No longer the forgotten service, POCT is revolutionising patient care and transforming pathways both in and outside of hospital settings. Join the conversation with like-minded POCT colleagues from across the country as you navigate the tough questions on ensuring quality, keeping up with high demand and developing new services that are in line with national initiatives. Breath energy into your work by taking inspiration from services that are delivering resilient, new POCT pathways, and take-home practical ideas to drive forward your own service.
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Invitation to sponsor or exhibit
9:00 |
Registration, networking and refreshments
Sponsoring today is BHR Biosynex and exhibiting are QuidelOrtho, Sysmex, Sterilab, Una Health and. Please do take this time to visit their stands to find out more about their products and services.
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9:30 |
Chair’s opening remarks
Dr Martin Myers MBE, Senior Clinical Advisor, Pathology at GIRFT, Consultant Clinical Biochemist and Associate Divisional Medical Director for Pathology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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National update | |
9:40 |
GIRFT Update: Data supported decision making to ensure a safe and effective future for POCT
Dr Martin Myers MBE, Senior Clinical Advisor, Pathology at GIRFT, Consultant Clinical Biochemist and Associate Divisional Medical Director for Pathology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Achieving POCT accreditation | |
10:10 |
Case study: Becoming an accredited service and achieving ISO15189:2022
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10:40 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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10:50 |
Sponsored presentation and Q&A opportunity
If you are an POCT provider and would like to be part of this day, and give a sponsored presentation to this audience, please contact sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk for further information
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11:00 |
Refreshments, networking break and meet the exhibitors
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Enabling service transformation | |
11:20 |
Case study: Delivering an ARI Respiratory Hub in the North West
Katie Moss, Programme Director, Greater Manchester Diagnostics Network and Chair of the North West Point of Care Strategy Group
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11:50 |
Case study: Ensuring service resilience and funding for community diagnostic and virtual wards
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12:20 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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12:30 |
Interactive discussion: Ensuring quality and effective clinical governance
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12:50 |
Interactive discussion feedback: Ensuring quality and effective clinical governance
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1:00 |
Refreshments, networking lunch and meet the sponsors
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POCT across the UK | |
2:00 |
Wales’s National POCT Strategy: Setting up and developing point-of-care testing services
Annette Thomas, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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2:20 |
POCT-for-Scot: Shared experiences of the Scottish Network
Jayne Mckay, Point of Care Manager, NHS Tayside and Director of POCT- for-Scot Director
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2:40 |
England POCT National Committee: Developing POCT for 2025 and beyond
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3:00 |
Panel question and answers with your speakers
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3:20 |
Refreshments, networking break and meet the exhibitors
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Developing connected POCT pathways | |
3:40 |
Case study: Lessons learned from delivering a connected virtual ward service
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4:10 |
Case study: Provision of POCT and rapid testing in the ED lab
Robert Bolton, Point of Care Coordinator, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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4:40 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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4:50 |
Chair’s closing remarks
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5:00 |
Close of day
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Your confirmed speakers to date
Dr Myers is a consultant clinical biochemist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTH), Royal Preston Hospital, and associate divisional medical director for pathology, having previously been clinical director of pathology for 14 years. Dr Myers is also the lead scientist for the trust.
Dr Myers has taken a lead role in a continuous program of pathology redesign, improving the clinical and operational effectiveness of pathology delivery while improving productivity. His interests include the use of automation, point of care testing and informatics in improving the quality of the diagnostic process and redesigning pathology delivery. This spans pathology delivery using state of the art robotics and advanced technology through to the use of point of care devices used anywhere. He chairs the trust Point of Care Testing Committee. The “Laboratory Anywhere” concept including “Lab in a Box” models delivers diagnostics in a variety of locations both inside and outside the hospital ensuring that diagnostics are embedded in the patient pathway, rather than remote from the patient. He is involved in several projects for the direct delivery of diagnostics to BAME communities and vulnerable groups and is working with the NHSE chief scientific officer’s team on the delivery of point of care diagnostics in patients with learning difficulties and patients experiencing mental health issues. He has also been involved in translating NICE diagnostic recommendations into service delivery models.
Dr Myers has worked on many clinical pathways where the introduction of novel decision diagnostics has improved the patient pathway and resulted in reduction in total pathway costs.
Jayne first qualified in November 2000 as Haematology MLSO and started her Point of Care journey with INR’s in the community. Today she is the Point of Care manager for Diagnostic Laboratories at NHS Tayside on the east coast of Scotland, a post she has held since July 2020. Her remit is to provide laboratory oversight and mitigate risk within POC schemes ensuring that results can be used confidently in effective and efficient patient management pathways. This includes schemes both within hospital environments and the community, encompassing laboratory diagnostic specialities of Haematology, Biochemistry and Virology.
She co-founded POCT – FOR – SCOT LTD which is a website / Instagram / Face book community to share learning, provide support and push for regulation and strategic developments of point of care.
Jayne is an advocate for ensuring Point of Care is used in the correct environment with innovative and effective patient management pathways that allow the right result to be used for positive patient gain. She champion’s this throughout her trust and the wider Scottish network.
Jayne currently sits of the specialist advisory panel for point of care at the IBMS and is part of a short life working group in Scotland advocating for point of care with strong policies and strategic goals to support the frail infrastructure of a NHS requiring innovation to survive the future.
Dr Myers is a consultant clinical biochemist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTH), Royal Preston Hospital, and associate divisional medical director for pathology, having previously been clinical director of pathology for 14 years. Dr Myers is also the lead scientist for the trust.
Dr Myers has taken a lead role in a continuous program of pathology redesign, improving the clinical and operational effectiveness of pathology delivery while improving productivity. His interests include the use of automation, point of care testing and informatics in improving the quality of the diagnostic process and redesigning pathology delivery. This spans pathology delivery using state of the art robotics and advanced technology through to the use of point of care devices used anywhere. He chairs the trust Point of Care Testing Committee. The “Laboratory Anywhere” concept including “Lab in a Box” models delivers diagnostics in a variety of locations both inside and outside the hospital ensuring that diagnostics are embedded in the patient pathway, rather than remote from the patient. He is involved in several projects for the direct delivery of diagnostics to BAME communities and vulnerable groups and is working with the NHSE chief scientific officer’s team on the delivery of point of care diagnostics in patients with learning difficulties and patients experiencing mental health issues. He has also been involved in translating NICE diagnostic recommendations into service delivery models.
Dr Myers has worked on many clinical pathways where the introduction of novel decision diagnostics has improved the patient pathway and resulted in reduction in total pathway costs.
Katie Moss is the Greater Manchester Diagnostic Network Programme Director with over 24 years’ experience of working within various NHS diagnostic and senior management roles and is now responsible for leading and directing the portfolio of the Greater Manchester Diagnostic Network.
After graduating with a 2:1 BSc in Biomedical Science, Katie was appointed as an NHS Trainee Biomedical Scientist where she worked and specialised in Microbiology for over 14 years. In that time, Katie went onto to complete a master’s in biomedical science and management Training Certificate before deciding upon a change of career. Katie went on to successfully undertake roles within Clinical Audit, Transformation and Programme Management whilst developing her educational achievements with the completion of various programme management and leadership qualifications.
Katie is now an influential and highly recognised member of the NHS diagnostic community who has proven experience of delivering complex transformation programmes, establishing multi stakeholder networks including the establishment of both the Greater Manchester Imaging and Pathology Networks and developing short- and long-term strategic business models.
Katie has a strong passion for diagnostic innovation and improving patient care through the adoption of new technologies and out of hospital diagnostics which support faster, real-time diagnosis and enable patients to have a greater ability to manage their own health and wellbeing.
Katie is the current chair of the Northwest Point of Care Strategy Group and is also responsible for leading the establishment of the Greater Manchester Physiological Sciences Network.
Outside of work, Katie is a mum to one, wife to one and dog parent to two bonkers spaniels. She often spends her down time, walking the dogs, playing netball and being a real foodie, she loves to eat out and experience different cuisine.
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With over 80 healthcare professionals attending in 2024, this national forum is not one to be missed! Dedicated to driving forward your POCT service through national guidance, case study presentations and interactive discussions. By attending this annual conference, you will have the opportunity to connect with:
Past attendee feedback
“Excellent! Always open and full of new friends, a supportive community in POCT. Excellently managed day and delivered well and to time”
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
“Very informative and great opportunity to meet people working in the same field and sharing our thoughts”
South West London Pathology
“Very thought-provoking and being able to see variation in the maturity of POCT throughout the UK very useful”
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS
“Good, well-organised meeting. Particularly enjoyed the opportunities to discuss topics at a table”
Birmingham Quality UK NEQAS
“Good content covering issues with the development of POCT – but really good to see other Trusts also having same issues knowing we can work together”
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
“Really inspiring and informative – far exceeded my expectations”
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust