Quality

Quality Team

The EPA Quality Team comprises 9 full time and part time network-wide positions plus several departmental quality leads and quality support who work within their discipline but also have quality responsibilities.

The EPA quality team:-

EPA Network Quality Manager                      Fiona Butcher

EPA Assistant Network Quality Manager      Ginny Marley

EPA Network Quality Officer                         David Stokely

EPA Network Quality Officer                         Diane Murley

EPA Network Quality Lead                            Kayleigh Hughes

EPA Network Quality Practitioner                  Carol O’Gorman

EPA Network Quality Practitioner                  Megan Douglas

EPA Network Quality Officer                         Johanna Langley

EPA Network Quality Officer                          Kevin Smith

Departmental quality leads:-

Blood Sciences JPUH                                   Marie Smith                

Clinical Biochemistry NNUH                          Martyn Hammond

Specimen Reception NNUH                          George Bailey

Immunology NNUH                                        Allyson Tyler

Haematology NNUH                                      Ben Thompson

Toxicology NNUH                                          Crystal Bancroft

Endocrinology NNUH                                     Susanne McMurray

Microbiology – Bacteriology                           Wanaemi Allison

Microbiology – Virology                                  Tim Crouch

Blood Sciences QEH                                     Aga Pieterse

Blood Sciences QEH (support)                      Jacqui Kennett

Andrology NNUH                                           Kelly Burton

Accreditation Status

The laboratories within the EPA network are required to be accredited to the international standard ISO 15189 Medical Laboratories – Requirements for quality and competence.

The following EPA departments are currently UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited medical laboratories to BS EN ISO15189:2012. We are currently transitioning to the new standard ISO15189:2022.

  • Clinical Biochemistry at NNUH a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 10294
  • Haematology at NNUH a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 10295
  • Microbiology a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 10296
  • Blood Transfusion at NNUH a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 20492
  • Blood Transfusion at JPUH a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 21363
  • QEH Blood Sciences (including Blood Transfusion) a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 20494
  • Immunology a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 21365

The process of accreditation to BS EN ISO 15189:2012 is planned for a defined scope involving the following departments.  This will be carried out in a phased process as single site disciplines:

  • Analytical Specialist Chemistry at NNUH
  • Blood Sciences at JPUH
  • Andrology – NNUH and QEH sites

Applications for extensions to scope will be submitted to UKAS when the laboratories concerned are ready for assessment. 

 The EPA does not use the UKAS logo. 

 

EWG-H-006 Last updated 26/09/2024 (5)