Pathology Alliance Webinar: #TestingMethods2020 Crowdsourcing Campaign
A webinar around novel solutions to the current challenges faced by the NHS in testing at scale for Covid-19/SARSCoV-2.
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On behalf of the Pathology Alliance, you are invited to attend a webinar around novel solutions to the current challenges faced by the NHS in testing at scale for Covid-19/SARSCoV-2. This webinar is designed to enable bidirectional, solution-orientated, information sharing between the NHS diagnostics community and the National Covid-19 Testing Cell.
Background:
The Government has committed to the scale-up and delivery of testing levels to 100,000 tests a day, from across all five pillars of the national strategy, by the end of April 2020. The Testing Methods Sourcing Platform is a partnership between the DHSC, NHS, BIA, BIVDA and RCPath. The objective of this platform is to share and build on each other's experiences and ideas for novel testing solutions/methods, with an aim to help deliver 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of April 2020 and then continued support for the ongoing testing strategy in the medium to longer term.
Purpose of the webinar:
The objectives of this webinar are to:
1) Update the NHS diagnostics community on the national testing strategy
2) Update the NHS diagnostics community on the Novel Solutions Challenge, including
outputs from the crowdsourcing platform and top ten ideas to date
3) Develop a solution-orientated collaborative to enable the rapid-implementation of
novel testing solutions at scale
There will be an opening session to provide context and progress against key milestones in the national testing strategy, followed by interactive break-out sessions focussing on individual testing-challenges.
Speakers will include:
Professor Jo Martin, Chair of the Pathology Alliance and President of the Royal College of Pathologists
Dr Sam Roberts, Covid-19 Director of Testing Supplies, Department of Health and Social Care
Helen Bevan, Chief Transformation Officer, NHS Horizons
Target audience:
The target audience for this event are individuals from the NHS diagnostics community with an active role in testing for Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2, namely: lab managers, clinical scientists, biomedical scientists, pathologists, virologists/immunologists, and academic scientists.
Registration details:
Joining details for the webinar (Zoom) are below.
For those who are unable to join using Zoom, please watch live via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7H70H3SDU&feature=youtu.be
Using Zoom - INSTRUCTIONS: We will be using Zoom as the platform for the virtual session. Zoom doesn’t require you to set anything up on your computer in advance. You just need to click on the link and follow the instructions. However, if you haven’t used Zoom before, you should read the instructions below. To join the Zoom session on the day: Meeting ID: 935 7483 2447 Topic: Testing Methods Engagement Webinar Date: Wednesday 29th April Time: Join any time from 13.30, start at 14.00 1. Go to: https://horizonsnhs.zoom.us/j/93574832447 2. Enter your name and email address 4. Click "Join Now". 5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen 6. You will be asked how you want to join up your audio. You can either ask for a call back on your phone, you can call directly, or you can join via your computer audio (via headphones or ear buds plugged into your computer)