Introduction
Structure of the NHS and the NHS plan
Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA)
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA)
Quality management system (QMS)
Concepts of quality assurance in the laboratory
Quality control (internal)
Quality control (external) 1: EQA schemes
Quality control (external) 2: benchmarking and CE marking...
Classification of autoimmune thyroid disease
Graves’ disease
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Subacute thyroiditis syndromes
Primary hypothyroidism and sporadic goitre
Thyroid disease and other symptoms
Classification of diabetes mellitus
Type I diabetes (insulin-dependent)
Immunological complications of insulin therapy
Crow–Fukase syndrome (POEMS syndrome; Takatsuki syndrome)
Classification of adrenal insufficiency...