Introduction to the UK recommendations for the validation and adoption of capillary blood testing within the routine clinical laboratory: Consensus opinion from the LabMed Patient-Centred Testing and Sampling (PaCTS) group
Wednesday July 15th, 2026 - 11am ET, 4pm BST, 5pm CET
The LabMed UK Patient Centred Testing and Sampling group has just published its recommendations for the validation and adoption of capillary blood testing. Here, we introduce this paper and its ramifications.
Venepuncture is widely considered the gold standard for blood collection. Nevertheless, self-collected capillary blood sampling has gained recognition as a practical alternative in various contexts, promoting a more patient-centered, personalized, and cost-effective approach to healthcare. The NHS UK strategic plans for 2023–2025 highlight a move from hospital-based to community-based care and from treating illness to prevention. Self-collected capillary sampling, coupled with laboratory analysis, is already being used within some laboratories to support this transition.
This webinar has been created to guide clinicians, laboratory scientists, and policymakers through the rapidly evolving field of patient-centric sampling and to enable safe working within a routine clinical laboratory.
What you will learn
We introduce the recommendations from the PaCT’s group, the rationale behind some of these, and some practical steps to consider.
Speakers
Timothy Woolley
Chief Scientific Officer, Inuvi Diagnostics; Editor in Chief, Journal of Patient Centricity
A multidisciplinary biomedical scientist by training, Tim began his career at the Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine at RAF Halton. Since leaving the forces, Tim has worked primarily in the private sector, co-founding Inuvi Diagnostics in 2018. Inuvi Diagnostics was the first laboratory in the UK to achieve ISO 15189 accreditation, including flexible scope for capillary blood testing. A passionate advocate of capillary blood testing and its role in patient-centric testing, Tim is a Director of the PCSIG, a member of the LabMed UK Patient-Centred Testing and Sampling (PaCTS) group, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Patient Centricity.
Jenny Royle
Strategic Lead, MediPaCe (London, UK)
Trained in biochemistry, pharmacology and psychology/behaviour change, Jenny spent many years in pharma designing trials, analyzing data, supporting products, and establishing patient-centric functions.
She has also been a founding leader, and Chief-Investigator in a novel academic research team that optimized healthcare decision science and involved collaboration between pharma, academia, NHS and charities.
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