The Innovation Agency (Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast) For Attention of UK Labs Only Support available to implement updated NICE Diagnostics Guidance DG40: High Sensitivity troponin tests for the early rule out of NSTEMI. As the national (NHS England) working group leading the programme to boost the NICE-recommended use of high-sensitivity […]

Throughout October and November 2020, UK NEQAS will be hosting a weekly series of pan-disciplinary educational webinars, focusing on reducing pre-analytical errors in laboratory medicine. Each session will be led by a subject expert and the format of the webinars will be a short talk followed by a 15 minute Q&A session to round things […]

Troponins Touted as ‘Ally’ in COVID-19 Triage.   https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047008  

NICE adoption resource for early rule out of NTSEMI using high-sensitivity troponin tests has been published on the NICE website today 26/09/2019: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg15/resources/adoption-support-resource-insights-from-the-nhs-6905227933/chapter/Introduction

In 2010 UK NEQAS for Cardiac Markers identified a requirement to initiate a dedicated meeting to educate and involve clinical scientists, biomedical scientists, clinicians and the diagnostics industry in the continuously evolving area of cardiac markers and their role in diagnosis and treatment. Following 3 successful meetings in 2010, 2011 and 2014, a big thank […]

The Chemistry Division of UK NEQAS, which includes the centres based in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Guildford are pleased to announce that we are holding a series of Roadshows across the UK from early next year. Each Roadshow will be the same, so you only have to come to one! We are crossing the country, […]