Webinar Schedule
Getting it Right for the Patient: What is Happening with POCT including DTCT (Direct-To-Consumer-Testing)
Join us for our highly requested webinar on POCT and Direct-To-Consumer-Testing.
3 CPD Credits Available
(The Royal College of Pathologists)
This webinar will be on Zoom and is free to attend. This event is aimed at everyone working in the laboratory. Though it is focused on POCT and DTCT general concepts of getting it right for the patient will be discussed so all are welcome. Everyone is welcome to attend, but you must register individually. We will be recording the sessions, but not the debate. Therefore, please also register to receive a link for the recording even if you are not able to attend in person.
This work has the patient at the centre and our debate this time will look at What are the issues with POCT/DTCT for patient safety? We want to use this webinar as an opportunity to discuss issues related to POCT and patient safety. We encourage you to give examples of where patients have been impacted. Please include this via the comments in the registration process (see QR code).
Please book by midnight Friday 6th November 2026 to secure your place! Spaces are limited.
Programme
POCT Governance Framework and Toolkit
Clinical Impact
DTCT (Direct-To-Consumer-Testing)
Angela Douglas (BIVDA) • David Gaze (LabMed) • Martin Myers (GIRFT) • Annette Thomas (Former National POCT Clinical Lead, Wales) • David Wells (IBMS)
What are the issues with POCT/DTCT for patient safety?
Evidence from the real world
POCT: how to do it, pitfalls, barriers and successes
Getting it Right for the Patient, are we good enough? …the next steps
Join us for part 2 of our “Getting it Right for the Patient, are we good enough?” webinar.
3 CPD Credits Available
(The Royal College of Pathologists)
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 welcome to attend, but you must register individually. We will be recording the sessions, but not the debate. Therefore, please also register to receive a link for the recording even if you are not able to attend in person.
We will focus on what we have learnt since the over-subscribed first webinar, the recommendations that have been put in place and what is happening now. This work has the patient at the centre and our debate this time will look at Do we know what good looks like for a patient and what do we do if we are not good enough? We want to use this webinar as an opportunity to uncover problems that have affected patient outcomes that we may not be aware about. We encourage you to give examples of where patients have been impacted. Please include this via the comments in the registration process (see QR code).
Please book by midnight Monday 4th May 2026 to secure your place! Spaces are limited.
Programme
What has happened since the ‘Getting it right for the patient, are we good enough? Meeting Report with Recommendations’ has been released and we will discuss progress
Analytes of concern
Clinical impact
Do we know what ‘good’ looks like for a patient and what do we do if we are not good enough?
Toolkit for Laboratories
Update on the Yellow Card Survey