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Interested in bringing Harvey’s Lab Tours to your laboratory? 🔬

Whether you're organising your first tour or have already welcomed young patients and their families into your laboratory, our November drop-in session is an opportunity to learn from colleagues with first-hand experience.

Hear from IBMS Harvey’s Lab Tour of the Year Award-winning teams. Gayle Johnstone, Chloe Aman, Amelia Fitzpatrick, and Andrew Matthews will share their experiences planning and delivering tours, offer practical advice, and answer your questions.

Have something you'd like to ask? Submit your question when registering to help guide the discussion.

Join us: bit.ly/47VqpHN

Congratulations to Byron Lo from Royal Surrey County Hospital and Tilly Jones from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust on passing their IBMS Registration Portfolios, and to Kelvin Baffour Ankrah from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for passing his Specialist Portfolio.

A significant achievement and a key milestone in their journey as biomedical scientists. 🧪🔬

Well done – the future of biomedical science is in excellent hands! 👏
If you've passed your IBMS Portfolio recently, get in touch by emailing communications@ibms.org

Biomedical scientists are eligible for the Health and Care Worker visa, but their going rate isn't linked to NHS pay bands. We're asking for Agenda for Change rates for HCPC-registered biomedical scientists working in NHS services.

We're also asking for HCPC-registered biomedical scientists to be included in the five-year public service settlement pathway. The Earned Settlement framework isn't yet in force, and the occupation list alone doesn't determine individual eligibility.

Members have raised these concerns with us. Help make the case to ministers: use our MP template, add your own experience and send it to your MP.

ibms.org/resource/suppo…

A recent investigation by Which? has raised concerns about the reliability of vitamin D self-test kits sold on the high street. When five different kits were used by someone with normal vitamin D levels, they produced three different results, raising questions about their accuracy and suitability for making health decisions.

The Royal College of Pathologists has supported the findings, highlighting the rigorous procedures and quality control involved in laboratory blood testing that cannot be replicated by a simple finger-prick test at home. The College has also welcomed plans for the MHRA to assess the evidence underpinning these tests.

Read the full response: bit.ly/4z3N0Ns

National Pathology Week (NPW) is the annual celebration of pathology and its importance in healthcare. The theme for 2026 is 'Welcome to the Lab ', and the Pathology Alliance are delivering a series of 13 online events that extend through the whole of November.

As part of NPW, we will be hosting a webinar called Discover a career in biomedical science on 24 November. This interactive webinar explores what biomedical scientists do, where they work and how you can become one.

You can register for it here: bit.ly/4ed6QOC