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This will be a Joint Webinar involving GIRFT Pathology, Bedfordshire Hospitals Laboratory Clinical Lead and Deputy MD and EQA experts from Birmingham Quality and Weqas. This webinar will be on Zoom and is free to attend. It is aimed at Heads of Departments and other influential stakeholders; however, everyone is
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The Weqas Team are looking forward to attending EQALM 2025, this year's host city is Leiden, Netherlands. This event always delivers three days of insightful EQA presentations and discussions. Meet the team that will be attending EQALM this year: Gareth Davies Deputy Director Gareth Davies is the Deputy Director, Principal
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We will be exhibiting at the 2025 IBMS Congress in Birmingham from 22nd to 25th September. This biennial event is one of the biggest meetings dedicated to advancing laboratory-based medicine. We are delighted that our Director, Annette Thomas, and Deputy Director, Gareth Davies, have both been asked to talk at
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The Weqas Team are looking forward to returning to Chicago for ADLM 2025. If you are in attendance and would like to find out more about our services, please drop by stand 213 in the main exhibition hall to meet us. Meet the team that will be attending ADLM this
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The 2025 Weqas Annual Laboratory Conference will take place at the Glamorgan Cricket Ground, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. This one-day event will focus on EQA interpretation, case studies, getting the best out of your EQA data for ISO 15189:2022 compliance as well as what’s new and what are the hot topics.
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We are pleased to be heading out to Brussels, Belgium to exhibit at EuroMedLab 2025. This event is the 26th European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, and will serve as a platform to showcase the latest technologies and innovations in laboratory medicine, exploring their potential applications in healthcare.
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, has been asked to share her expertise at the National Reference Laboratory's 5th POCT Advances Conference in Abu Dhabi. She will be giving talks on: Developing a National Governance Policy for the Management of POCT Developing a CRP Testing service in Primary & Community Care for
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BioMedica is Ireland’s premier clinical science and laboratory medicine conference and our team have always enjoyed their visits to Dublin. Hosted by the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM), the biennial conference will be held in the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) this year. Our staff will be on
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We are pleased to invite you to an External Quality Assessment (EQA) Workshop at St. Vincent's University Hospital. This session will focus on report interpretation and EQA case studies, with expert insights from Nicola Blount, EQA Client Manager, who will guide you in understanding and applying EQA principles effectively. Nicola
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Weqas will be joining the 800+ exhibitors at this years Medlab 2025. The event will once again be held in the fantastic Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. If you would like to chat to our team in attendance, please visit us at stand Z2.K15. Meet the team that will be
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This year’s conference will take place at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December 2024. Day one will focus on ‘EQA interpretation and laboratory performance’, and day two will cover ‘Point of care testing performance and innovation’. With a blend of clinical and scientific sessions on
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, will be presenting at the 4th POCT Africa International Colloquium in Cape Town, South Africa. This event will highlight how POCT is transforming healthcare by improving accessibility, reducing delays, and enhancing patient outcomes. Annette will share her expertise on "Assuring the Quality in POCT - delivering
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Our Head of Department for the Weqas Reference Measurement Service, David Ducroq, will be in Düsseldorf this week for Medica 2024. He is looking forward to discovering the latest advancements in robotics and automation systems, discussing our Reference Measurement services, as well as meeting up with current suppliers. David Ducroq
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The Weqas Team are looking forward to attending EQALM 2024 in Vienna, this event always delivers three days of insightful EQA presentations and discussions. One of the presentations this year will be delivered by Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, which will be on 'Analytical performance specifications - are we providing clinically
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, has been asked to speak at the 29th ADLM International CPOCT Symposium in San Diego. She will share her insight on the skills and knowledge required to be an effective POCT Coordinator from her perspective as National POCT clinical Lead in Wales. The symposium promises to
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The Weqas Team are looking forward to returning to Chicago for ADLM 2024. If you are in attendance and would like to find out more about our services, please drop by stand 104 in the main exhibition hall to meet us. Meet the team that will be attending ADLM this
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Our Director, Annette Thomas, in her role as the National POCT Clinical Lead will be speaking at the MediWales Connects conference in Cardiff. She will be leading a session on ‘Point of Care Testing and Diagnostics’, discussing the challenges in developing the National POCT Strategy for Wales and showcasing the
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The Weqas Team are looking forward to meeting you in WorldLab 2024 in Dubai. Please drop by stand 33 in the main exhibition hall to meet us. We will be showcasing our new web portal, Weqas Connect, our EQA Laboratory and POCT Programmes and our bespoke POCT services. We will
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, has been asked to give a talk at the POCT National Diagnostics Forum in Birmingham. The meeting brings together POCT Managers and Co-ordinators to share challenges and leave with new ideas on how to integrate diagnostic services effectively outside of the hospital. Annette Thomas Weqas Director
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, has been asked to give a talk at the International Symposium 'Point-of-Care Testing: State of the Art and Perspectives' in Venice. The aim of this two-day meeting is to discuss the state of the art and future perspectives of POCT in different scenarios and clinical settings
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We are delighted to announce that the 2023 Weqas Annual Conference will take place at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff. The hotel is conveniently located in Cardiff city centre with stunning views overlooking Cardiff Castle and City Hall. The conference this year will focus on Point of care testing and
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This biennial event is the JCTLM Members’ and Stakeholders’ meeting and Workshop on ‘EQA schemes elucidating the clinical suitability of laboratory results’ held at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) in France. David Ducroq, Head of the Reference Measurement Laboratory at Weqas, has been asked to give a
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The 2023 EQALM Symposium and General Assembly will be held in Lyon, France, on 18-20th October 2023. As always, we look forward to attending this year’s EQALM event. Our Deputy Director will be presenting on ‘Performance Assessment of Point of Care Testing for Blood Glucose – a 5 year review’.
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We will be exhibiting at the 2023 IBMS Congress in Birmingham from 25th to 28th September. This biennial event is one of the biggest meetings dedicated to advancing laboratory-based medicine. We are delighted that our Deputy Director, Gareth Davies, has been asked to talk on the topic 'Development of a
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We will once again be exhibiting at the AACC Clinical Lab Expo in 2023. The 75th Expo will take place in Anaheim, California on the 25th – 27th July. If you are attending, please come and visit us on booth 677. Meet the team that will be attending AACC this
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We are pleased to be exhibiting at EUROMEDLAB WORLDLAB Roma 2023. Please drop by booth 203 in the main exhibition hall. We look forward to seeing you. Meet the team that will be attending EuroMedLab this year: Annette Thomas Director Gareth Davies Deputy Director Samantha Jones Operations Manager Request a
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, has been asked to give a talk at the IFCC POCT Satellite Meeting in Rome. The meeting, titled 'Point-of-Care Testing: Home, Hospital and Beyond', takes place prior to the EuroMedLab 2023 Congress which Weqas will also be attending as an exhibitor. Annette Thomas Weqas Director
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BioMedica is Ireland’s premier clinical science and laboratory medicine conference and our team have always enjoyed their visits to Dublin. Hosted by the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM), the biennial conference will be held in the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) this year. Our staff will be on
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Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, has been asked to share her expertise by joining the Scientific Committee of the 3rd POCT Advances Conference in Abu Dhabi. She has also been asked to present a talk on both days of the event. The conference will address the key topics and issues around
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Weqas will be joining the 700+ exhibitors at this years MedLab 2023. The event will once again be held in the fantastic Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. If you would like to chat to our team, please visit us at stand Z3.A10. Meet the team that will be attending MedLab
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We are delighted to announce that the 2022 Weqas Annual Conference will take place at the Hilton London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4 on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th December 2022. Registration for the event is now open, please click the button below to complete our registration form if you would
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The 25th annual EQALM 2022 Symposium and General Assembly will be held in Athens, Greece from Wednesday, 12th to Friday, 14th October 2022. The Weqas team always enjoy attending these events as they provide insightful talks centred around EQA and are delivered by peers from all across Europe. Weqas Deputy
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After a long wait, the postponed WorldLab 2020 in Seoul is now on the horizon. We are looking forward to seeing what it and South Korea has in store for us. This will be our first time visiting South Korea as an exhibitor and we can't wait to get started.
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The postponed EuroMedLab 2021 will now take place this year in Munich. It is the 24th IFCC-EFLM European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine and Gareth Davies, Deputy Director, will be giving a talk on Tuesday entitled Development of an External Quality Assessment (EQA) Programme for SARS-CoV-2 Ab.
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We will be exhibiting at the 2022 IBMS Congress in Birmingham, 14th – 17th March. The UK’s largest biomedical science exhibition showcases featuring many of the leading companies and organisations displaying and demonstrating instrumentation, equipment and professional services. Since the last meeting in 2019 we have developed new EQA programmes
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We will once again be heading out to Dubai, this time for the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress. Weqas Principal Biochemist, Gareth Davies, will be in attendance throughout the 4 days. If you would like to discuss working together, please complete the form below to book a meeting to see
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We are delighted to announce that the 2021 Weqas Annual Conference will take place at the Mercure Hotel, a modern 4-star hotel situated in the vibrant capital city of Wales. The conference will take place on Tuesday 7th & Wednesday 8th December. Day one will be a half day introducing
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This year we will be exhibiting at the Virtual Medica conference. This conference features an interesting forum and conference programme with live and pre-produced highlight contributions on the latest trends and developments in the global medical technology industry. Exciting discussion rounds and top-class lectures by renowned speakers will provide information
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Join Us Online October 2, 2020 AACC's "International CPOCT Online" brings you the latest on new and emerging applications and technologies in a one-day live virtual meeting. Explore topics in advanced testing approaches, artificial intelligence, infectious disease, and more while earning ACCENT credit. Join experts and participants from around the
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We will once again be heading out to Dubai for the MedLab Middle East Congress. If you would like to discuss working together, please complete the form below to book a meeting to see us at stand Z1-B32 or visit us at our stand during the event. Request a meeting
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Our director, Annette Thomas, has been invited to speak at the Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine 2020 (FiLM) conference. This cutting edge conference brings together the leading figures in Pathology and Diagnostics from the UK and across the world. Annette is delighted to speak on 'Networks update - Point of care
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We are delighted to announce that the 2019 Weqas Annual Conference will take place at the Hilton Hotel, located in Cardiff City Centre, directly opposite Cardiff Castle. The conference will take place on Tuesday, 10th and Wednesday, 11th December 2019. Full details of the programme will be released shortly on
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We are delighted to be returning to the JCTLM biennial workshop on the 2nd and 3rd December 2019 in Paris, France. The theme for this workshop is Accurate Results for Patient Care. Our Deputy Director, David Ducroq, and our Reference Laboratory Healthcare Scientist practitioner, Gemma Brett, will be attending. We
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This is the Welsh Government’s inaugural conference for allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and pharmacists, with the Advancing Healthcare Awards Wales dinner & ceremony following in the evening. Weqas Director, Annette Thomas, is part of the judging panel for the poster prize. Our Operations Manager, Samantha Jones, and our R
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The 24th annual EQALM 2019 Symposium will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from Thursday, 17th to Friday, 18th October 2019. This year the Executive Board have chosen to honour our Director, Annette Thomas, with the Adam Uldall Award. Annette is receiving the award for the good work she has achieved in
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We will be exhibiting at the 2019 IBMS Congress in Birmingham, 22nd - 25th September. This biennial event is one of the biggest meetings dedicated to advancing Laboratory-based medicine. You can find us at stand R11, where our scientific laboratory-trained personnel can assist you.
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We will once again be exhibiting at AACC in 2019. The 71st AACC Clinical Lab Expo will take place in Anaheim, California on the 4th - 8th August. If you are attending, please come and visit us on booth 730. We are also more than happy for you to book
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Our Director, Annette Thomas, will be chairing the symposium 'External Quality Assurance in the digital era' at this years EuroMedLab Congress in Barcelona. She will also be giving a talk on 'The digital era: a paradigm shift in external quality assurance' in room 114 on Wednesday 22nd May. You can
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We will be exhibiting at MEDLAB 2019 in Dubai. the event will be taking place from 4th - 7th February at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Our Director, Annette Thomas, has also been invited to speak at the event. Come visit us on stand Z1.B51.
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We are delighted to announce that the 2018 Weqas Annual Conference will take place at the 5 Star Principal St David’s Hotel. Set in Wales’ capital city, this luxurious hotel offers exceptional views over Cardiff Bay. The conference will take place on Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th November. Day one
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Weqas' Deputy Director, David Ducroq, has been invited to speak at Waters' 13th UK & Ireland Clinical LC-MS User Meeting. The meeting will be held at the Wellcome Collection in London on Wednesday 7th November 2018. We will also have a table at the event to give you the opportunity
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Our Director, Annette Thomas, has been invited to speak at this year's EQALM Symposium in Zagreb, Croatia. The event is being held at the Palace Hotel on the 18th - 19th October 2018. The talk, titled "Global efforts in quality improvement (IFCC WG on Analytical Quality): what does it mean
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We will be offering local participants the opportunity to attend a regional EQA Workshop at the Strayside Education Centre within Harrogate District Hospital on 20th September 2018. Two sessions will be available and both will cover Interpretation of Weqas reports and EQA Cases. There will be one session in the
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We are exhibiting at AACC's annual conference this year. The event will held in McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, come and find us at Booth No. 454. If you would like to book a face-to-face meeting at AACC with one of our team, click here.
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We will be hosting an industry sponsored workshop at Focus 2018 in Manchester. The event will be held in the Brooks Building, part of Manchester Metropolitan University. Our Workshop, titled 'EQA & ISO15189', will take place at 1:00pm on Thursday 7th June.
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We will be offering local participants the opportunity to attend a regional EQA Workshop at the Lecture Theatre within the postgrad centre at Wishaw General Hospital on 30th April 2018. Two sessions will be available and both will cover Interpretation of Weqas reports and EQA Cases. There will be one
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We will be offering local participants the opportunity to attend a regional EQA Workshop at St. Vincent's University Hospital on 26th April 2018, 9.30am – 1.30pm. The session will be held in the Nurse Education Centre (Assembly Hall – Training Room 1), St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4
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Weqas will be exhibiting at Biomedica's Annual Conference this year. The event is being held at the RDS in Dublin on 24th April until the 25th April. Come visit us at stand 208! What Is BioMedica? BioMedica provides a platform to see and explore the latest technological and scientific
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We are delighted to confirm that this year's conference is taking place at the Hilton Deansgate Hotel in Manchester on the 13th & 14th December. This will be a two day conference with day 1 covering Quality and day 2 covering PoCT, specifically pre hospital PoCT. The Welcome Letter, Programme and Registration form are
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Laboratory medicine is a multi-disciplinary approach to analysing human disease, Weqas are delighted to exhibit at BioMedica 2016, please find us on Stand No. 407. Supporting your QA framework and compliance to ISO/IEC 15189.
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Patients: the past,present and future focus of Laboratory Medicine is the theme of Focus 2016, patient-centred, clinical sessions, state of the art analytical sessions and much more. Focus 2016 have introduced FiLM as a third parallel symposium for laboratory management, EQA, education and training. As the leading, accredited provider of
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The Arab Health Exhibition and Congress is by far, one of the largest healthcare exhibitions in the world. Weqas will be participating along with other Wales based companies as part of Welsh Government trade mission supporting Life Sciences and taking Wales to the World. The provision of reliable quality indicators
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Our Weqas Annual Conference will be hosted at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff on the 2nd and 3rd December 2015. This year, our underlying theme is "Medical Errors" a "hot topic" brought to the attention of the wider public by the media spotlight and social media. Accordingly, we have devised our programme around
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We are exhibiting at the IBMS Biomedical Science Congress, this is one of the biggest meetings dedicated to advancing Laboratory-based medicine. This year, IBMS are providing a Quality conference as part of Science Congress 2015, quality is driving the pathology agenda and is presenting new and complex challenges for biomedical scientists
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IFCC-EFLM European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Le Palais des Congres, 22st- 25th June 2015, Paris, France Weqas will be exhibiting at EuroMedLab 2015, please stop by our stand (Stand No. D099), we are really looking forward to meeting with you and discussing our new products. We are here
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Breaking Boundaries in Laboratory Medicine 8 – 11 June 2015, Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff The committee plan to showcase local initiatives including highlights of the National Patient Safety Agenda in Wales. This year, the ACB Focus meeting is to be held in our attractive and dynamic city, how exciting! The
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The focus of the conference is the management of the quality of the preanalytical laboratory practices. Attractive scientific programme designed with interactive discussions and e-voting to enable the exchange of ideas and knowledge related to some most common issues and everyday problems relating to the preanalytical phase.
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Last updated: 27/11/2025