West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, operating UK NEQAS Haematology and Transfusion, is a UKAS accredited proficiency testing provider, (No 7805) (BS EN ISO/IEC 17043 2010). A copy of the UKAS Schedule of Accreditation is available to download here
The schemes provided by UK NEQAS Haematology and Transfusion are members of the UK National External Quality Assessment Service (UK NEQAS), a registered charity offering external quality assessment (EQA) services across all pathology disciplines.The primary aim of UK NEQAS is to maintain and improve performance of diagnostic testing at a high level of proficiency, wherever testing is performed. Participation in EQA is an established part of Quality Assurance and is actively encouraged by professional bodies.