POCT
Wed 8 Oct 2025 09:00-16:25
Manchester Conference Centre, 6 CPD hours

POCT in the community: practical strategies for safe, effective, timely care


As demand grows and delivery shifts closer to patients, it's time to break out of siloed working and learn from the teams already making it happen. Join POCT leads, community clinicians, and diagnostics specialists at this hands-on national training forum and discover how to deliver safe, efficient and connected POCT services in pharmacies, clinics and the community. 

Leave with the tools, ideas, and confidence to elevate your POCT service.

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Delivering POCT: Diagnostics in the Community
Face-to-face 6 CPD Hours £49+VAT

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: one day to learn, connect and evolve

Empower your service and be at that forefront of POCT in the community, by attending this dedicated forum. In one day, you will establish confidence and spearhead your POCT service by:

  • Increasing capacity by strengthening collaboration along the pathway
  • Exploring real-world models for community-based POCT implementation
  • Establishing optimal connectivity in the community
  • Managing risk and governance in your service and in the community
  • Revising your strategies to procure funding and manage POCT resources effectively

Step away from the day-to-day and supercharge your POCT strategy

This day is built for POCT professionals, diagnostics leads, community health managers, and clinical service innovators ready to transform care pathways and future-proof their services. In just one day, you will:

  • Connect with peers from across the country and share what is working
  • Hear expert insights from innovators leading POCT transformation 
  • Dive into real-world case studies with take-home solutions
  • Join interactive Q&A sessions packed with practical answers and inspiring experiences

With thanks to our exhibitors

SBK would like to thank Alpha Laboratories and QuidelOrtho for exhibiting this event.

Invitation to sponsor or exhibit

If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this national forum, you will be in good company! 

POCT National Networking Forum 2025 which took place in March in Birmingham was sponsored by Abbott, BHR Biosynex, Fujifilm, Genedrive Diagnostics Ltd and Roche, with exhibitors from: AB Scientific, Accubio Cepheid, Citizen Care Health, Eurobio Scientific, HORIBA UK, Katalyst Diagnostics, QuidelOrtho, Randox, Sterilab, Sysmex and Una Health.

To find out more about the engagement and branding opportunities available, how the agenda will work in practice and your involvement in the day, please email Sarah Kemm or call Sarah on 01732 897788.

"The event was extremely well organised and run. From an exhibitor standpoint, the way we were able to speak to so many of the delegates was invaluable"

Sterilab, POCT National Networking Forum, March 2025

"A very well organised event, with a strong and meaningful agenda"

Roche, POCT National Networking Forum, March 2025

“A thoroughly enjoyable event that was very informative to all involved. It succeeded in sparking a lot of thought and discussion around POCT and its ever-growing importance in the field”

Randox, POCT National Networking Forum, March 2025

“Great engagement with key personas and extremely topical talks by the leading KOLs. The customer engagement throughout the day allowed for great networking”

Cepheid, POCT National Networking Forum, March 2025
9:00
Registration and networking in the exhibition hall
9:30
Chair’s opening remarks and introductions
Katie Moss, Founder, Bio Moss Solutions
National developments
9:40
Leading change: The role of community POCT in healthcare transformation
  • Where are we now in terms of establishing POCT in the community?
  • Multi-System partnership working with pharmacists, primary care and ICBs
  • Horizon scanning: the future of diagnostics in the community
10:05
Questions and answers with your speaker
10:15
Interactive discussion: Achieving successful expansion into the community
  • Share where your service currently stands in terms of your expansion into the community
  • How are you working towards increasing your capacity in the community?
10:30
Feedback from the interactive discussion: Achieving successful expansion into the community
10:40
Sponsored demonstration opportunity
Sponsors are invited to demonstrate their technology or deliver key updates. If you are interested in supporting this session, please contact sarah.kemm@sbk-events.co.uk
11:00
Refreshments and networking break in the exhibition hall
Models of community POCT in practice
11:30
Case study: Optimising neighbourhood nurses to reduce workload and enhance preventative care
  • Exploring the role of neighbourhood nurses: improving equitable access to healthcare
  • Navigating issues with accuracy and EQA compliance to build reliable results
  • Establishing positive relationships and effective training: delivering best practice and reducing health inequality
11:55
Case study: Demonstrating innovation, securing funding and driving forward community POCT
  • Delivering successful connectivity between outpatient clinics and community-based teams
  • Understanding how community POCT sits in our pathway and ensuring quality care
  • Demonstrating cost saving benefits of POCT in the community
12:20
Case study: Operationalising connectivity when shifting from the hospital into the community
  • Practical strategies to create a digital infrastructure with outpatients
  • Streamlining connectivity: enhancing equipment accessibility and usability to ensure quality and timely results for patients
  • How successful links have been achieved with primary care EPRs
12:45
Panel questions and answers with your speakers
  • Focusing on themes of connectivity, community working and POCT in primary care settings, ask your panel of speakers your pressing questions to tackle transformation in the community
1:00
Refreshments and networking lunch in the exhibition hall
Funding, procurement and POCT management
2:10
Funding smarter, delivering better: optimising resources for community services
  • Overcoming common barriers and engaging ICBs and key stakeholders
  • Exploring proven and implementable strategies to secure funding
  • Managing resources in both hospital and community settings to enhance patient outcomes
2:35
Exploring the rise and role of POCT in private healthcare
  • Delivering quality POCT in the community for private patients
  • Understanding private sector considerations: governance, funding, training and logistics
  • Managing the resources to deliver safe and connected POCT services in the community
3:00
Questions and answers with your speakers
3:10
Refreshments and networking break in the exhibition hall
Community POCT and risk management
3:30
Interactive discussion: Exploring strategies to ensure testing accuracy in the community
  • Discuss the accuracy challenges faced when expanding into the community
  • Share examples of managing good compliance
3:40
Feedback from the interactive discussion: Exploring strategies to ensure testing accuracy in the community
3:50
Establishing compliance across diverse community settings: ensuring accuracy and quality
  • Achieving governance in the community: ensuring diagnostic accuracy
  • Strategies to enable optimal safe-guarding and risk escalation procedures
  • Case study: practical guidance on maintaining accuracy and quality in the community by collaborating with pharmacists and primary care
4:15
Questions and answers with your speaker
4:25
Chair closing remarks and close of day

First-hand speaker experiences

This is your chance to connect with a national network of POCT leaders, explore breakthrough ideas, and take-home real solutions to the everyday challenges of delivering diagnostics closer to patients. Receive best practice, practical guidance and expert advice from:

Katie Moss
Job Title:
Founder
Organisation
Bio Moss Solutions
Biography

Katie Moss is the visionary founder of Bio Moss Solutions, a pioneering force in healthcare diagnostics dedicated to transforming diagnostic accessibility and efficiency across both human and veterinary medicine. With a strong foundation as a former Biomedical Scientist, Katie transitioned into healthcare leadership roles, driving systemic transformation and directing high-impact programmes that challenge traditional approaches to diagnostics.

Throughout her career, Katie has led strategic initiatives designed to bridge gaps between laboratory processes and real-world healthcare demands. As a Transformation Leader, she has played a pivotal role in reshaping healthcare diagnostic pathways including community-based initiatives that deliver diagnostics outside the traditional boundaries. Her work influences policy, industry practices, and innovation, advocating for sustainable, cost-effective diagnostic solutions.

In addition to her entrepreneurial work, Katie has excelled as a Programme Director, overseeing large-scale projects that drive meaningful change in healthcare diagnostics. Her ability to design, implement, and manage impactful programmes has led to collaborations with leading global healthcare and technology companies. She specialises in creating strategic frameworks, fostering cross-sector partnerships, and ensuring diagnostic advancements align with practical healthcare needs.

Under Katie’s leadership, Bio Moss Solutions is at the forefront of industry discussions, championing cutting-edge diagnostic technologies, streamlined processes, and professional training initiatives. A respected thought leader, consultant, and speaker, Katie delivers actionable insights at industry events and symposiums, shaping the future of diagnostics through innovation and advocacy.
Katy Heaney
Job Title:
Consultant Clinical Scientist and Specialty Lead of Point of Care Testing
Organisation
Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services
Biography

Katy has been working in the NHS and its services for 20 years in Clinical Biochemistry and Point of Care Testing (POCT). Currently employed as the Consultant Specialty lead for POCT for Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services, the service covers 5 NHS Trusts, with 6 acute medical sites and multiple community services. The service also provides a dedicated ISO accredited POCT EQA scheme, Qpoint of which Katy is the Clinical Director. At the end of 2020 Katy was seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care, then later UKHSA, Operational Supplies team as the Point of care workflow programme lead, with the primary aim of providing technical and scientific leadership in the deployment of rapid covid testing into NHS Emergency departments. In January 2024 Katy was made Chief Healthcare Scientist for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust with responsibility for executive representation of Healthcare science services at the Trust and into the ICS. 

Katy has worked alongside the national NHS England personalized care team to support the production of POCT guidance for Virtual ward and Hospital at Home services. The BSPS service provides Labkit to its partner Trusts and community Trusts, a roaming bag of POCT kit that can be used in multiple clinical services to support POCT testing for rapid decision making.  

Pricing structure

  • £49+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place

Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor or exhibit at this day. Please email Sarah Kemm for further details.

Venue details

Venue name: Manchester Conference Centre & The Pendulum Hotel

Address:  Weston Building, Sackville Street Manchester, Greater Manchester M1 3BB.

Tel: 0616 955 8181

Directions from Manchester Picadilly Station

Take the escalator down from the station’s main concourse, turn right along Fairfield Street. Follow Fairfield Street past the tramlines into Whitworth Street. Turn left into Sackville Street. The building has a large glass entrance and is on the right after the turning to Charles Street.

Directions by car

Just off the A57M Mancunian Way at the A34 exit, with rapid links to the motorway network, including the M6, M56 and M1.

There is an NCP Car Park in Charles Street- the postcode for sat nav is M1 3BB. From Charles Street Car Park Turn left out of the Car Park, take first right onto Sackville Street. Manchester Conference Centre is the large glass building on the right. 

Click here to view the location of the Manchester Conference Centre on Google maps

What happens once you have made your booking?

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking and you will be sent a formal confirmation. If you have not received this within 48 hours of making your booking please check your junk folder and then email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788. .

Approximately one week prior to the conference you will be sent an email which will include all the final details for attendance on the day, including a final agenda and venue information.

Please inform us by writing to bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk if you have any special dietary or other requirements.

Reservations

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  •  Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  •  Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  •  Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  •  Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team.

Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This face-to-face event is for Point of Care pioneers including:

  • POCT Leads and Coordinators
  • Biomedical Scientists (Senior Biomedical Scientist, Specialist Biomedical Scientist)
  • Consultants and Clinical Scientists (Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Principal Clinical Scientist)
  • Point of Care Testing Managers, Practitioners and Leaders
  • Associate and support roles (Medical Laboratory Assistant)
  • Executive, Director and Programme Leads (Chief Medical Scientist, Programme Director, Clinical Director) 
  • District and Community Nurses

Past attendee feedback

Delivering POCT: Diagnostics in the Community has been created following the hugely successful POCT National Networking Forum held in March 2025 that garnered over 100 attendees exploring and enhancing their service. Hear why you don’t want to miss out on this amazing opportunity to strengthen your service:

‘Very good. Excellent knowledge-sharing’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Great diverse range of talks and perspectives – well-balanced’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Really good opportunity to network and share ideas’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Well organised, well-presented and good content, interesting variety and thought-provoking presentations’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Fantastic agenda, relevant and pertinent´

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Has been very good to benchmark where we are on our journey. Good learning’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Really useful to get an update on what is happening in POCT in the UK’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Really inspiring to get together’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Enjoyed networking and hearing peoples experience’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘Valuable experience listening to how POCT services in other areas/countries are delivered and managed’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

‘It was very informative and really good to be able to share learning. Thank you so much!’

POCT National Networking Forum, Birmingham, March 2025

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With thanks to our exhibitors

 

Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing NHS delivery forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

"BHR Biosynex was delighted to sponsor the POCT National Networking Forum 2025. The event was exceptionally well-organised, providing fantastic branding opportunities for us. The agenda and speaker lineup were highly engaging, and the quality of delegates was excellent. We particularly appreciated the effort and care taken to encourage delegates to visit the exhibitor stands, fostering valuable interactions. It was a great opportunity to connect with key stakeholders in point-of-care testing, and we look forward to future collaborations"

BHR Biosynex, POCT National Networking Forum, March 2025

Interested in having your own event, managed by us?

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 

Sarah Kemm 

Contact: 01732 897788 

Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk