The EPA Quality Team comprises 8 full time and part time network-wide positions, plus several departmental quality leads and quality support who work within their discipline but also have quality responsibilities.
EPA Network Quality Manager Fiona Butcher
EPA Assistant Network Quality Manager Ginny Marley
EPA Network Quality Lead Kayleigh Hughes
EPA Network Quality Lead Benjamin Pinchbeck
EPA Network Quality Practitioner Carol O’Gorman
EPA Network Quality Practitioner Megan Douglas
EPA Network Quality Officer Johanna Langley
EPA Network Quality Officer Kevin Smith
Blood Sciences JPUH Victoria Cole
Clinical Biochemistry NNUH Martyn Hammond
Specimen Reception NNUH George Bailey
Immunology NNUH Allyson Tyler
Haematology NNUH Ben Thompson
Toxicology NNUH Crystal Bancroft
Endocrinology NNUH Vacant
Microbiology – Bacteriology Vacant
Microbiology – Virology Tim Crouch
Blood Sciences QEH Aga Pieterse
Blood Sciences QEH (support) Jacqui Kennett
Andrology NNUH Kelly Burton
The laboratories within the EPA network are required to be accredited to the international standard ISO 15189 Medical Laboratories – Requirements for quality and competence.
The following EPA departments are currently UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited medical laboratories to BS EN ISO 15189:2022:
NNUH – UKAS accredited medical laboratory No.10295 includes the following departments:
The process of accreditation to BS EN ISO 15189:2022 is currently underway for as an extension to scope for blood for Blood Sciences at JPUH.
Andrology at NNUH and QEH sites – Applications for accreditation will be submitted to UKAS when the laboratories concerned are ready for assessment.
The EPA does not use the UKAS logo.
EWG-H-006 Last updated 09/03/2026 (7)