A groundbreaking genetic point-of-care test designed to prevent avoidable hearing loss in newborn babies is being rolled out across Scotland, and IBMS Fellow Ryan Cooper has played a key role in making it a reality.
IBMS Council member Charlie Houston FIBMS CSci MSc has held key leadership positions, including Chief Biomedical Scientist, Biochemistry Laboratory Manager, and POCT Coordinator.
The Scottish Government has published proposals to clarify the identity, leadership and coding of the healthcare science workforce and to improve workforce data.
Co authored with the IBMS, RCPath’s latest best practice recommendations set updated retention times for records and specimens, including digital pathology and point of care testing.
