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The summary EQA timetable can be downloaded HERE. The calendar below includes all EQA open/close dates and other GenQA events.
EQA Catalogue Groups
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Clinical Genetics and Genetic Counselling
Genomic and Inherited Disorders
Haematological Neoplasms
Individual Competency Assessment
Molecular Newborn Screening
Molecular Pathology
Multidisciplinary team (MDT) working
Pharmacogenomics
Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT)
Reproductive Genomics
Sample Handling
Technical (Next Generation Sequencing)
Variant Classification
Viral Sequencing
Other Events
GenQA EQA Enrolment Event
GenQA EQA Distribution Event
GenQA webinar
Conference
GenQA workshop
GenQA Participant meeting
GenQA office closed
Other
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| Sun 31 | Mon 1
2026 Distribution 8
2026 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and CFTR-related disorders - OPENS Testing Period: 7 weeks
2026 Fragile X syndrome and FMR1-related disorders - OPENS Testing Period: 7 weeks
2026 Huntington disease (HD) and DRPLA - OPENS Testing Period: 7 weeks
2026 Trio Sequencing - Postnatal (neonatal and paediatric) - OPENS Testing Period: 18 weeks
2026 X-inactivation - OPENS Testing Period: 7 weeks
2026 SARS-CoV-2 sequencing - Distribution 6055 - round 1 - OPENS Testing Period: 6 weeks from sample distribution | Tue 2 | Wed 3
2026 Preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M) - OPENS Testing Period: Ten weeks | Thu 4
2025 SARS-CoV-2 sequencing - Distribution 5989 - round 4 - OPENS Testing Period: 6 weeks from sample distribution | Fri 5
2026 Cardiac disorders - CLOSES
2026 Epilepsy disorders - CLOSES
2026 Renal disorders - CLOSES
2026 Respiratory disorders - CLOSES | Sat 6 |
| Sun 7 | Mon 8
2026 Distribution 9
2026 DNA extraction from blood for long read sequencing (LRS) (pilot) - OPENS Testing Period: 3 Weeks
2026 DNA extraction from venous blood - OPENS Testing Period: 3 Weeks
2026 Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) of blastomere (FISH) - OPENS Testing Period: 3 weeks for Stage 1; 4 weeks for Stage 2 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 |
| Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16
2026 Distribution 10
2026 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Molecular Newborn screening (bloodspots) - round 2 - OPENS Testing Period: 4 weeks
2026 MCADD Molecular Newborn Screening (bloodspots) - round 2 - OPENS Testing Period: 4 weeks
2026 SCID Molecular Newborn Screening (bloodspots) - round 2 - OPENS Testing Period: 4 weeks
2026 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Molecular Newborn screening (bloodspots) - round 2 - OPENS Testing Period: 4 weeks | Wed 17
2026 Distribution 11
This distribution is postponed until October/November | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 |
| Sun 21 | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26
2026 Clinical Genetics - dysmorphology - CLOSES
2026 Genetic Counselling - oncogenetics - CLOSES
2026 Genetic Counselling - rare and inherited disorders - CLOSES
2026 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) - CLOSES
2026 Haematological Technical FISH - CLOSES
2026 Myeloid disorders - CLOSES
2026 Myeloma - CLOSES
2026 Microdeletion syndromes - CLOSES
2026 Postnatal karyotyping - CLOSES
2026 DNA extraction from blood for long read sequencing (LRS) (pilot) - CLOSES
2026 DNA extraction from venous blood - CLOSES | Sat 27 |
| Sun 28 | Mon 29
2026 Distribution 12
2026 cfDNA extraction from plasma - somatic (pilot) - OPENS Testing Period: 3 Weeks | Tue 30 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3
2026 Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) of blastomere (FISH) - CLOSES | Sat 4 |
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