09:30

Meeting opens

Dr Gareth McKeeman, Chair, RCPath Northern Ireland Regional Council

Professor Ian Young, Chief Scientific Advisor, Director of Research for Health and Social Care

09:40

POCT – Past, Present and Potential

Dr Derek McKillop, Consultant Clinical Scientist and POCT Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

10:15

The Use of Procalcitonin Testing to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in all-cause Respiratory Admissions

Dr Suzanna Paterson, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

10:35

Regional Pathology Network Update

Mr Ronan Strain, Northern Ireland Pathology Network Manager

10:45

NI Pathology Blueprint Programme Update

Dr Michael McKenna, Northern Ireland Pathology Network Clinical Director for Blueprint

10:55

College President update

Professor Mike Osborn, President of the Royal College of Pathologists

11:20

Coffee Break

11:35

Clinical Case Study: Plumbing the DePTHs

Mr Neil Gilmore, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

11:50

Clinical Case Study: An Unusual Abdominal Mass

Dr Peter Nelson, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

12:05

Emerging and re-emerging viral infections

Dr Kathy Li, Consultant Medical Virologist, Regional Virus Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

12:45

Q&A session

13:00

Meeting closes

Dr Gareth McKeeman, Chair, RCPath Northern Ireland Regional Council