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Non-UK Subscription Charges 2021 – 2022
Non-UK Subscription Charges 2021 – 2022
Subscription charges 2021 – 2022 (Non-UK sites)
Please find details of our Terms and Conditions and prices for all our Programmes covering the period of April 2021 to March 2022.
For current participants: Your personalised quotation based on your previous year’s enrolment should have been sent out to you previously. If you have not received your forms for this current year, please contact finance@weqas.com. If you want to reduce or increase the number of programmes or samples then please inform us immediately.
We have tried to minimise any increase in charges and only added inflationary costs to programmes where 3rd party supplier increases have made it difficult for us to maintain the 2020 charges. For this year, we have made every effort to reduce the costs of a number of programmes; further information is available below.
Please note that we have improved our Serum Indices programme and this is now available as a standalone monthly programme rather than quarterly, with a bi annual interference programme being offered free of charge as part of the Serum Chemistry programme. We have also added an option for bimonthly blood gases and co-oximetry for low volume sites.
Our Procalcitonin and POCT D-dimer programmes are now accredited.
A small charge of £50 to contribute towards sample costs, postage and packaging has been applied to the Programmes that are not accredited at the time of writing, i.e. Pre–eclampsia Markers, IGFBP-1 (Actim PROM), POCT Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody.
Additional services
If you require additional services such as data entry or performance monitoring, please email: office@weqas.com for a bespoke quotation.
Accreditation status
Weqas is accredited to International Standards ISO 17043:2010, Conformity Assessment- General requirements for proficiency testing [EQA], ISO 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories and ISO 15195:2018-Laboratory Medicine (requirements for Reference Measurement Laboratories). Full details of our accreditation scope are available on our website and the UKAS website, www.ukas.com.
Participant and sample costs explained
The Participant costs covers the full year’s registration for sending a set of samples at the frequency described in the Participants Manual to one location, excluding shipping. You can add an unlimited number of additional sections to this registration free of charge. If you require an additional set of samples sent to the same location, the cost for this is included under “sample charge”.
If you require an additional set of samples to be sent to a different location then you will need to pay an additional participant charge. The current number of instruments/sections for your laboratory can be viewed on our website. To ensure that you have continuity of service, we will provide you with the same number of programmes and samples from your last order until advised accordingly. Please return your enrolment document with a PO as soon as possible.
If you want to reduce or increase the number of programmes or samples then please inform us immediately.
Please note a £20 administrative fee will be applied to the total cost per order.
Discounts
For this enrolment period, we have reduced our costs for our Endocrine, Lipids, POCT CRP and POCT Urinalysis programmes. We will continue to provide a discount for multiple sites in our Blood Gas and Co-oximetry programmes and have heavily discounted our Immunosuppressant programme if combined with the Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) programme. We have improved our Serum Indices programme and this is now available as a standalone monthly programme rather than quarterly, with a bi annual interference programme being offered free of charge as part of the Serum Chemistry programme. We have also added an option for bimonthly blood gases and co-oximetry for low volume sites.
Additional discount is also available for organisations wishing to enrol for three or more years.
Pilot Programmes
Pilot Programmes for this year include Pre – eclampsia Markers, IGFBP-1 (Actim PROM), POCT Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody. A POCT SARS-CoV-2 Ag programme will be available shortly. A small charge of £50 to contribute towards sample costs, postage and packaging will apply during the pilot period.
Please indicate on the enrolment form if you wish to be included in any of these programmes.
Annual Weqas conference
Participants who paid for their conference place for 2020 we would like to confirm that the money paid has been rolled over to secure a place(s) for the 2021 annual conference. We will contact you in the summer to confirm where and when the annual conference will be held for 2021.
Terms and Conditions
- Weqas is hosted by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK.
- Invoices are raised by “Cardiff and Vale University Health Board”. Failure to pay the invoice within 14 days will result in cessation of the programme and procedures initiated to recover the debt.
- Annual Subscription covers a period from April 1st to March 31st and is administered on an advance-payment basis. Order numbers should be included on the returned enrolment forms. For an electronic copy of the enrolment form please contact office@weqas.com.
- For existing customers, participation will be deemed to be continuous, unless advised in writing of any discontinuation before 30th April.
- In the event of a participant failing to pay the annual subscription fee by the due date, the Programme Organiser reserves the right to terminate the annual subscription without notice and the participant will be liable for the payment for services provided.
- Participants wishing to cancel the programme must provide 3 months written notification of cancellation.
- No refunds are provided for termination during the enrolment year.
- The liability of WEQAS and Cardiff and Vale UHB to the participant in any annual period resulting from or in connection with the provision of the programmes to the participant, shall under no circumstances exceed the amount of the Annual fee paid by the participant.
- Participants can join at any time throughout the year and will be invoiced on a pro rata basis.
- All reports, and any data contained therein, issued by the EQA Programmes are Copyright and may not be distributed, published or used for promotion in any form without the permission of the Weqas Director.
- These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Thank you for your continued support.
Non-UK Price list
Please note a £20 administrative fee will be applied to the total cost per order.
| Programme | Programme / Participant Costs | Extra Sample Set Costs |
|---|---|---|
| 3% discount applies for > 10 sample sets per individual Blood Gas / Co-oximetry Programme | ||
| Blood Gas - monthly | £400 | £350 |
| Co-oximetry - monthly | £470 | £420 |
| 3% discount applies for > 10 sample sets per individual Blood Gas / Co-oximetry Programme | ||
| POCT Blood Gas - bimonthly | £300 | £260 |
| POCT Co-oximetry - bimonthly | £360 | £300 |
| HbA1c - monthly | £400 | £300 |
| POCT HbA1c - bimonthly | £210 | £150 |
| *Serum Chemistry 1mL samples (includes eGFR) | £415 | £360 |
| *Serum Chemistry 3mL samples (includes eGFR) | £950 | £890 |
| Serum Indices - 2 dists pa (Free with Serum Chemistry) | Free | Free |
| Serum Indices - monthly | £250 | £200 |
| Bilirubin (includes Paediatric Bilirubin) | £250 | £200 |
| ED Toxicology | £330 | £280 |
| *Lipid | £450 | £400 |
| Porphyrin - quarterly | £250 | £200 |
| Bile Acid | £270 | £220 |
| Ammonia | £235 | £185 |
| Serum ACE - bimonthly | £280 | £180 |
| Serum hCG - bimonthly | £150 | £100 |
| TDM & Immunosuppressants (includes Antibiotics) | £500 | £400 |
| Immunosuppressants | £255 | £225 |
| TDM & Antibiotics | £375 | £350 |
| Qualitative Faecal Hb | £400 | £380 |
| Quantitative Faecal Hb | £400 | £380 |
| Urine Drugs of Abuse - bimonthly | £400 | £370 |
| Renal Calculi - bimonthly | £210 | £185 |
| Procalcitonin | £300 | £250 |
| *Endocrine (includes Thyroid, Steroid and peptide hormones) | £605 | £550 |
| Cardiac Markers | £290 | £235 |
| Homocysteine - bimonthly | £350 | £300 |
| Haematinics | £450 | £400 |
| Urine Chemistry | £410 | £355 |
| POCT Urine ACR - bimonthly | £135 | £95 |
| Urine Oxalate & Citrate | £450 | £400 |
| NT-pro BNP - bimonthly | £255 | £225 |
| CRP (includes hs-CRP) | £320 | £260 |
| pH Meter | £200 | £150 |
| Programme | Programme / Participant Costs | Extra Sample Set Costs |
|---|---|---|
POCT Bimonthly Programmes |
||
| POCT INR | £120 | £85 |
| POCT Urinalysis | £120 | £65 |
| POCT Urine Pregnancy | £120 | £75 |
| POCT Urine ACR | £135 | £95 |
| POCT Glucose & Ketones Various distribution frequencies available | Available on request | |
| POCT Lipid & Glucose | £95 | £65 |
| POCT Haemoglobin | £195 | £155 |
| POCT BNP | £400 | £255 |
| POCT Plasma Cardiac Marker - monthly | £550 | £500 |
| POCT HIV | £240 | £200 |
| Foetal Fibronectin | £250 | £200 |
| phIGFBP-1 (Actim Partus) | £260 | £230 |
| POCT Creatinine (includes eGFR) | £210 | £150 |
| POCT CRP | £165 | £125 |
| Viscoelastic Haemostasis - quarterly | £300 | £280 |
| Urine Drugs of Abuse | £400 | £370 |
| POCT D-Dimer | £260 | £230 |
| Programme | Programme / Participant Costs | Extra Sample Set Costs |
|---|---|---|
Pilot Programmes |
||
| Pre-Eclampsia Markers - monthly | £50 | £50 |
| POCT Influenza - 8 dists pa | £50 | £50 |
| IGFBP-1 (Actim Prom) - bimonthly | £50 | £50 |
| SARS-CoV-2 Antibody - monthly | £50 | £50 |
| POCT SARS-CoV-2 viral Ag - monthly | £50 | £50 |
*Includes reference targets
