UK NEQAS

UK NEQAS is a world leader in External Quality Assessment (EQA), providing optimum EQA services since 1969. We deliver an unparalleled, multidisciplinary range of services because we understand the clinical relevance of EQA and how it supports diagnostic testing. We have an international footprint and are resolutely independent,  impartial, and not-for-profit.

UK NEQAS puts education at the heart of EQA. We work in partnership with our users to deliver better outcomes for patients at every stage of their journey. We strive to improve performance through regular quality assessment, challenging the testers at critical decision-making performance limits and sharing best practices. Users have access to up-to-date guidance, troubleshooting tips and clinically relevant performance issues, in addition to being able to benchmark their performance against other laboratories/centres worldwide.

UK NEQAS supports users to provide the best results for their assays. Our expert knowledge of new technologies allows for the early implementation of EQAs for ground breaking testing, and we collaborate with manufacturers and regulatory agencies to ensure the effective resolution of problems with assays, analysers and kits.

UK NEQAS team members are recognised experts in their fields. Our staff are experienced healthcare scientists, with extensive laboratory and educational expertise and relevant, in-depth knowledge of their subjects, to support laboratories, clinicians, and the public.

UK NEQAS centres are accredited to ISO17043. We oversee a comprehensive range of over 400 accredited EQA programmes in over 175 countries. Our services are developed and delivered with the support of hundreds of expert international clinical and scientific advisors.

We are unashamedly proud of our EQA services. Working with us, you benefit from our unique approach and  expertise, knowing that you are being compared to the best by the best, throughout the world.