team building day on Thursday 8th May 2025. This day was organised by our fantastic Wellbeing Team with the help of EML Team Building and was comprised of various activities including a morning of team building challenges, a lunchtime walk around a local reservoir led by a park ranger, finishing with a ‘Race across the world’ team game in the afternoon. |
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CCAK WorkshopIn November this year Weqas Director Annette Thomas was invited to Nairobi, Kenya to share her expertise with the attendees of the CCAK’s workshop on Laboratory Quality Assurance. This was a joint workshop run by the Clinical Chemists Association of Kenya and the IFCC Task Force on Global Laboratory Quality (TFGLQ). |
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FundraisingWe are very proud of our Weqas team who have been raising money for various charities throughout the year, including Save The Children, NSPCC and Oxfam. In total our staff have raised over £450 this year! |
+£450 Raised for charities |
Christmas & New YearWe would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from everyone here at Weqas. The new year promises to be just as busy for us with several events already lined up, and plans for more of our own events in progress. Keep an eye on our events page to find out where you can expect to see us next year. |
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Last updated: 23/12/2025
